Industrials

• FY26 peak order book reached a record A$29 million (approx. US$20.2 million), up from roughly A$9 million a year earlier, with A$16.8 million carried into FY27.

• VEEM launched its Lloyd's Register-verified Extreme propulsion range, demonstrating an 18.1% overall fuel-efficiency gain during sea trials on a 400-passenger Sydney ferry.

• MaxiPARTS lifted FY26 operating profit before tax guidance to a record approximately $14.2 million, up about 12% on FY25, on revenue of around $274.4 million.

• Austin Engineering cut FY26 guidance twice in four months, with revised targets of approximately A$325 million revenue and A$10–11 million underlying EBIT, well below earlier forecasts.

• FY26 preliminary unaudited sales reached a record $165.0 million (up 13.7%), with EBITDA surging 44.4% to $14.3 million and net profit after tax jumping 87.1% to $5.8 million.

• Amaero secured a A$6.51 million (US$4.5 million) contract from the US Department of War to develop alternative refractory alloy powders, its second active US government revenue stream in under a year.

• Group revenue rose 8.3% to $129.54 million in FY26, driven by data centre demand, day-to-day trade volumes and record throughput at the galvanising plant.