Joy Australasia managing director Brad Neilson said the Innovation campus provided a combination of state-of-the-art commercial office space (iC Enterprise 1) and the competitive advantage of collaboration with the UOW.
“We were looking for premises that would allow us to consolidate a number of existing offices and undertake R&D and the Innovation campus presented the ideal solution,” he said.
“In addition to fantastic office space, it gives us the opportunity to align with one of the most progressive schools of engineering and mining in the country, presenting opportunities for R&D, as well as internships and scholarships.”
Joy Global is a leader in the development, manufacture, distribution and service of mining systems for the extraction of coal and other bedded materials and has supplied a longwall to the nearby Gujarat NRE No 1 colliery.
“We are delighted to secure Joy Global as both a tenant of the Innovation campus and a partner to the university,” UOW Innovation campus director David Campbell said.
“Engineering is one of our core research strengths and this agreement will provide opportunities for both students and researchers to benefit from Joy Global’s rich 125-year history in the mining industry.”
In addition to Joy Global, tenants of iCE1 include BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal, Cancer Council NSW, Tickets.com, CommScope Inc, and the Sydney Business School.
