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Electric cars and coffee tables: The startups combining tech and tradition at Melbourne’s “very necessary” Space Tank Studio

By Administrator | 17 September 2018

At first glance, Space Tank Studio looks like just another workshop on an industrial street in North Coburg. There’s a circular saw, worktops strewn with tools and drawings, and something I later learn is a laser cutter; AC/DC is blaring.

But look a little closer and there’s intricately crafted woodwork spirals with neon lights running through them, a laptop looking small next to a huge robotic contraption and panels painted in bright colours. Upstairs is artsy, with quirky shelves, comfy sofas, studios and a tastefully cheery paint job.

Space Tank is an incubator space for startups that manufacture, giving early-stage founders access to the kinds of equipment and machinery they might not have had the resources to get their hands on otherwise.

Startups pay for space on a per-metre basis, or purchase a monthly pass giving them use of the equipment. The incubator strives to grow in line with demand, so there’s typically no waiting list, and the door is open for suitable entrepreneurs.

It’s a space where the traditional worlds of mechanics, woodwork and engineering combine with the startup spirit; where entrepreneurs are getting their hands dirty to solve big problems Read more

Stephanie Palmer-Derrien - Smart Company - 14 Sep 2018

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