Western Sydney business first to benefit from Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility

The AMRF is a NSW Government facility designed to accelerate innovation across the manufacturing sector. Businesses can utilise AMRF’s expertise and world leading advanced manufacturing equipment to innovate their products and production processes to scale up and grow their business.

Western Sydney engineering company Marley Flow Control is the first business to complete a project with the AMRF. The time-study project identified operational efficiencies in Marley Flow Control’s manufacturing processes that could generate up to six times the current productivity of the business and an estimated 15% to 20% reduction in production costs.

Keen to build on this increased productivity, Marley Flow Control are now working with the AMRF to develop a new product design.

Marley Flow Control specialises in cooling tower manufacture and maintenance, flow control engineering (including pumps and piping), large-scale fan manufacturing, laser alignment and facilities maintenance.

AMRF is a key part of the NSW Government strategy to grow the advanced manufacturing sector in Western Sydney and beyond. The AMRF also anchors the new city of Bradfield at the heart of the Aerotropolis which will be a home for high quality jobs in advanced manufacturing and education training.

The pipeline of current AMRF projects span across high-priority industries such as aerospace, agriculture, defence, energy, medtech and more.

Bradfield Development Authority CEO, Ken Morrison said: 

“The AMRF is a NSW Government strategy to accelerate innovation and grow businesses in Western Sydney and we’re delighted to announce the completion of our first project.

Western Sydney is home to one of the largest concentrations of manufacturing businesses in Australia and the AMRF is a resource to support them innovate, grow and provide more jobs.

With the AMRF, homegrown manufacturers have an exciting opportunity to transition to new ways of doing business or create high value components for the next generation of advanced technologies”

Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility Executive Director, Ben Kitcher said:

“By focusing on practical and implementable solutions to solve manufacturing challenges, the AMRF will help local businesses become more globally competitive.

Proving out new technologies, scaling up and commercialising, will save businesses precious time, resources and money.”

Marley Flow Control Director, Gareth Jones said:

“Marley Flow Control is excited to collaborate with the Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility (AMRF) on the first project.

“Working with the AMRF, tapping into their engineering expertise and expert knowledge to improve our manufacturing processes and ways of working, will enable us to increase productivity and reduce costs. Simple changes could make a massive difference to our operations.

We see this as the beginning of a long partnership with the AMRF to help develop our product offering. We’re proud to be one of the first to access this world-class manufacturing development centre right here in Western Sydney.”

Background

The Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility (AMRF) will enable the manufacturing industry to drive productivity improvements, utilise innovative technology, and propel the development of research and prototypes into commercial products.

AMRF’s state-of-the-art equipment and leading experts, will be the first facility of its kind in Australia to provide a unique offering that will foster a combined industry, research, and education community in the heart of Bradfield City Centre.

Marley Flow Control is a Western Sydney engineering company specialising in cooling tower manufacture and maintenance, flow control engineering (including pumps and piping), large-scale fan manufacturing, laser alignment and facilities maintenance.