Swinburne to House Advanced Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre

8 Aug 08

Cutting edge technologies to keep Australian manufacturing industry competitive and sustainable will be developed and delivered at a new research centre to be based at ManufactureLink member, Swinburne University of Technology.

The Advanced Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) brings together universities, research organisations and the Australian advanced manufacturing industry to deliver new platform technologies across major industry sectors in Australia, including the defence, aerospace, biomedical, fine chemical, mining, energy and fabricated metal products sectors.

The centre will receive $35 million from the federal government over seven years, $21 million from industry and more than $50 million in-kind support from participants.

Its research will have a significant impact across all industry sectors, with an estimated $523 million increase in business activity to be realised by 2016 as a result of industry and Australian government investment in the CRC.

Five leading Australian research and development providers with a strong industry link will conduct research to develop the next generation technology, processes and human resource capabilities to facilitate the transition from traditional to a knowledge-based manufacturing industry of the future.

The research and development providers are CSIRO, Deakin University, RMIT, Swinburne and the University of New South Wales. Industry participants include ANCA, Bishop Technology Group and the industry body Advanced Manufacturing Australia.

Projects will be driven by the research and development needs of industry partners.

Dr Mark Trigg, the founding CEO of AMCRC, has been responsible for establishing the centre with input from industrial participants and research and development providers.

The AMCRC will also deliver an education and training program to better equip professionals to identify and utilise new technologies.

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