About Kwinana Industries Council
The Kwinana Industries Council (KIC) is the peak industry association for the Western Trade Coast and the Kwinana Industrial Area, representing the diverse range of industries that contribute significantly to Western Australia’s economy.
The Kwinana Industrial Area is the premier industrial area for Western Australia.
Members of the Kwinana Industries Council are major drivers of economic activity for the state and Australian economies with the area’s annual activity valued at nearly $15 billion per annum and employing more than 40,000 workers, with around two-thirds living in the local community.
What We Do
- Promote industry
- Attract industry
- Improve the international competitiveness of the industrial area
How We Do It
Current Year
KIC Structure
Members
What is KIC?
KIC is a not-for-profit incorporated business association with its membership drawn from the major industries and businesses in the Kwinana Industrial Area.
The KIC was incorporated in 1991 with the primary goals of:
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Promoting a positive image of Kwinana industries;
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Working towards the long-term viability of Kwinana industry;
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Coordinating and delivering a range of essential industry services including water quality, air quality monitoring and emergency management;
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Highlighting the contribution Kwinana industry makes to the community;
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Representing members with key stakeholders and decision makers including state and federal governments; and
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Delivering education and training programs to grow the pipeline of local workers employed with member companies.
What We Do
Promote Industry
The Western Trade Coast is the State’s Premier Industrial Area. Collectively, the industries located within the WTC generate significant wealth for Western Australia. Individually, the industries focus on delivering finished product to their customers at internationally competitive prices, and this takes a great deal of focus. KIC can assist with elevating the reputation of the collective on the State and world stages, and by doing so, strengthen the industrial cluster. Promoting industry within the WTC assists with garnering the support of government agencies and departments to plan for and deliver de-bottlenecking infrastructure, regulatory and land use planning improvements for industry.
Attract Industry
A measure of the strength of an industrial area is the economic contribution to the economy of the sovereign government that the resident industries make. Every industry present in the cluster benefits from any industrial symbiosis opportunities available, through lower costs of production or higher returns. As the industrial area continues to fill up, it gains economic strength. One of the ways to assist this process is to have engagement in activities that attract new industries to the cluster. KIC actively works on industry attraction, and if potential new entrant company wants to explore the opportunities and benefits of being located in the cluster, they need only to make contact with KIC to progress discussions.
Advocate for members
KIC works on behalf of its members to resolve issues that constrain the industrial area from providing a competitive business environment. We provide a strong, trusted and credible voice on behalf of members to key stakeholders, such as state and federal governments, on issues of critical importance to local industry. Such issues include planning and land use; infrastructure such as– roads, rail, port; future industrial land availability; excessive red tape; and skills and labour. KIC has strong relationships and networks which we use to make it easier to invest and do business across the Western Trade Coast.
How We Do It
Advocacy
Industrial advocacy is at the heart of how KIC goes about achieving its purpose. Alerting decision-makers, usually from within the public sector, to issues is necessary work. We work collaboratively to remove constraints and this is an effective way to achieve positive outcomes for industry. This work can be in response to an issue of collegiate significance, or it can be an individual company issue, the resolution of which can be as simple as drawing the matter to the attention of the right person in the public sector. The effectiveness of this work is built upon respectful relationships, measured, reasoned perspectives, and public sector governance requirements. KIC does not seek to advocate for industry by way of political donations, or corporate gifts and hospitality.
Annual Report
Kwinana Industries Council (KIC) was incorporated in 1991 with the original purpose of organising air and water monitoring within the buffer zone for the industries in the Kwinana Industrial Area (KIA).
Since then, it has expanded its responsibilities to the point that it manages industrial hazards programs, air and watershed monitoring and protection, and has coordinated industry’s efforts to reduce industry emission impact on the sensitive marine environment of the adjacent Cockburn Sound.
Issues such as formalising a protection area (buffer zone) around the industrial area, gas and water availability, integrated transport infrastructure, regulatory efficiency, and advocacy for the new port in Kwinana have been high on the agenda.
KIC Structure
Kwinana Industries Council operates with a formal structure consisting of the Board, the Executive, its Committees, and KIC staff.
Board
The matters of the KIC are managed by the Board comprising a senior representative from each of the full member companies. The Board, chaired by KIC’s President, meets every two months.
Committees
There are a number of member-led committees that help shape, guide and direct the KIC’s position on key issues across the Western Trade Coast. These committees play an important role in ensuring the KIC is a strong and effective voice for its members.
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