Transcript for the Invest in the City of Logan (short) video

This page provides a descriptive transcript for the video Invest in the City of Logan video embedded on the Logan Office of Economic Development homepage.

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♪ Uplifting positive outlook background music ♪

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Video:
City of Logan logo
Map of Australia and Logan’s position between Brisbane and the Gold Coast
Aerial footage of Springwood and Slacks Creek areas with the busy motorway as the focal point

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Audio: The City of Logan allows us to go and deliver world class products both domestically and internationally. (Wade Mellish – Holmwood Highgate)
Video: Wade and Holmwood Highgate staff member walking through factory, inspecting fabricated machinery

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Audio: We looked across Australia to build the world’s first textile resource recovery facility. We’ve done it right here in Logan. (Graham Ross – BlockTexx)
Video: Graham and BlockTexx staff member inspecting textile recovery facility and handling cotton fibres and plastic pellets.

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Audio: Logan is in the centre of the Brisbane Gold Coast corridor, which is one of the fastest growing corridors in Australia and is expected to grow to about half a million people by 2036.
Video: Aerial footage of the M1 motorway and intersection with the Logan Motorway at Loganholme. Aerial footage of bare residential lots in a new housing estate, alongside houses being built. Female construction worker setting up a laptop on the bonnet of a ute. Aerial footage of a construction site in the same estate with large concrete pipes and earthmoving machinery.

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Audio: Logan is a much more accessible place to actually get the size and scale that we need. We currently export to over 20 countries and we expect to see that double. It’s perfectly situated between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. It’s very easy to jump on the highway and access the ports and the airports as we need. (Ben Honey – Imaging Solutions)
Video: Imaging Solutions sign on building. Ben and female staff member in an office talking and overlooking a warehouse floor. Male worker operating fabric cutting machinery. Female worker laying out fabric and operating a sewing machine. Aerial footage of Imaging Solutions building in Park Ridge with prominent Australian Flag on a pole. Aerial footage of industrial estate at Crestmead and Park Ridge with Brisbane CBD in the background and a large Toyota warehouse in the foreground. Cars and trucks on a busy motorway. Planes at an airport. Screen showing the Flight Information Display System with international destinations

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Audio: What surprises me about Logan is when you look, you can find everything you need here from the point of view of customers, staff and suppliers. There is no better place than where we are right here. (Kenton Campbell – Zarraffa’s / Distillery Road Market)
Video: Kenton walking through coffee production facility, talking to a male staff member who is operating a control panel. Kenton sitting in the on-site café talking to a female staff member, waiter brings over some Zarraffa’s branded coffees. Close up shot of the Zarraffa’s logo behind the coffee grinder in the café.

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Audio: Our growth and everything that we are doing at the moment is only possible because we started in Logan. We’ve got 10,000m² here, so we’re the biggest in Australia, we can put things in here that no one’s ever seen before.
Video: Kids climbing a padded climbing wall with a timer between them. Kids going down a slide on rings and kids at the bottom playing in a ball pit while a seated family looks on. Young boy doing an obstacle course. Aerial shot of Area 51 showing scale and all of the attractions. Michael and female staff member walking through facility talking. Close-up of an illuminated Area 51 sign.

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Audio: We knew that there was a demand for this local area, but we didn’t realise just exactly how much. Since 2024, we’ve actually seen over 5000 patients. 500 of those have been paediatric. (Alyce Garrett – Brisbane South Private Hospital)
Video: Aerial footage of Brisbane South Private Hospital and its location in Springwood right next to the motorway. Alyce and a female employee walking through hospital talking. An operating theatre where doctors are conducting eye surgery. Aerial footage of Springwood looking south-west to across the city.

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Audio: We’ve taken advanced chemistry and advanced manufacturing and built an innovative business that is about to launch an industry. What we’re really excited about now is getting from unwanted textiles back into new textiles. (Graham Ross – BlockTexx)
Video: Scientist in a lab inspecting beakers. Graham and staff member in the factory. Textile fibres passing along a processing system. Graham and staff member inspecting bales of product in the warehouse.

