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We recognise that our future prosperity lies in ideas, innovation and driving entrepreneurialism. We already have a flourishing innovation ecosystem, providing an ideal location for startups, entrepreneurial talent and creativity.

  • Through the Sunshine Coast Regional Innovation Project Team, the region is already fostering more innovative businesses, product development and employment growth (more details below).
  • Similarly, the deployment of new and enabling technologies, including the international broadband submarine network infrastructure, will support innovation and transformation across high-value industries and companies.
  • Business and industry are actively encouraged to continue to embrace new technologies to expand their markets and compete nationally and globally. The capacity building of business, including existing and new businesses across the region, is a critical part of this process.
  • Providing opportunities for our young entrepreneurs is also important and the region has seen the development of a range of programs, initiatives and mentoring of our young talent to help them create the jobs and companies of the future.
  • World-class research also holds the key to addressing challenges such as increasing industry innovation and productivity improvement. Productive research partnerships between the higher education sector and industry can provide the confidence, evidence and foundations to innovate and turn research into commercial products and services.

Innovative businesses in our region

HeliMods

HeliMods services the global helicopter market from its world class, purpose-built facility at Caloundra Airport on the Sunshine Coast, using cutting edge technologies, including fully associative, digital 3D design and Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), 3D laser scanning, 3D printing, and augmented reality.

Entag

Entag supports its customers with their digital journey by delivering transformative technology-based solutions which give small businesses, government organisations and large companies true differentiation.

Typefi

Typefi is a global leader in the provision of single-source automated publishing software, helping organisations around the world publish their content faster and in more formats. It has a global team of 45 but the company’s head office, including the Research and Development department, is based on the Sunshine Coast.

Gourmet Garden

Gourmet Garden has grown from a small privately-owned company since its inception in 1999 to a global success exporting to more than 15 countries and appearing on over 35,000 supermarket shelves in the United States, Asia, Europe, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom. 

Ambrose Building

Ambrose Building manages upwards of 15,000 property repair claims for Queenslanders each year and relies on its custom software to automate 80,000 processes every day.

Advanced Aquarium Technologies

With projects in more than 30 cities globally, Advanced Aquarium Technologies pioneers services and solutions to create some of the most iconic and inspiring aquariums in the world.

Naturo Technologies

Sunshine Coast based milk producer, Naturo, inventor of the Haelen method – a breakthrough in milk production that extends shelf life and export potential.

Zone RV

ZONE RV is a locally owned and operated business that manufactures and assembles composite caravans. Incorporating technology from the aeronautical and marine industries to build lighter, stronger and safer off-road caravans.

Want to know more?

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