One of the few businesses in Australia with the ability to develop and produce molds, particularly molds for composite materials like carbon fiber, is Precise Machining and Manufacturing, which specializes in complicated precision machining.

Manfred Tinney started the business in 1971 after moving to Australia from Germany. In Berlin's Spandau facility, BMW hired Manfred as an apprentice right out of high school to begin his engineering career. Afterwards, he worked as a craftsman, creating tools and jigs for the BMW 003 Axial Flow Jet Engine and the JUMO 004 engine, which together launched the Jet Age. He also worked on the BMW 801 High Performance Piston Engine. Manfred worked in a variety of toolmaking positions after coming in Australia in 1951, primarily in