Posted in Manufacturing News

Central Coast Industry Connect (CCIC), the Central Coast’s lead manufacturing industry body, was pleased to see that $17.2M had been allocated to the region, for its Food Manufacturing and Innovation hub in the Federal Budget. A strategic business case for the hub was developed by CCIC late last year with the assistance of Food Innovation Australia Limited and major industry partner TrendPac. The business case had support from regional stakeholders including Regional Development Austra...

Held at the end of August the inaugural Central Coast Industry Festival’s highly successful Workshops programme (reported on in CCBR August) was succeeded by an equally successful three-day Expo at which some of the region’s leading manufacturers exhibited their products. Forty Central Coast manufacturers exhibited at the Expo plus a further fourteen sponsors. Over 800 visitors from business, the local community along with 200 invited high school students from local schools atte...

The Central Coast Industry Festival kicked off with a bang last month with a series of nine Workshops from 19th August through to 1st September followed by a 3-day Industry Expo from 1st to 3rd September.  (a full report on the Expo will appear in next month’s CCBR). A first for  the Central Coast, the Festival highlights the value of the manufacturing sector to the Central Coast’s economy and the support it receives through Central Coast Industry Connect and Central C...

Shadow Minister for Industry and Innovation, Ed Husic MP and Member for Dobell Emma McBride announced in early May that an Albanese Labor Government will boost manufacturing jobs on the north end of the Central Coast by funding a Food Manufacturing Innovation Hub. The Coast has a strong history of manufacturing, especially in food and beverage, but currently has no pilot facilities for product development. As part of this commitment, Labor will invest $17.14 million to create a Food Manufac...