FRIDAY, JUNE 12TH, 2026 | SYDNEY
What does it take to scale a cabinet manufacturing business in 2026?
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Packed with valuable knowledge and exclusive industry insights, here is a recap of The Cutting Edge 2026 Cabinet Manufacturing Summit!
REAL MANUFACTURERS. REAL NUMBERS.
REAL LESSONS YOU CAN USE RIGHT NOW.
2026 Presentations
The Step-by-Step Blueprint of a Successful Factory Move
Relocating your manufacturing facility requires far more than just finding a bigger building and plugging in new machinery. The Provence Brothers shared honest insights from their recent factory relocation.
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Cabinet Manufacturing is Moving to the Cloud
The Australian cabinetry industry represents a massive $8 to $9 billion market. How to weaponise digital convenience to protect your margins, and successfully outmaneuver big-box retail giants and global importers.
The Adhesives Q&A: What Your Glue Pot Isn’t Telling You
Stop getting caught in the blame game when edge banding fails. In this eye-opening session, Patrick from Jowat exposed the hidden factory blind spots—from lying glue pot temperatures to climate shocks.
Customer Service, The Smart Cut Way
This session uncovered the power of simple digital logs for daily accountability, giving your staff purpose beyond “just cutting board,” and a brilliant middle-tier training strategy to build a self-sustaining team culture.
Turning a $100k Ad Spend into $2.5M in Flatpack Sales
How the goCabinets brand achieved a staggering 25x return on ad spend by transforming their website into an automated sales machine that answers customer questions before they even pick up the phone.
Busy vs. Profitable: How Jobman Plugs the Hidden Leaks in Your Shop
In this session, the Jobman team revealed how seamless software integrations and simple shopfloor kiosk tracking can eliminate costly mistakes, automate your scheduling, and give you the freedom to work on your business instead of in it.
Factory, Machinery, and Production Panel: Real Talk From the Factory Floor
A panel of experienced Australian and New Zealand factory owners got brutally honest about the real-world bottlenecks, power constraints, and workflow frustrations shaping today’s manufacturing industry.
Rethinking Manufacturing: Less Labour, More Output
Standing still is the fastest way to lose market share in today’s hyper-competitive manufacturing landscape. The team at SCM mapped out the strategic mindset of continuous growth before showcasing advanced, next-generation machinery.
All-Star Industry Panel: Addressing the Questions We’re All Facing
Bringing together representatives from SCM, Jowat, Jobman, and Maken Kitchens & Cabinets, this powerhouse roundtable confronts the questions and pressures facing the modern joinery industry in Australia.
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What we learnt at Cutting Edge 2025 in 60 seconds
Provence Brothers: Factories for Scalable Manufacturing
Retief and Pieter shared how they moved from supply and install to focusing exclusively on cut to size, and how that shift changed their factory, machinery decisions, and growth trajectory.
ASC Flatpacks: The Flatpack Transition
Andrew Steel walked through his transition from traditional cabinet making to a flatpack focused model using automation, and the impact it had on efficiency, customer experience, and scalability.
