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Since its establishment in 2018, ManuFutures has helped create more than $1 billion in company value, incubated more than 17 advanced manufacturing start-ups, helped companies establish export markets in more than 35 countries, hosted 500 student placements and created more than 120 advanced manufacturing jobs.
The new-look ManuFutures building at Deakin’s Waurn Ponds Campus delivers an increased number of tenancy opportunities, new manufacturing incubator programs, training and product engineering services.
The only facility of this type in Australia, ManuFutures programs provides a doorway to Deakin University’s advanced capabilities and equipment, as well as multidisciplinary business, law and technology expertise.
Located within Geelong’s Future Economy Precinct, home to some of Australia’s and the world’s leading advanced manufacturers, participants work beside them with access to research, business mentors, university students and graduates.
“I don’t think I would have had the confidence to take this path without ManuFutures. It has changed my perspective. Issues can become irrelevant quickly because other people have been through them and are happy to share what they’ve learned.”
In 2023, ManuFutures doubled in size, thanks to funding by the Victorian Government ($10 million) and Deakin University ($10 million) as part of the Government’s $350 million Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund.