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New genomics facility open

Sep 19, 2022

Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding, NEOGEN’s Bobby Creasman and Jason Lilly, State Member for Bundamba Lance McCallum, and Ipswich councillors Nicole Jonic and Jacob Madsen at the opening of Neogen’s new facility.

NEOGEN Australasia has consolidated its genomics, food safety and animal safety services in one purpose-built location, which was officially opened in Ipswich on September 16.

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The $11 million state-of-the-art Bundamba site is Australia’s largest genomics facility and provides Queensland’s only locally-based food and animal safety services with on-site warehousing, distribution and technical support.

NEOGEN Australasia’s Bobby Creasman said the new facility provided room to grow into the future and supported NEOGEN’s promise to positively impact the local, rural employment market and the agricultural industry.

“NEOGEN Australasia currently employs more than 60 staff and we expect to create at least another 25 new jobs in the next five years to ensure we can continue to meet the demands and expectations of Australia’s livestock producers and food processing companies,” Mr Creasman said.

“Our new Ipswich facility will be at the forefront of ensuring greater accessibility of genomic tools at improved value to producers, while providing more information across the livestock production value chain.”

NEOGEN Australasia now processes about one million DNA samples annually.

Its Food Safety product range covers solutions for the Australasian agribusiness sector and its Animal Safety range includes cleaners and disinfectants for farm and veterinary settings, and pest control solutions such as insecticides and rodenticides to limit the spread of disease.

“Our investment in new facilities is in keeping with our commitment to our customers to continually invest in developing new and cutting-edge technologies that improve their livestock and food safety businesses,” Mr Creasman said.