QUICKSTEP SECURES NEW PREMISES TO FACILITATE LONG-TERM GROWTH
In September 2006 Advanced material group Quickstep secured new premises, located at North Coogee in Western Australia, to become its new Australian headquarters and principal manufacturing base.
Quickstep moved from its Canning Vale premises in Perth to obtain a larger site that can accommodate the Company's ongoing expansion as it advances the commercialisation of its patented composites manufacturing technology. It is expected that, given the size of the site - which includes a significant amount of vacant land - the new premises will be able to accommodate the Company's Perth-based operational activities for many years to come.
The new premises - which include 2,000m2 of factory space, 500m2 of office space and a total land area of 17,000m2 - will house the Company's relocated headquarters, its Research & Development section, as well as a manufacturing facility, with a new Quickstep QS20TP production machine to be located on-site.
Constant temperature clean rooms and state of the art spray rooms - part of Quickstep facilities.
The Quickstep plant is 45 minutes to Perth CBD and 60 minutes to the international airport.
Quickstep is gearing up for early aerospace component production to commence out of its Fremantle facilities by the 3rd quarter 2008. The above graphic is the fabrication shop expansion plan.