Food Innovation Precinct Western Australia launchesOn Friday 24 February, the multi-million-dollar Food Innovation Precinct Western Australia, aka Mereny Bidi Boodja, was formally opened at Peel Business Park in the state’s south-west.
Key leaders appointed to Western Australia’s new food technology facility, SIFTKey leaders appointed to Western Australia's new food technology facility, SIFT to drive operations at its state-of-the-art food technology facility. Future Food Systems CRC is a major partner in the operations of SIFT.
$13.6m R&D project set to add value to WA’s agrifood sectorWA DPIRD, Murdoch University and the CRC are teaming up to deliver R&D to agrifood firms via a purpose-built food-tech facility at FIPWA.
Western Australian food innovation hub takes big step forwardOn 4 May, CRC stakeholders met at the soon-to-be-completed Food Innovation Precinct Western Australia (the Precinct) in the Shire of Murray to sign lease agreements for core facilities within the precinct.
Peel Business Park calls for EOIs from innovative agrifood businessesWA’s Peel Business Park, site of the soon-to-be-built WA Food Innovation Precinct, is seeking expressions of interest from agrifood and ancillary businesses keen to carve their own footprints in the precinct.
WAFIP Enterprise Support Program to fund growth of innovative agrifood SMEsEligible agrifood SMEs can apply for dollar-matched funding of up to $200K to scale up, commercialise and develop new food products within the new WA Food Innovation Precinct via the just-launched Enterprise Support Program.
Food Innovation Precinct WA to drive growth in premium value-added foodsConstruction has begun on WAFIP, which will include an advanced food-manufacturing facility and food science, processing and educational facilities. The CRC will work with its WA partners to deliver R&D services within the precinct.