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Audio: Solar panels are the largest silver mine in Australia. We recover the silver, we recover the tin, and then that can go back into any product. We’ve been working with the Logan council since 2023. It’s actually been quite easy. (John Hill – Pan Pacific Recycling)
Video: Solar panels being deconstructed by machines in a facility. John lifting some fine metal fragments out of a steel drum. John in a boardroom taking to a business partner and handling an ingot of silver, with vials of different products on the table labelled Plastic, Silica, Glass and Copper. Business owner walking through the facility with a council staff member talking.

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Audio: Logan City Council give us a lot of support when we set up this facility. It’s close to the Chinese community, and it’s easier for us to hire people. (Jerry Liang – Little Red Dumpling)
Video: Jerry and a female staff member walking past a Little Red Dumpling sign on the outside of a building. Staff inside a food manufacturing facility in food-safe protective clothing inspecting raw dumplings on a conveyor system. Little Red Dumpling branded packaging going through a machine. Jerry and a staff member walking through facility talking and gesturing to different parts of the manufacturing process. Staff stirring a big vat of food with steam rising.

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Audio: LSKD was born here. We want to try and build one of the biggest sportswear brands out of Logan. Logan is the hub, and that’s a competitive advantage. (Jason Daniel – LSKD)
Video: Aerial of LSKD headquarters in Loganholme. Staff working behind computers in an open plan office. Shots of LSKD clothes on mannequins. Jason walking through warehouse shelves full of boxes. Jason posing in front of LSKD tagline ‘1% better every day’.

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Audio: Logan is one of the best located places in South East Queensland, and represents an affordable place for both businesses and families to come and live, work and play. (James Hepburn – QIC)
Video: James walking through Logan Hyperdome shopping centre. Mother and 2 daughters playing among a water feature at a park. Aerial shot of Beenleigh Artisan Distillery. A group of friends enjoying lunch at Beenleigh Artisan Distillery.

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Audio: Griffith’s highly ranked university in the top 2% of universities worldwide. We’re very well connected, particularly with the schools, so we have really high quality programs here. There’s deep engagement from business, industry, the community itself and all levels of government.
Video: 3 students (2 male 1 female) walking among Griffith University campus. Griffith University signage. One of the students looking to the camera. Female Mabel Park State High School students walking through school grounds, cut to them in a nursing school making up beds and setting up equipment. Female receptionist in front of a ‘Infinite Vision’ sign. Doctor performing an eye test on an elderly lady. Logan Hospital sign. Aerial shot of Logan City Council administrative building.

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Audio: So for companies that are looking to come to Logan to establish themselves and to grow, I think they’ve got the opportunity to engage with a council that isn’t just proactive, but rolls up their sleeves to actually help companies thrive in the area. (Vu Tran – local business owner)
Video: Quick shots of company signs/logos including IKEA, Avery Dennison, John Deere and ATP Science. Woker smelling coffee at The Roastery at Extraction Artisan Coffee. A latte being served on a table next to a bag of Gratitude coffee. Female worker checking vats at Monkey Tree Brewing and pouring a beer. Man operating a forklift in a busy goods warehouse. Aerial of a farm with a closeup under the shade structure with cucumber plants and a man inspecting them.

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Audio: You should come and have a look for yourself. Look at the location. Look at the diversity. It is a great city to be based in. (Wade Mellish – Holmwood Highgate)
Video: Timelapse of a busy market with people moving between food trucks. Aerial footage of Underwood and Springwood. Group of young ladies enjoying food at a café and taking photos of their food.

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Audio: I think for companies, whether they’re well established or have a new concept, would find Logan to be a great home.
Video: Group of staff inspecting tractors at John Deere. A drone operator in hi-vis overseeing a drone launch and attaching a package to the drone tether. Men inspecting solar panel recycling machinery.

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Audio: So if you believe in your business, right now is the time, and Logan’s the place. (Kenton Campbell – Zarraffa’s / Distillery Road Market)
Video: Jerry from Little Red Dumpling standing in factory crossing arms, looking at camera. Female from Monkey Tree Brewing crossing arms looking at camera. Kenton appraising his coffee roasting facility, smiling with arms crossed

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