Future Industries Facility
A purpose-built co-location facility enabling research experts, industry and end-users to collaborate on pre-commercial trials and testing. Market driven and industry-led, the Future Industries Facility (FIF) is a catalyst for new technologies, education and training.
Pilot-scale testing is a key milestone on the path to commercialisation. The Future Industries Facility (FIF) will de-risk this critical phase, supporting industry-research partnerships to validate and accelerate emerging technologies from research to market.
With two 1,000 sqm Industrial scale workshops, the FIF delivers targeted demonstration space designed for large scale prototyping for next generation industries, providing:
- Infrastructure to support prototype solutions capable of addressing full-scale operational considerations,
- An operating environment for testing representative of an actual operating environment at scale,
- Access to a multi-disciplinary community of researchers, academics and technicians to achieve engineering feasibility validated in actual system application, and
- Opportunities for integrated skills development; access to co-designed industrial experience programs shaping technical skills and practical workforce experiences for a pipeline of trained, work-ready students.
The Future Industries Facility is supported through $20.7M funding from the Australian Government’s Regional Precincts and Partnerships Program.
Work with us
The Future Industries Facility is due for completion in mid-2027. For industry engagement, collaboration, or partnership opportunities, please contact nextgenpark@newcastle.edu.au.
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