Attracted to the state through Defence SA's Defence and Space Landing Pad at Lot Fourteen innovation district, Egis recently acquired Omada Rail in Welland, a rail signalling and telecommunications company.
Egis has established a presence in South Australia because of the state’s strong economy and ambitious infrastructure plans for defence, green energy transition and the SA Housing Roadmap.
The company has operated in Australia for 40 years and was supported by the Department of State Development’s Invest SA defence team and the Office of the Agent General in the United Kingdom.
Egis has plans to upskill and employ more South Australians, with the goal of becoming known as a local company with global capability.
Defence SA’s Defence and Space Landing Pad helps international companies looking to establish in South Australia by providing affordable, short-term office facilities and relationship building opportunities.
The Defence and Space Landing Pad has provided Egis with the opportunity to meet and collaborate with like-minded businesses and to refine and build upon their offering to the South Australian market.
The company hopes to build on their international expertise in complex nuclear engineering, nuclear governance and waste repositories – supporting South Australia’s defence industry ambitions through AUKUS.
“Egis sees exciting opportunities in South Australia,” said Alex Yee, Egis CEO, ANZ.
“With the warm welcome and support of the South Australian Government, Egis is expanding our current footprint to establish a critical hub in Adelaide."
“We will bring our global expertise in consulting, engineering and operations along with our investment capacity to build further depth within South Australia.
“Egis has had a long interest in South Australia having previously owned a stake in Flinders Ports.
“We are excited to be expanding our business in South Australia, recently being engaged as the engineering partner for the airport runway upgrade in Whyalla along with pursuing opportunities in defence, water and housing development in the state.”
Egis, which has strong environmental credentials and plans to achieve net zero targets, is also contributing to address the housing crisis after securing the contract to develop greenfield engineering standards to accelerate housing supply, through the South Australian Government’s Housing Roadmap.
The company has bold ambitions to double its size and turnover in Australia and globally across the next two years.
