Industry Partnership Program

Since the $350 million Industry Partnership Program opened in June 2021, it has enabled industry development by facilitating private sector investment, supply chain development and the creation of jobs.

From August 2023, an additional $53.5 million Program funding will support projects that align with the Queensland new-industry development strategy which aims to develop industries that will be in demand as the world decarbonises. These industries include renewable energy manufacturing, critical minerals, battery industry development, green hydrogen, resource recovery and recycling, and the bioeconomy including biofuels and sustainable aviation fuel. The Program will also support the Queensland Biomedical 10-Year Roadmap and Action Plan.

An additional $12 million will also be invested through the Program to support an upgrade to the existing facilities at the Cairns Marine Precinct to ensure the Precinct will continue to deliver as the premier marine maintenance and sustainment hub in Northern Australia for commercial, Defence and recreational industries across Australia and internationally.

With Industry Partnership Program funding now reaching $415.5 million, there is more opportunity to support projects that create economic opportunities by addressing supply chain gaps, creating sovereign capabilities, and expanding strengths across industries. Projects that have been announced include:

• Alpha HPA’s construction of a commercial plant for high purity alumina nitrate aluminium sulphate. The high purity alumina will be used to make products such as lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and LED lighting.
• Queensland University of Technology 's upgrade of the Mackay renewable biocommodities pilot plant
• Visy Industries’ upgrade to its Gibson Island material recovery facility
• a Translational Manufacturing facility at the Translational Research Institute to provide hands-on training and advanced manufacturing capabilities to build Queensland’s biomedical workforce
• Vecco Group's Townsville vanadium battery electrolyte manufacturing facility
• Bridgeman Agencies North Queensland Defence and Aerospace Manufacturing Capability Expansion at Townsville
• Cud Hill Investments Pty Ltd (Cashcor Engineering’s) expansion of advanced manufacturing services across Northern Australia
• Gilmour Space Technologies Abbot Point launch facility (Bowen Orbital Spaceport)
• RGM Maintenance's defence and hydrogen maintenance hub
• BellaSeno Pty Ltd’s Additive Biomanufacturing Facility at Herston Health Precinct
• University of the Sunshine Coast’s Clinical Trials Network to enhance the delivery of early phase clinical trials in Queensland
• University of Queensland’s Emory Vaccine Centre (QEVC)  to establish a new Queensland hub for vaccine research and commercialisation
• Energreen Nutrition Australia Pty Ltd's oilseed crushing and processing plant in Central Queensland
• Norship Pty Ltd's Advanced Marine Manufacturing & Repair Facility (AMMRF) in Cairns to provide service and repair facilities for large vessels
• Tropical Reef Shipyard Pty Ltd’s capability expansion in Cairns to accommodate modern vessel types and improve scheduling and movement across the facility
• CQ Building Supplies new facility in Maryborough will increase production capacity of timber house frames and trusses.
• Pyrocal at Wellcamp in Toowoomba will establish a facility to manufacture new Continuous Carbonisation Technology (CCT) systems and, process commercial quantities of nutshells into biochar. It will also deliver ongoing training, and conduct research and development of new CCT applications for new types of biowaste.
• JRS Manufacturing's new facility at Wellcamp in Toowoomba will provide specialised design, fabircation and surface treatment coating services for the defence, aerospace, and mining equipment technology and services (METS) industries.
• Gilmour Space Technologies will establish an Australian Space Manufacturing Network Hub at Yatala. This new advanced manufacturing facility and common user facility will build and accelerate Australia's sovereign and independent space capability through industry collaboration, to manufacture rockets and satellite vehicles for potential launch at the Bowen Orbital Spaceport.
• VALD is expanding its existing facility at Newstead to increase its production of innovative musculoskeletal health and sports technologies.
• Jet Zero Australia, following a feasibility study for a SAF biorefinery conducted within the Townsville State Development Area, will be supported to deliver their Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) program.
• Cauldron is establishing a precision fermentation contract manufacturing facility in Mackay that  will have the manufacturing capacity to produce ingredients or components for products in the food, nutrition, materials, beauty, personal care, chemicals and biofuels sectors.

Further information

Industry Partnership Program Guidelines (August 2023) ( 953.3 KB)

If you have a significant new opportunity that fits with the Guidelines, please contact the Industry Partnership Program team directly on ipp@dsdilgp.qld.gov.au