Grants up to $50,000 awarded to 13 Tasmanian manufacturers

Matched funding totalling approximately $450,000 has been awarded by the state government to 13 Tasmanian businesses under the fifth round of the Advanced Manufacturing Accelerating Growth Program.

According to premier Jeremy Rockliff, the round brought the number of projects funded under the program to 51, with a cumulative $3.5 million in government assistance resulting in “about $ 9.7 million in overall investment”.

Grants ranged from $9,610 to CNC laser, router cutting and engraving job shop Xanderware to the maximum $50,000 amount, which went to six businesses, including to Jayben Group, which “specialises in power train products and light to medium industrial plant and equipment” according to its website.

“A wide variety of advanced manufacturers have been successful in the latest grant round including younger, expanding businesses like Tasman Sea Salt, the Tasmanian Tonic Company and Hale Farm,” said Rockliff in a statement on Thursday.

The next round of the program “is expected to open in the new financial year” according to the statement. More information on the AMAG Program is available at this link.

A full list of grant recipients is reproduced below.

Successful applicant	Funding amount	Purpose
Tasman Sea Salt Pty Ltd	$50,000	Assistance with the commercialisation of a pilot project to accelerate the evaporation stage of Tasman Sea Salt’s unique clean energy harvesting process.
CBG Systems Pty Ltd	$50,000	Assistance with the expansion of manufacturing capacity for mobile camouflage systems and high technology equipment.
Island Block and Paving Holdings Pty Ltd	$46,827	Assistance with the manufacture of sustainably certified ‘Brick Slip’s for the Australian wall cladding market, manufactured using 40% recycled content without any saw cutting requirements.
Hale Farm Pty Ltd	$15,469	Assistance with the development of solventless processing of medical cannabis.
Grace Strategic Pty Ltd	$50,000	Assistance with the acquisition and installation of upgraded production line components.
Marine Resources Pty Ltd	$19,796	Assistance with the purchase of a high-volume filtration system for the manufacture of algal polysaccharides.
Tefco Distributors Tas Pty Ltd	$50,000	Assistance with the installation of a pipe fitting production line.
Beauty and the Bees Pty Ltd	$22,915	Assistance with the purchase of equipment to enable the development of a shampoo bar.
Horticultural and Landscape Supplies (S&K Services)	$50,000	Assistance with the installation and implementation of a cutting-edge pelletiser for the production of a Tasmanian fertiliser pellet.
Taz Drone Solutions Pty Ltd	$9,890	Assistance with the manufacturing of custom drones and components for national and global markets.
Jayben Australia Pty Ltd	$50,000	Assistance with the expansion of Jayben’s advanced manufacturing capability by building semi-autonomous processing.
Betaserv Pty Ltd	$27,354	Assistance with the expansion of advanced radiography testing capacity in Tasmania.
Xanderware Pty Ltd	$9,610	Assistance with the expansion of Xanderware into design, manufacturing and export.