2024-25 CENTRAL COAST INVESTMENT PROSPECTUS 13 Key Industries Advanced Manufacturing Chamberlain Group’s new 19,000sqm Grifco manufacturing facility at Somersby In 2023 there were 994 registered manufacturing businesses operating in the sector while in 2021/22 total value add of the manufacturing sector was $1,270.8 million and the total number of people employed was 7,752. While most are locally owned businesses there is a core of national and foreign owned companies based in the region. Many have embraced Advanced Manufacturing technologies to improve their products and processes to give them a competitive edge. Manufacturers on the Central Coast are supported by a strong networking organisation, Central Coast Industry Connect (CCIC). CCIC focuses on specialisations in Advanced Manufacturing, Food and Beverage production and the circular economy with the goal to make the Central Coast a Centre of Innovation Excellence across the spectrum. One of the largest manufacturers in the region is BORG, a family owned vertically integrated company that has embraced innovation and advanced manufacturing making it one of Australia’s leading manufacturers. Other leading manufacturers include: Chamberlain Group, Pro Ali Design, TrendPac, Baltimore Aircoil (Australia), Hebel, , Donaldson Australasia, Parkwood Modular Homes, Parchem, Interpod Modular Bathrooms, Paci c Labels and FMC Food processing The Central Coast is home to over 50 food manufacturing and processing companies from large to small. In 2022/23 the total value add of the food and beverage subsector was $365 million. In addition, the region’s hinterland is well known for its agricultural and horticultural products, particularly poultry, fruit and vegetables. Major food companies include: Mars Food Australia, Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing, Sara Lee, Inghams Enterprises (Chickadee further processed chicken facility), Agrana Fruit Australia, The Cordina Food Co. (further processed chicken facility), Tip Top Bakeries, Hawkesbury Brewing Co. Central Coast Food Manufacturing and Innovation Hub The establishment of the Central Coast Food Manufacturing and Innovation Hub was announced in the October 2022 Federal Budget as an initiative of Central Coast Industry Connect to make the Central Coast “a Food Manufacturing Destination”. Central Coast Council has provided land for the hub at Ourimbah in close proximately to the Ourimbah campus of the University of Newcastle. Project planning is underway with an expected opening of the hub to be mid 2026. University of Newcastle The Faculty of Science at the University of Newcastle’s Central Coast Campus at Ourimbah has strong links with the food industry. Their food science laboratory is aimed at supporting the region’s food industry. Agriculture Family Fresh Farms Peats Ridge 2.5Ha glasshouse cucumber growing facility To the west of the M1 Paci c Motorway is a signi cant rural area that supports an agriculture industry with production in 2022/23 valued at $244.9 million. The agriculture sector includes: Chicken growing, cut owers, fruit and vegetables. The Central Coast Plateau area is a major chicken meat production area being close to the Sydney market. Chicken production in 2020/21 was valued at $67 million. Cut ower production on the Central Coast in 20-20/21 was valued at $39.2 million and citrus fruit and vegetable production at $9.2 million. Australian entrepreneur Gerry Harvey in 2019 established Family Fresh Farms at Peats Ridge investing $25 million in two new 2.5 Ha hi-tech glasshouses and packaging lines growing some 100 million Qukes® baby cucumbers annually for the major supermarkets. Central Coast Primary Industries Centre (CCPIC The Central Coast Primary Industries Centre (CCPIC) is NSW Department of Primary Industries’ Centre of Excellence for Market Access and Greenhouse Horticulture. The site is co-located with the Ourimbah Campus of the University of Newcastle with a further 78 hectares at the Somersby Field station. The manufacturing sector on the Central Coast accounts for a diverse range of products from food processing and metal and allied metal products to wood products that make up a signi cant part of the region’s manufacturing industries.
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