Since 1974, ANCA has gained worldwide recognition in the industry as a leader in the technology

All our innovations contributed to the success of our products and subsequently, to the success of our customers. Some of these are:

AUSTRALIAN CNC

First to design and manufacture an Australian CNC

PROBE

First to introduce a probe for digitising tools in a CNC tool and cutter grinder

MODEM

First to introduce a modem for support and diagnostics in a CNC tool and cutter grinder

SOFT AXES

First to introduce soft axes for significantly simplified programming of a CNC tool and cutter grinder

MPG FEED

First to introduce MPG Feed for safe program debugging and testing

WINDOWS INTERFACE

First to introduce Windows-style Graphical Users Interface and Real Time Operating System in a CNC tool and cutter grinder

DIRECT DRIVE AXES

First to introduce a CNC tool and cutter grinder with all rotary and linear axes being directly driven

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL

First to introduce industry standard Statistical Process Control (SPC) in a CNC tool and cutter grinder

IBURR SOFTWARE

First to introduce iBurr software for burr grinding, which uses Active Graphical User Interface

3D SIMULATION

First to introduce full and true 3D simulation of the grinding process - CIM3D (patented in Australia & USA)

Our engineering excellence and export achievements have been honoured with more than 25 industry and business awards.

2022 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame - Honour Roll for Service to Industry

ANCA Co-Founders Pat Boland and Pat McCluskey were winners in the 2022 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards. The Pats were added to the Honour Roll for Service to Industry, at the Gala event in Melbourne where the 20th anniversary of the awards was held.

This award recognises their contributions to manufacturing in Victoria, from ANCA’s beginnings in 1974 to today - where business is thriving and ANCA’s sophisticated technology is designed and built in Melbourne and exported across the world. The Pats were announced as the winners by Gala event host Virginia Trioli, and were presented the awards by Victorian MP Ben Carroll, the Minister for Public Transport and the Minister for Roads and Road Safety.

2021 Women in Industry Awards - Finalist

The Women in Industry Awards celebrate the outstanding success and industry work that women in traditionally male-dominated industrials markets have achieved and demonstrated. ANCA’s Amelinda Ilardi is a finalist in the 2021 awards in the category of Excellence in Engineering.

At ANCA, Amelinda is a project manager in the Engineering department. Her role is focused on driving new projects for customised technical solutions. These solutions are new applications that customers cannot access or obtain elsewhere and as such each project requires a high-level of innovation. Amelinda’s leadership capabilities support her outstanding ability to build relationships with all stakeholders – internal and external.

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2019 Employer Award for Apprenticeship Development - Finalist

ANCA was named as a finalist for the Employer Award for Apprenticeship Development at the 65th Victorian Training Awards.

Stuart Gurney, ANCA Apprentice Master said, “My passion is supporting the next generation of talent to enter the fascinating world of CNC grinding. This recognition highlights that we are doing everything we can to nurture progressive learning and provide career options for our apprentices.”

ANCA has a proud history of investing in its people to develop a highly skilled and engaged workforce.

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2018 AFR Most Innovative Companies List

ANCA was honoured to be recognised as one of Australia and New Zealand’s Most Innovative Companies. Coming in at the top 6th most innovative manufacturing businesses, it showcased a recent customised solution for a grinding taps that can run unattended for 50 hours even while grinding multiple different tool designs.

The prestigious annual list, published by The Australian Financial Review, is based on a rigorous assessment process managed by Australia’s leading innovation consultancy, Inventium, in conjunction with a panel of industry expert judges.

Specifically, the judges look at how valuable the problem is that the innovation is solving, the quality and uniqueness of the solution, and the level of impact that the innovation has had. Inventium assesses internal elements such as innovation culture, strategy, resources and process, which demonstrate a sustainable and repeatable approach to innovation.

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2018 IMTS Product Innovation Competition - Honorable Mention

ANCA was awarded an Honorable Mention for the IMTS Product Innovation Competition for the LaserPlus measurement system.

IMTS is a International Manufacturing Technology Show with 130,000 visitors and over 2,500 exhibitors. The LaserPlus, integrated with industry-leading profile tool software, allows customers to produce a batch of complex helical profile tools to within the required tolerance - all without manual intervention by the operator or the need for an expensive secondary offline measuring machine. It can measure and maintain an accuracy of ± 0.002mm (0.0001”) or less, over a large batch of tools.

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2016 Australian Export Award Hall of Fame

ANCA was inducted into the Australian Exporter of the Year Hall of Fame after winning the top accolade three times in 2015, 2012 and 1995. Judges highlighted ANCA’s dedication to innovation and growth, and the company’s strong risk management strategy for intellectual property and skills maintenance.

