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NSW Department of State Regional
DevelopmentMichael OSullivanExecutive
Director, Industry DivisionManufacture Coffs
Coast8 November 2006
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NSW Manufacturing Industry

• Manufacturing is the second largest sector in the
  Australian economy
• NSW has largest manufacturing sector with a value
  of 33 billion in 2004-05
• Manufacturing employs 323,000 people 10 of the
  States workforce
• NSW is headquarters for 42 of top 200
  manufacturing companies by revenue in Australia
  and New Zealand

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Characteristics of Manufacturing Products

• Their degree of transformation and complexity
• The levels of value added
• The significance of RD
• Design and engineering inputs
• Skilled labour requirements
• The capacity to create innovative thinking and
  knowledge

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DSRD support for manufacturing

• NSW Manufacturing Council, Red Tape Review
• Facilitation of the Manufacture Coffs Coast
  industry network together with Coffs Harbour City
  Council, Nambucca Shire Council and TAFE
• Facilitation of Defence Industry and Medical
  Device Networks
• The Women in Manufacturing Network and the NSW
  Women in Manufacturing Scholarship program to
  help women take a greater role
• Our sponsorship of the Industry Capability
  Network to identify opportunities for NSW
  companies ahead of their overseas competition
• The Department of State and Regional Development
  operates an extensive export development program
  to help companies succeed in international
  markets
• UK, 20-24 November 2006
• Dubai, healthcare trade mission 28-31 January
  2007
• USA, food and agricultural equipment missions
  January/February 2007

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DSRD support for RD

• National ICT Centre of Excellence (NICTA)
• 20 million, over five years, embedded systems
  focus, Industry Partnerships Electrolux
• Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems
  research in robotics and human-computer
  interaction
• 3 Centres in Newcastle including the Centre for
  Complex Dynamic Systems and Control
• Centre of Excellence in Photoelectrics and
  Photovoltaics research in semi-conductor
  technologies to improve super-computing
  productivity
• Quantum Computing ARC Centre of Excellence
  science and engineering required to develop the
  building blocks for quantum computing devices
• The Bandwidth Foundry prototyping facilities
  and services to developers of photonic integrated
  services.

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Upcoming Projects for Manufacturing

• Defence Projects
• Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)
• Australia has committed 150 million to date
• Enables Australian industry to participate
• Goodrich Control Systems Australia, Partech
  Systems (Nowra) Varley Engineering - JSF
  contracts
• Future sales depend on purchase of the aircraft
• Amphibious Ships Program
• DSRD is supporting the Thales Australia bid to
  build the 2 billion ships in Sydney, East Coast
  of Australia
• Potential opportunities for relevant suppliers
  eg electronics
• Aviation and Aerospace
• Directory of NSW Capability
• NSW Stand at Avalon Airshow in March 2007

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Further informationwww.business.nsw.gov.au