Australia: 100+ manufacturing jobs for Geelong

More than 100 new manufacturing jobs will be created in the Geelong region of Australia by the first project to be funded under round one of the Australian and Victorian Government’s Geelong Region Innovation and Investment Fund (GRIIF).
Wed, 5 March 2014More than 100 new manufacturing jobs will be created in the Geelong region of Australia by the first project to be funded under round one of the Australian and Victorian Government’s Geelong Region Innovation and Investment Fund (GRIIF).

Australian minister for industry Ian Macfarlane, Victorian premier Denis Napthine, Victoria minister for manufacturing David Hodgett and member for Corangamite Sarah Henderson  announced the first grant of A$5m (£2.7m) to Geelong business Carbon Revolution yesterday.  

The project is expected to create up to 108 new full time jobs.

“This project shows the depth of the Australian manufacturing sector and is an example of the type of innovative and high-tech manufacturing that Australia can excel in, as the sector undergoes major transformation,” Macfarlane said while visiting the company’s headquarters.

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