The Hon. Steven Ciobo, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment presented the certificate of achievement as an Australian Export Award Hall of Fame to Pat Boland, ANCA Joint Managing Director on Thursday 24 November. At the awards Australia’s exporting and business community came together to celebrate and recognise the outstanding achievements of Australia’s top exporters.

Pat Boland commented, “Being recognised as one of Australia’s top ever exporting businesses is a real honour. I never imagined when I founded ANCA with my business partner Pat McCluskey that our company would grow to become the global market leader in its field of CNC Machines. At our core ANCA has a highly talented workforce who are fascinated in technology and our ongoing commitment to innovation has enabled us to continue to grow and succeed in our field."

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2015 Australian Export Awards - Exporter of the Year

Advanced manufacturer ANCA has been named Exporter of the Year at the 53^rd annual Australian Export Awards in Melbourne. Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb made the announcement at a gala ceremony, held to honour the achievements of Australian businesses in international markets.

“I’m delighted to present ANCA with the Australian Exporter of the Year award for their outstanding success in manufacturing innovative advanced machinery that’s in increasingly high demand around the world,” Mr Robb said.

ANCA was also named the winner of this year’s Manufacturing category.

“ANCA has been a leader in its field for 40 years; in that time it has significantly expanded its export markets and is on track for a record year of growth. They’ve hired 160 new employees to meet the increasing demand for their products, and are proof that Australia has a very healthy future manufacturing high-quality and innovative products.”

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2015 Endeavour Awards - Australian Industrial Product of The Year

ANCA won in the Australian Industrial Product of The Year category for its FX Linear tool grinder range. The entry level range is ideal for tasks from light manufacturing, to regrinding and full production. Every element of the machine is new – hardware, software and the electrical system. The machine includes new, faster electronic drives and CNC, a new customisable user panel and Graphic User Interface.

Pat McCluskey threw out the corporate rule book and developed a more lean and agile way to develop this project to maintain innovation and design speed for the radically new ideas in this project. McCluskey pulled together a core group to work on the FX Linear machine, while another group developed the LinX cylindrical linear motors required for the machine.

This technology was new to the company. For the first time the company used an agile methodology called 'Fast Track', a sub-branch of concurrent engineering which aims to get things happening in parallel. Management reviews were replaced with peer reviews, rapid hypothesis testing was included and enough time was built into the schedule to experiment with new ideas. They had working FX Linear prototypes on the floor in 10 months which would normally take over 18 months.

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2014 Endeavour Awards - Young Manufacturer of the Year Award

The Young Manufacturer of the Year Award was presented to Philip Wysocki from ANCA (left) by Martin Sinclair of Cirrus Media.

The judges commented, “Still in his mid-twenties, Philip Wysocki has played a key role in several challenging projects and demonstrated keen problem solving, engineering management skills that have served his employer, ANCA, well over the past three years.”

ANCA describes Wysocki as an inspirational employee, always willing to help others, and one who does whatever it takes to deliver on projects. “Pat, the co-founder, both the Pats actually (founders Boland and McCluskey), they built ANCA up themselves and they actually both mentored me in terms of electrical systems design and the grinding machines themselves,” explained Wysocki after receiving the award.

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Accolades throughout the Years

2015

Australian Exporter of the Year

Australian Export Award - Manufacturing Award

Governor of Victoria Export Awards - Manufacturing Award

Endeavour Awards - Australian Industrial Product of the Year (FX Linear)

2014

Young Manufacturer of the Year - Philip Wysocki (ANCA)

2013

Endeavour Awards - Manufacturer of the Year

Endeavour Awards - Exporter of the Year

2012

Australian Export Award - Large Advanced Manufacturer Award

Governor of Victoria Export Awards - Large Advanced Manufacturer Award

2011

Governor of Victoria Export Awards - Large Advanced Manufacturer Award

Endeavour Awards (Manufacturers Monthly) 50th Anniversary - Most Innovative Manufacturing Company 1961-2011
MSE Large Business Award

2008

Advanced Manufacturing Australia - Innovation Excellence Industry Award (TapX)

2007

Austcham Thailand Business Award Best Exporter - ANCA Thailand

2006

Governor of Victoria Export Awards - Award for Innovation Excellence
Governor of Victoria Export Awards - Large Advanced Manufacturer Award
Governor of Victoria Export Awards - Victorian Exporter of the Year

2005

Victorian Engineering Excellence Award - RX7 grinder

2003

Induction into the Victorian Manufacturers Hall of Fame

1997

Governor of Victoria Export Awards - Exporter of the Year
Governor of Victoria Export Awards - Large Manufacturers Award

1995

Australian Export Award - Large Advanced Manufacturer Award
Australian Exporter of the Year

1994

Governor of Victoria Export Awards - Small to Medium Manufacturer

1993

Rolls Royce and Qantas award for Engineering Excellence

1990

Australian Small Business Awards, Manufacturing

1989

Australian design award