Purpose & Mission

“To Inspire Illawarra Industry Growth & Sustainability”

i3net’s purpose is to inspire industry growth and sustainability in the Illawarra by creating a network that supports local business to thrive. The network provides opportunities for developing capabilities, skills, reaching new markets, and supporting the economic growth of the region.

Membership Support

To maintain and grow the membership base of the network to optimise its effectiveness as a network and its business development opportunities.

Enable Communication

To provide forums and events to enable networking between organisations and to act as a channel of communication between the network and external organisations.

Customer Training

To increase member company business capability and confidence through increased access to knowledge, contacts, skills and resources.

Proactive Marketing

To proactively market and promote member firms and the collective capability of the Illawarra region’s engineering and manufacturing industry to business markets and the wider community.

Active Pursuit of Opportunities

To act as a focal point to support the active pursuit of new business opportunities both locally, outside the region and internationally to extend the customer base.