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Progress Switchboards expands into South Australia to support growing infrastructure demand

Progress Switchboards Sales Director Jay Wright, left, with General Manager Conor O’Shea, right

Australian switchboard manufacturer Progress Switchboards has expanded into South Australia to support increasing demand for critical electrical infrastructure, while helping contractors manage extended lead times across key sectors including defence, education, health, and commercial construction. “There is significant infrastructure growth underway in South Australia, which is driving strong demand for electrical contractors,” says Jay Wright, … Read more

Should switchboard electricians be a dedicated trade stream?

Switchboard Manufacturing. What other trade requires more diverse skills?

By Neville Williams, General Manager, Specialist Electrical Solutions, member of NESMA Queensland. Australia’s switchboard manufacturing sector is facing a chronic shortage of skilled electricians – and the challenge is only growing. Across the country, NESMA members are competing for the same limited pool of qualified people, with companies often forced to recruit from one another … Read more

Standards, apprentices, and collaboration: 2025 NESMA conference seeks unified approach to the future

The 22nd annual NESMA Conference was the most successful to-date with 65 NESMA members in attendance in Hobart

The 22nd annual NESMA Conference, held this year in Hobart, saw a common theme throughout the guest presentations and State reports – the need for a unified approach to improve safety, quality, and resilience across the entire Australian switchboard industry. In the most successful conference to-date, with more than 65 NESMA members attending, presentations included: … Read more

R N Baker Switchboards celebrates 70 years of Australian manufacturing excellence

R N Baker Director, Dane Horwood

A commitment to quality, standards compliance, and meticulous workmanship has defined R N Baker Switchboards since 1955. As the company marks 70 years, it continues to grow steadily on the strength of its culture of continuous improvement and its long association with NESMA. From local beginnings to a multi-site operation Founded in 1955 by Ron … Read more

3D modelling opens doors to the future for All Switchboards’ Matt Izadi

All Switchboards is using 3D modelling to produce more efficient low voltage switchboards with enhanced safety and reduced waste

A champion of Australian engineering standards and capabilities is putting his beliefs into practice by investing in advanced 3D modelling to produce complex low voltage switchboards with reduced waste and improved safety, sustainability, and cost-efficiency. Matt Izadi and his team at All Switchboards in Rouse Hill are applying the technology to industrial, commercial, residential, data … Read more

From family garage to industry forefront, TKG aims high with core local manufacturing and team values

TKG’s objectives as a company are to continue to advance the electrical switchboard sector alongside NESMA – “Any opportunity to make the industry safer and ensure compliance is at the forefront of our goals."

Founded in a family garage back in 1996, TKG Electrics began a journey with a dream to become a national leader in the LV Switchboard sector. “Fast forward to 2025 and we have grown into one of the leading suppliers of LV distribution solutions in Victoria, approaching 30 years in manufacturing,” says Dean van Dullemen, … Read more

Laugh, cry, or get angry when a time warp “Standard” offers no protection to customers?

Someone call Doc Brown (or perhaps David Webb, pictured) because referencing IEC 439, a Standard that dates back to 1990, is trying to take us back to the future

By David Webb* The film Back to the Future showed how choices today (in 1985) can have a large and long-lasting impact tomorrow. The message of the film – featuring the shiny, superficially tempting, but commercially tragic DeLorean car – brought to my mind some of the claims by non-NESMA manufacturers throughout Australia who parade … Read more

Women in NESMA: Shivleena Dhumal on creativity, challenges, and career growth in the switchboard industry

Controlling Power design estimator, Shivleena Dhumal

A woman whose career has taken many twists and turns, is reflecting on why she loves the switchboard industry, and plans to stay. Shivleena Dhumal is currently a design estimator with NESMA member Controlling Power in NSW, but her background began in architecture. “I’ve always liked using my creativity, so I initially gained an education … Read more

Compliance champion RMS Manufacturing steers customers through challenges and opportunities during times of change

RMS Switchboards, led by Mina Shehata (pictured) is focussed on helping customers anticipate future needs, including in the provision for green energy in high-rise commercial, residential, and industrial construction projects.

An industry leader who has spent much of his professional career promoting Australian manufacturing, safety, and compliance with local Standards says it has never been more important than now for customers to be informed about why these are critical. “A flood of change is sweeping over the LV Switchboard industry that will vitally affect our … Read more

Biggest-ever NESMA conference looks to the future of the switchboard industry

The 21st Annual NESMA National Conference saw the biggest turnout in history, as members from across Australia discussed common issues and opportunities such as standards compliance, safety, and supply chain challenges

The 21st Annual NESMA conference had a record number of attendees, all keen to learn about the future of the switchboard industry, as a raft of opportunities arise with the continued growth of Electric Vehicles (EVs), data centres, and infrastructure. Held on November 9 in the Barossa Valley, South Australia, the annual conference was a … Read more

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