There are many advantages to bringing your advanced manufacturing business to Queensland, including access to existing industry clusters, government support, and Queensland's highly skilled workforce.

Location

Regional Queensland is home to manufacturing industry clusters, which comprise 28% of industry activity in the state.

Many regional strategies support manufacturing and recognise it as an important industry that generates employment and business growth in Queensland.

Government support

The Queensland Government's Office of Advanced Manufacturing supports the manufacturing industry through a range of initiatives and programs.

State development areas have been created for manufacturing in areas such Townsville, Abbot Point, Gladstone and Bromelton. These areas offer:

• attractive industrial development opportunities
• greater development certainty for industry
• protection of environmental values in the region
• access to road, rail and port facilities
• efficient processing of development applications.

Learn more about state development areas.

Workforce, education and training

Queensland has a highly-skilled, motivated, employment ready workforce. Part of this workforce includes skilled workers from overseas attracted by Queensland's idyllic lifestyle and low cost of living.

Queensland has numerous world-class universities and vocational education institutes.

Learn more about Queensland's highly skilled workforce.

Also consider...

• Learn about development projects in Queensland.
• Find out about the benefits of doing business in Queensland.

There are many companies in Queensland involved in advanced manufacturing, including:

• Boyne Smelters Limited - Australia's largest alumina smelter
• Capral Aluminium Limited - Australia's largest aluminium extrusion facility
• Carlton United Breweries - Australia's biggest beer producer has a brewery in Yatala
• Cement Australia - Australia's largest manufacturer and distributor of cement
• CSR - leading manufacturer of building products in Australia
• EGR Group - major automotive product manufacturer with its head office in Brisbane
• Glencore (Xstrata Copper North Queensland) - processing copper from one of the largest underground mines in the world and the deepest mines in Australia (1,800 metres)
• Liberty OneSteel - Queensland's largest steel manufacturer
• Ludowici Limited - global mineral processing equipment company with its headquarters in Brisbane
• Multinail - one of the largest nail plate manufacturers, supplying products to the timber truss industry
• Orica Australia - one of the largest producers of sodium cyanide in Australia, and the third largest in the world
• Queensland Alumina Limited - one of the world's largest alumina refineries
• Rio Tinto - the world's largest alumina refinery
• Sun Metals Corporation Pty Ltd - Australia's largest producer of refined zinc metals
• Volvo Commercial Vehicles - major vehicle manufacturer of Volvo and Mack trucks, based at Wacol.

Also consider...

• Learn about proposed and planned infrastructure projects in Queensland.
• Find out about the benefits of doing business in Queensland.