Melbourne, Victoria is the home of Australia’s well-developed automotive industry, with a cluster of key assemblers, component companies, design houses, toolmakers and other service providers. Victoria provides a highly-skilled workforce and excellent automotive R&D facilities, with specialist capabilities in design, engineering, materials applications and manufacturing of innovative metals, plastics, electronic and mechanical products.
Although the Australian automotive industry is small by world standards, it’s one of the few locations globally that has the full range of capabilities from concept to delivery. Our competitive edge in automotive design relates to a flexibility in design and customisation that is difficult to replicate in other locations.
Market opportunities & Potential
– Research & Design: leveraging the versatility and creativity of Australian engineering
– Niche opportunities arising from developments in: alternative fuel and energies, drive by wire, computer systems integration
– Fast tracking for technology development: fast/cost efficient development of new variants from concept to production
– Applications engineering (i.e. conversion from concept to application within a model)
– Sophisticated market suitable for testing niche products and customisation
– Melbourne time zone bridges the European and American business hours, enabling around-the-clock access to engineering and design servies
– Leveraging our world-class infrastructure to support the export of automotive vehicles and components
