Case Studies
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Aerospace and Aeronautics
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| | Boeing Aerostructures Australia
| Boeing's presence in Australia is the company’s largest footprint outside the United States. Boeing Aerostructures Australia is Victoria’s largest aircraft component manufacturer and has developed advanced composite materials technology. Along with the Composites CRC they developed the innovative resin infusion manufacturing process used to produce the complete set of carbon fibre trailing edge control surfaces for the Boeing 787’s.
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|  | | Thales Australia Air Systems
| Thales Australia Air Systems has its ‘Global Centre of Excellence’ for the development of oceanic and transcontinental air traffic management systems located in Melbourne.
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| | Ford Motor Company
| Headquartered in Melbourne, Ford’s Victorian operations include an engine plant, design studio, stamping and assembly plant, foundries, vehicle proving ground, wind tunnel and other manufacturing and design facilities. Melbourne is Ford’s centre of excellence for the Asia-Pacific region.
Ford Australia has officially opened the Advanced Centre for Automotive Research and Testing (ACART) in Lara, an investment totalling $20 million. (April 2009)
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| | | Toyota Motor Corporation
| Melbourne is home to one of Toyota Japan’s global manufacturing centres, with its head office, engine plant, assembly plant, design studio and engineering facilities based here. Toyota Australia exports more than half its production to the Middle East, South Africa and New Zealand.
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Financial and Service Industries
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| | Martin Currie Investment Management
| Martin Currie Investment Management, the independent Edinburgh-based specialist equity boutique, has set up business in Melbourne, Australia. Martin Currie’s Melbourne office will be used as a base to manage and support expansion into Asia. (March 2009)
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| | | Vanguard Group
| In 1996, the Vanguard Group chose Melbourne as the place to open its first office outside the United States. Thirteen years on, and Vanguard Investments Australia, wholly-owned by The Vanguard Group, has become Australia's leading index funds manager with over A$60 billion in funds under management. (March 2009)
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Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)
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