Coastal Trades
The latest news, information and trends from around the Western Trade Coast.
High school kids, the looming skills shortage, and KIC Education Development Program; what’s the intersect?
The simple answer to this question is that industry on The Strip is growing; a new container port is coming and this is already a factor in interest from new industries, lots of older workers (Baby Boomers) will be retiring soon, Lithium Valley companies are going...
Political Party Donations and Corporate Gifts
Donations, hospitality and gifts to elected and employee public servants – Good, bad or ‘don’t care’?There has again been recent media attention directed towards the motivations behind political party donations and corporate gifts/hospitality to State-elected...
2020 – The Highlights
I wanted to end this most challenging year on a positive note, and so I’m going to run through 2020’s highlights for industry – and I’m not going to mention COVID once – except for that one. The new port in KwinanaGreat news from the Government that there was a...
Students Graduate From the 2020 KIC iSCIENCE Project
They have formed friendships, discovered a range of career opportunities that Kwinana industry has to offer, and have been inspired by industry personnel working in the current industrial workforce. In a special ceremony held last night 34 students from local high...
Local Students’ eyes opened to what industry and university has to offer
Today was an exciting one for a group of 34 students, as the Kwinana Industries Council (KIC) launched its iSCIENCE Project for 2020. The program is for students who are intending to follow ATAR Science, Math and Technology subjects during Years 11 and 12, and head...
Industry needs (and wants) more Women
Laura (at CSBP), pictured here is one of KIC’s 15 female Year 11 high school students who are on our special (girls only) Cert. ll in Engineering courses. Do you think she might look like she is settling in ok to this traditionally male-dominated industrial...
Coffee with the Roger Cook and the KIC
Just over three years ago in May 2017, KIC director Chris Oughton sat down with newly appointed WA Deputy Premier and Member for Kwinana Roger Cook for a wide-ranging conversation.The discussion was reported in the Sound Telegraph then, with another meeting between...
KIC4©️: a Model of Industrial Symbiosis
In early 2020 I was asked to present to a Lithium Industry Conference about Industrial Symbiosis (IS) in the Kwinana Industrial Area, Perth, Western Australia.The presentation, slides, and audio, is located here: Its title is "The Dimensions and Value of Industrial...
I need your help to create a new word.
I am hearing the beginnings of talk about sovereign nations wanting to secure their supply chains and nationally, here in Australia, about increasing our reliance on secondary processing and buying ‘Australian-made’. Many agree a national campaign to achieve this is...
‘Westport’: the name given to the Government’s election commitment for the planning around a new port in Kwinana.
‘Westport’ is the name given to the Government’s election commitment for the planning around a new port in Kwinana. The Westport project is well underway and is strongly supported by industry. Current port infrastructure within the industrial area is essentially...
Essential industries are just that – essential….obviously. But what exactly are they?
The Covid-19 virus has made this a very relevant question for the months ahead. Many will say the water and energy suppliers are the essential industries. True, but that’s not the whole story.For example who makes the chlorine for our drinking water, or the oxygen for...
Kwinana Industrial Area Synergies: There are three types of synergies that apply, and most people only consider one.
Companies considering establishing operations in the KIA ask ‘what has this area got to offer in comparison to other industrial areas?’ The answer given looks something like this.The KIA is the State’s premier industrial area with all of the benefits of being located...
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Kwinana WA 6966
Tel: (08) 9419 1855
Email: admin@kic.org.au