JFD Australia has unveiled its new manufacturing and production facility at Beresfield, NSW. The centre was officially opened by Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery Pat Conroy and the Federal Member for Paterson Meryl Swanson.
“From this Beresfield facility, we are producing, maintaining and exporting recompression chambers to navies around the world,” said JFD Australia’s Managing Director, Cathy Falkiner.
The facility is located in the Hunter region north of Newcastle.
“The nature of this manufacturing is exacting and precise as the equipment we are providing may be used to save lives which means it is critical that we have a space that is fit for purpose," stated Falkiner.
From its base in the Hunter region, the company has exported 137 recompression chambers to the US Navy and seven in the past 18 months alone with a value of $10 million (the approximate total export value of this is $67 million).