Victoria gets a manufacturing boost on home turf

APT Asia Pacific has upgraded its manufacturing facility in Dandenong South, creating more than 50 skilled jobs.

With new and upgraded equipment, the expansion has increased the company's manufacturing capability and will see APT supply more than 1,000 hard court surfaces each year, supporting professional and community sport.

The boost to production will also increase the company’s exports to key global markets.

This will be welcome news to the global sporting bodies that use APT’s products, including:

• the International Olympic Committee
• the Australian Football League
• the International Tennis Federation
• the International Hockey Federation
• FIFA
• Rugby Union
• the Australian Rugby League
• World Athletics
• Cricket Australia.

APT also supplies to local community sports organisations.

In Victoria we’re home to:

• 100 state sports associations
• one third of Australia’s national sport organisations
• more than 16,000 clubs and.
• 9,500 community sport facilities, leisure and recreation centres.

APT is Australia's largest vertically integrated manufacturer of polyurethane-based materials, acrylic coatings and synthetic turf for sporting and recreational use.

Our manufacturing sector is the largest in the country, employing more than 260,000 people and generating over $29 billion in annual exports.

The Victorian Industry Policy seeks to grow the state’s industrial base by targeting growth opportunities. Backing companies like APT advances the policy’s goal to grow Victorian manufacturing in advanced composites, polymers and rubbers