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Change by Design 2005 is presented by the Victorian Government to strengthen Victoria's position as the South East Asian centre for automotive excellence.

Technicon Design Pty Ltd
Supporting sponsor

Technicon Design is accelerating its push into the Asia-Pacific region.

After opening a state of the art design facility in South Melbourne, created to compliment studios in LA, Paris, Frankfurt and Munich, Technicon Design now offers a complete "concept to production intent" vehicle development service for its Asia-Pacific clients.

KPMG
Supporting sponsor

KPMG is the global network of professional services firms. We offer clear, practical advice through industry-focused, outstanding professionals who deliver value for the benefit of our clients, our people and the capital markets. KPMG's Automotive group offers a range of audit, tax and advisory services geared to the unique needs of the Australian automotive industry.

Marplex Australia
Supporting sponsor

Marplex has a reputation for delivering a superior range of polymers and service to industry including automotive, appliances, electrical, medical, packaging and building.

Marplex is a division of Orica-Chemnet and is Australian owned. Its headquarters are in Melbourne, Australia with offices in all mainland capital cities, New Zealand and S.E. Asia.

Marplex supplies the broadest range of polymers and alloys and is supported by experienced, knowledgeable people. The technical and production facilities are world class.

Marplex is certified to ISO 9001 and its laboratories are NATA approved.

Welsh Development Agency
Supporting sponsor

Orbital Australia Pty Ltd
Supporting Sponsor

Orbital offers powertrain engineering expertise from the provision of testing facilities through to complete turnkey solutions for your powertrain needs, for gasoline, diesel or an alternate fuel application.

Established for more than 30 years, Orbital has a broad range of calibration, application and engine design experience that, with its unique vertically integrated facility, enables solutions for customer problems to be developed in a streamlined and efficient manner.

The PAC Group
Supporting Sponsor

Australian Automotive Research Centre
Supporting sponsor

The Australian Automotive Research Centre (AARC) offers an extensive range of automotive engineering services to all vehicle and component manufacturers. AARC occupies a 1000-hectare site at Anglesea, 125km south-west of Melbourne and is the largest privately owned and independently operated automotive testing facility in Australia.

Change by Design 2005 is run in association with:

Australian Automotive Week

Change by Design 2005 is run in association with:

Melbourne International Motor Show

Toyota Australia Sportivo

The Sportivo Coupe introduces near horizon concepts and technologies that demonstrate Toyota Australia's Melbourne-based design, engineering and prototyping capabilities.

Its creation included input from 14 to 18 year-olds, providing a unique insight into the personal mobility priorities of the next generation of car buyers.

The vehicle has been presented to Toyota Japan design staff. "This presentation was very important to Toyota Australia from a design and engineering point of view because no Toyota facility outside Japan has the capability to develop a complete concept car like this," Toyota Style Australia Manager Paul Beranger said.

"It was another opportuity for us to showcase the capabilities of the Australian operation to Japan. We demonstrated that Toyota Motor Corporation Australia has the capability to create a fully functional and researched vehicle to global standard, such that we can be considered and involved in future research programs with Toyota Motor Corporation Japan."

“AT Signature” – Telematics and the Future Project

Through a touch screen imbedded in a Holden vehicle, the AT Signature project will allow the driver to:

search for a destination and be guided there,

control and monitor their home alarm and lighting systems,

obtain real-time traffic updates,

obtain fuel pricing information,

obtain car-park pricing and space availability information,

obtain updated weather information, and

obtain toll balance information.

This project is part of the newly formed Telematics Cluster and was seed-funded by the Victorian Government, with program funding by the Federal Government through AusIndustry. Companies collaborating on the AT Signature project are:
Lead companies:

Australian Arrow

Clipsal Integrated Systems

Holden Innovation

Intelematics

Sensis – Whereis

3M Touch Systems

Other supporting provider companies:

Citylink

Icon

Motor Mouth

Touch Taxi

Vic Roads

For further information on the AT Signature project contact Rick Naylor on ricknaylor@optusnet.com.au or 0414 702 190