S & E Engineering faces winding-up application from Metso Australia

A winding-up application was filed against S. & E. Engineering Pty Ltd, a Western Australian company, with the matter listed for hearing in the Supreme Court of Western Australia in Perth on 1 December 2026, according to a notice published on the ASIC Published Notices register on 30 October 2026.

Why it matters

The notice names Metso Australia Pty Ltd as the applicant and cites paragraph 465A(1)(c) of the Corporations Act. The notice records this as a winding-up application, not a winding-up order, with the matter listed for hearing on 1 December 2026. If the court makes a winding-up order at that hearing, S & E Engineering would move into liquidation, with a registered liquidator appointed to take control of its assets and report to creditors.

For subcontractors, suppliers and other creditors connected to S & E Engineering, the published notice is the public record of this dispute moving to a court hearing rather than being settled privately between the company and Metso Australia.

The numbers

S. & E. Engineering Pty Ltd is registered under ACN 051 753 863, with its state of incorporation recorded as Western Australia. The application was published on the ASIC notice register on 30 October 2026, and the hearing is set down for 1 December 2026, giving the company roughly a month before the court considers the matter.

The notice does not disclose a disputed debt figure, the nature of the underlying contract between the two companies, or S & E Engineering’s trading scale, and no outlet coverage of the dispute was located at the time of writing. ASIC’s published notices register is the mechanism used to put the market on notice of filings of this kind, including this winding-up application against S & E Engineering.

What’s next

The 1 December 2026 hearing is the next scheduled step on the public record for this winding-up application. It follows other recent WA insolvency notices, including Bugardi Contracting’s voluntary administration. Should the court decline to make a winding-up order at that hearing, S & E Engineering would continue operating under its existing management, with no further notice required unless another creditor files. Any further notice tied to this ACN, including a withdrawal, a court order, or the appointment of a liquidator, would be published through the same ASIC notice system, and The Australian Developer will track the result.