About Us

Chemring Australia is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of high quality energetic materials and products for the Defence and Marine safety markets. With more than 100 years’ experience in our field we have built a reputation for supplying high quality products – on time and to our customer’s precise specifications.

Our products include munitions, pyrotechnics, countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal and counter IED solutions for military, law enforcement, industry and safety customers. We maintain design, development, manufacture, testing and evaluation and support capabilities at our facility at Lara, Victoria.

Excellence through Investment

Our long term relationship with the Commonwealth of Australia for the supply of countermeasures, pyrotechnics and munitions, is underpinned by our recent $30 million investment in establishing a state-of-the art countermeasure and pyrotechnic manufacturing facility.

This demonstrates how effective partnerships between government, defence and industry can promote innovation and holistic solutions, providing long term value for money whilst increasing Australian industry capability and global competitiveness.

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Chemring Australia is part of Chemring Group, a global group of companies that specialises in the manufacture of energetic material products and decoy countermeasures. Today Chemring Group is the world's largest supplier of advanced expendable counter-measures, and provides unique solutions for specific customer requirements across defence, security and safety markets in over 80 countries.

Employing more than 3,000 people at over 20 sites in the US , UK and across mainland Europe, Chemring Group gives Chemring Australia access to an unrivalled depth of global technology, products and resources in order to exceed our customers developing requirements. With such a wealth of expertise to draw in, Chemring Australia stands on the shoulders of giants.

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