We are a Cooperative Research Centre that helps Australian companies increase their global relevance through research-led innovation in manufacturing products, processes and services
Our vision is for Australian manufacturing to be thriving, relevant and globally integrated. As a not-for-profit, independent cooperative research centre, we help Australian companies increase their relevance through collaborative, market-driven research in manufacturing business models, products, processes, and services. In collaboration with companies, research organisations, industry associations, and government, we:
Co-fund, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, broad, multidisciplinary and industry-led research projects that deliver commercial outcomes Advance the wider cause of manufacturing transformation through industry education and public advocacy. Manufacturing has entered a fourth industrial revolution. This offers vast opportunities for Australian companies to create new products and services, expand into new supply chains and markets at home and around the world, and attract and develop a new generation of skilled employees.
We aim to encourage and help manufacturers to invest in collaborative research to exploit innovative technologies. We want to see the public perception of ‘brand manufacturing’ of capital-intensive, labour-intensive production facilities, to embracing the fourth industrial transformation, in which companies leverage digital technologies, including Industry 4.0, to deliver intellectual property, value adding, customisation and business models to sell new products and services to a global market.
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Our mission Our mission is to help catalyse the transformation of Australian manufacturing through collaborative investment, research impact and innovation. Our values Collaboration Entrepreneurship Leadership Advocacy Advancement Back to top
Our partners We believe in research collaboration and manufacturing innovation. By connecting companies and research organisations, and sharing knowledge and resources, we aim to make Australian manufacturing innovative, effective, resilient and relevant.
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Our team We facilitate and improve collaboration between industry, research institutions, universities and the global community with open, respectful conversations that leverage effective feedback and ‘collective genius’ to find the best pathways to success. DAVID CHUTER CEO and Managing Director
DR JASON COONAN Chief Operating Officer
DR MATTHEW YOUNG Manufacturing Innovation Manager
JANA KUTHE Communications, Marketing and Events Manager
SAMEERA SILVA Finance and IT ManagerDR MIN-YIN YAP Project Research and Education OfficerDAVID CHANDLER Project Research and Systems OfficerBack to top
Our board IMCRC is governed by an independent board of directors that oversees the organisation’s research and work in creating long-term impact for Australian manufacturing. The board represents a broad range of industry, research and government expertise. THE HONOURABLE IAN MACFARLANE Chairman
DR ALEXANDER GOSLING PROF ROY GREEN SIMON MARRIOTT PROF MARY O'KANE ROBERT C COHEN INNES WILLOX DR JENS GOENNEMANN DAVID CHUTER Back to top
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