Manufacturing Catalyst is a boutique manufacturing and material flow advisory business, founded with one goal : to help people who make things, make things better.
Dr. Michael Lucas FIEAust CPEng, Founder and Principal Advisor at Manufacturing Catalyst, is a Chartered Professional Engineer and Fellow of Engineers Australia with three decades of experience in manufacturing and material flow optimisation and automation across four continents and a diverse array of industries. He has had pivotal roles in landmark manufacturing projects such as Tesla's gigafactory design and supply chain optimisation in California. He led the Industrialisation team at solar innovator 5B, significantly speeding up their manufacturing and assembly systems, and was the Global Engineering Manager for Transformer oil re-refiner Hydrodec, responsible for the deployment of a world first modular oil re-refining facility in Canton, Ohio enabling grid level transformers to be refilled with better quality oils. Michael has a past project portfolio with several billion in capital value, including automotive, clean energy, food and beverage, furniture, and prefabricated construction projects. With several patents arising from his work, he has been at the forefront of advancing sustainable manufacturing and material flow technologies with robotics, AI, and automation.
Michael started Manufacturing Catalyst with one goal – to help people who make things, make things better.
