The Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH) facilitates the development of greener supply chains and collaborates with industry partners to pioneer a sustainable circular economy. Based at Deakin’s world-leading Geelong Future Economy Precinct, REACH works with industry, government and education partners to establish a multi-billion-dollar bioeconomy in Victoria.
Backed by a $50 million grant from the Australian Government’s Trailblazer Universities Program, with industry and university support taking the total project value to $380 million, REACH is facilitating the development of greener supply chains and accelerating business success as markets move from a throughput economy to a sustainable circular economy.
Discover how we're building Australia’s largest clean energy and recycling ecosystem
By connecting your capabilities and ideas with our world-class researchers, we can develop innovative solutions that have a real impact on your business. We’re ready to help you turn your ideas into commercial reality and capture market opportunities that grow Australia’s sovereign manufacturing capability in the following areas:
Deakin is a national leader in research commercialisation with a strong intellectual property pipeline, proven production and pilot facilities.
Trailblazer funding is a co-contribution program available for projects with a value up to $50 million to advance technologies aligned with energy storage, hydrogen, carbon fibre and recycling, including scaling up technologies for manufacturing supply chains. If you’re interested in partnering on a research-led innovation project, we want to hear from you.
Collaborate with leading researchers to push the limits of technological innovation and deliver energy and recycling solutions that reduce landfill, fossil fuel emissions and the devastating costs of global warming.
When you partner with REACH, you’ll get access to:
Learn how we help manufacturers grow and upskill for a clean energy future
Deakin research leaders explain the groundbreaking research and development underway in Australia’s largest clean energy and recycling advanced manufacturing ecosystem.
Our world-leading experts are undertaking groundbreaking research that is revolutionising manufacturing and addressing urgent environmental challenges.
Professor Tiffany Walsh is a Professor of Bionanotechnology at the Institute for Frontier Materials. Her research interests and expertise focus on molecular modelling, chiefly of interfaces, using molecular dynamics simulations and first-principles calculations.
Professor Sally McArthur is the Director of Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials. She is a biomanufacturing expert whose research uses engineering principles to improve human wellbeing.
Associate Professor Craig Sherman is the Associate Head of School (Research and Industry Engagement) for the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. His research focuses on the evolutionary biology and ecology of natural populations.
We are working with partners to address environmental challenges that will drive a sustainable manufacturing revolution. Working towards reducing our carbon footprint and supporting the nation's transition to 'net zero' by 2050.
Each year in Australia, the equivalent of 48 million tyres reaches the end of their life and only 16% of these are domestically recycled. Our partnership with Clean Energy Resources will see tyres take on new life as hydrogen, electricity and other reusable resources. The project will use novel technologies to generate electricity from end-of-life tyres, without harming the environment.
Jeans are one of the most worn garments in the world, but they are also one of the least environmentally friendly, using around 75 litres of water to dye just one pair. Our partnership with Geelong company Xefco is set to transform how we dye our clothing and explore more environmentally friendly processes.
Australia is one of the highest waste generators in the world, with over 7.6 million tonnes of food ending up in landfill each year. Our partnership with Jet Technology explores new ways to transform industry-generated organic waste into new products like organic textiles and stock feed using a rapid composting system.
REACH funding is a tremendous opportunity for Deakin to work with progressive, innovation-driven industry partners to help them leverage enormous market opportunities for recycling and clean energy technologies to deliver carbon-neutral solutions.
Professor Iain Martin
Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University
When you partner with REACH, you can tap into a wealth of facilities and research expertise across our institutes, research centres, and faculties and schools, to take your ideas from laboratory to commercial reality.
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Australia's largest research team in systems modelling and simulation, providing practical solutions and commercial-ready products for aerospace, rail, automotive, defence, security and health sectors.
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An innovative research centre focused on advanced battery prototyping and commercialisation.
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One of Australia’s first facilities equipped to manufacture new hydrogen technologies, Hycel is translating groundbreaking research and development into clean energy and transport innovation.
A world-first, open-access facility that’s a purpose-built prototyping facility that supports design, fabrication and testing for next-generation batteries.
Multidisciplinary research to drive scalable pathways from the laboratory to commercialisation for new circular materials and technologies.
Advanced biomanufacturing capability focused on reducing – and developing new processes to convert – organic waste into valuable outputs.
AquaFI Lab research focuses on sustainable fish production and novel feed and aquaculture technology development.
Industry-led scientific inquiry across four schools and three strategic research and innovation centres.
Robust research and thought leadership across two schools – Deakin Business School and Deakin Law School.
If you want to become part of Australia’s clean, green advanced manufacturing ecosystem, or you have a question about REACH, get in touch with the team.
