is driving mid-sized manufacturers such as Toowoomba-based Vickery Holdings to increase their spending on automation to take advantage of strong customer demand.
He said he had put ads on Seek over the past six months that had not received a single applicant. Before the pandemic, similar ads would attract 30 or 40 resumés. Next month, Mr Vickery plans to head to a construction expo in Munich to buy more robots for the business to “remove more hands off the factory floor”.“I’d rather put on staff, but they’re not there. It’s not a choice at the moment.”
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