TASMANIAN INDUSTRIES
Advanced Manufacturing
Transformative thinking to lead the world to a better future.
Tasmanian inventiveness has made us global leaders.
Making high quality, world leading products for ourselves and advanced world markets.
Cleaner
Tasmania is already 100% powered by renewable electricity so anything made here will likely have a lower carbon footprint than if produced anywhere else in the world.
Smarter
We invented and reinvented. We tapped into a spirit that embraces where we live. That uses our remote and rugged landscape and our isolation as an asset. We embraced a way of ‘thinking and doing’ that isn’t based on volume – It’s based on quality and inventiveness.
Diverse
There are more than 600 manufacturers in Tasmania employing more than 18,000 Tasmanians. We’ll need 4,500 more within 3 years from all walks of life covering areas such as research, design and development, distribution, logistics, operations, maintenance through to precision welders.
Smarter, cleaner, more durable, renewable.
Defence Industry
Specialised watercraft, maritime products and advanced services. Specialised support vehicle and component production. Nutrition and food sciences. Technologically advanced systems. Pictured is “The Sentinel” Navy Watercraft from PFG
Major Renewable Energy Projects
With a vision for Tasmania to be power 200% by renewable energy there are major projects being unveiled including Pumped Hydro, Green Hydrogen and Wind farms.
Heavy vehicles for a cleaner future
Elphinstone are currently engineering their first BEV underground support vehicles for the global mining industry, a new phase on the 5000 vehicles they’ve built so far.
Already Tasmania’s Metro buses are built locally and are upgradeable to new fuels such as hydrogen as they become ready.
Supporting Blockbusters!
Ignite Digi build high quality camera components for filmmakers and their gear has been used to shoot films such as Disney’s Mulan, Deadpool 2, Marvel’s Venom, A Star is Born, HBO’s True Detective and many other film, television and Netflix programs. They also teamed with Lightning Systems International when COVID first hit to make sure there was enough PPE for health care workers.
Ready to deliver.
There are a lot of reasons to be proud of Manufacturing in Tasmania. Our highly skilled workforce underpin our reputation for reliability and innovation. As we embark on a mission to deliver even more high quality products to the world, and to help solve the climate challenge, we’ll be looking for thousands more Tasmanians to join the advanced manufacturing workforce.
Explore a career in advanced manufacturing.
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