Edinburgh Industry Alliance

  • Alliance Launch

    A new industry alliance is set to trigger growth in the defence sector in Northern Adelaide ⁠— creating new jobs and 

    building life-long careers. 


    The Edinburgh Industry Alliance has been formed with the guidance and support of the City of Playford to work with government and stakeholders to help address supply chain challenges and the greater need for onshore sovereign industrial solutions.


    The Alliance consists of leading South Australian companies, including:

    Century Engineering -selected by BAE systems Australia as a participant on the strategic supplier pilot program and help digitise its supply chain for the $45bn Hunter-class frigates program. 

    Levett Engineering - a world leading precision component manufacturer with an international client base in Defence & Aerospace; the 2018 Business SA Qatar Airways Exporter of the year.

    XTEK - protecting the front line protectors, providing high frontline

    products and tailored solutions to government agencies, law enforcement, military, space and commercial sectors.

    Aimpoint - Building capabilities for Defence & Industry.

     BiOrg - providing integrated logistics support, project management, engineering management and software development services to Defence.

    Eptec Group - selected by ASC to deliver the $66 million contract for the blast and paint on the Collins Class full cycle dockings and is a Known Land Vehicle specialist.

    Sonnex - Over 30 years of experience in engineering, sheet metal and profile cutting.

    Williams Metal Fabrication - delivering bespoke metal fabrication solutions to South Australia's defence, marine, civil and construction companies and have also worked on many of the regions largest infrastructure projects.

    Lionsgate Business Park - SA's largest industrial park and the former Holden Manufacturing Facility. 

    All of these businesses are located close to the Edinburgh Defence Precinct, which is home to one of Australia's Super Bases, Defence Science and Technology group, including defence's next-generation high performance computing centre, BAE Systems Australia and the future location of Boeing Australia's $160 million defence aircraft maintenance facility (to support the deep maintenance of Australia's 

    P 8A Poseidon aircraft). This precinct is located adjacent to Adelaide's North-South Motorway - offering unrivalled freight connectivity to national rail and road lines and the Osborne Shipyards.

    Adelaide's Northern Suburbs are also home to other Major Defence Primes including:

    SAAB Australia

    Lockheed Martin Australia

    Raytheon

    General Dynamics

    Northrop Grumman

    The concentration of all these companies within Adelaide's Northern suburbs once again demonstrates that it is at the heart of Australia's Defence State.

    Craig Schmidt, Chair of the Alliance and Head of Armour & Composites at XTEK Limited said:

    " This is exciting on many levels, including the opportunity presented to government and primes to come into an area and be confident that industry will collaborate to ensure the best outcomes for a customer. This includes providing total product and service solutions for their needs. All nine members will seek to ensure the maximum utilization of our industry capability in advanced engineering, manufacturing and supply chain programs for Defence and specialized areas in Australian and International markets."


    Matt Burnell,MP - Federal Member for Spence said:

    " This local capability ensures the Edinburgh Industry Alliance can take advantage of opportunities, build capacity and innovation."

Defence Industry Day 2021

This Defence Industry Day  held in collaboration with City of Playford, Stretton Centre and Aimpoint RPL provided businesses with the opportunity to hear from, and network with, some of the world’s largest defence firms, organisations responsible for developing the defence supply industry, and training providers. 

Organisations such as : BAE Systems Australia, Lockheed Martin Australia, SAAB Australia, Babcock Australasia, 

General Dynamics Land Systems–Australia, Industry Capability Network (ICN), Centre for Defence Industry Capability, TAFE SA, 

Defence Teaming Centre, Naval Shipbuilding College, Defence SA came and spoke about what the industry is looking for and 

provided guests with a fresh insight into what's to come in the future and how to go about getting in on the new contracts coming available.


Attendees were offered a rare opportunity to take a tour of the Lionsgate Business Park (formerly the General Motors Holden site). 

This site is a key part of the manufacturing ecosystem in South Australia, and is ideally located close to Defence Science and Technology Group, the Edinburgh Defence precinct and is only 27 minutes from Osborne shipyards via key freight corridors.


Click the link below to watch the video from City of Playford Mayor Glenn Docherty

https://youtu.be/XArH5VuzJwk


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Defence Industry Day 2022


This Defence Industry Day  held in collaboration with City of Playford, Stretton Centre and Aimpoint RPL provided businesses with the opportunity to hear from, and network with, some of the world’s largest defence firms, organisations responsible for developing the defence supply industry, and training providers. 

Organisations such as : BAE Systems Australia,  Babcock, Hanwha,  Babcock,  ICN SA,  Lockheed Martin Australia,  Defence SA, 

Defence Innovation Hub,  Boeing,  ASC,  SAAB,  Aimpoint Pty Ltd,  ODIS,  Levett Engineering,  Accenture,  Providence Consulting,

came and spoke about what the industry is looking for and provided guests with a fresh insight into what's to come in the future and 

how to go about getting in on the new contracts coming available.


Attendees were offered opportunities to participate in Panel discussion sessions which covered a variety of topics


Click the link below to read the speech presented by 

The Hon Matt Thistlethwaite MP, 

Assistant Minister for Defence, Assistant Minister forVeterans' Affairs, Assistant Minister for the Republic

Speech to Defence Industry Day 2022 | Defence Ministers



Defence Industry Day 2023

Event: Defence Industry Day 2023

Location: Playford Civic Centre

Date: 22 November 2023

Time: 8:00am to 5:00pm including network drinks from 4pm

Tickets: link to tickets below


Click here to purchase tickets

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