Companies

Leading innovative companies located in Melbourne's North include Ford Australia, Kodak, CSL Bio Plasma (leading new plasma company) and the world renowned high-technology companies Note Printing Australia (pioneering technology for polymer notes used world-wide) and Visy Recycling (a world leader in high-tech recycling technology) all located in the City of Hume. Super Alloy Technology (high-tech golf clubs), located in the City of Whittlesea, and Multi-Core Aerators (turf analysis), located in the City of Darebin, are other examples.

Melbourne's North is becoming known as a breeding ground of digital and multi-media technology companies. Artoon, located in Brunswick in the City of Moreland, assisted with the graphic design for all merchandise for the Asia-Pacific region for the movie blockbuster, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". The Brunswick area is not only known for its trendy cafes and restaurants, but also as an ideal location for innovative businesses in multi-media, film and TV post-production and design to set-up in "mixed-use" re-developed sites.

The URLC is a pioneer of innovative urban development practice and technologies. Aurora, a new suburb being built by the URLC in the City of Whittlesea of up to 9,000 homes, will feature a reclaimed water system. This system will collect and treat wastewater from all homes on the estate. Once treated, the water will be returned to each home through a separate pipe to be used for toilet flushing, garden watering and car washing.

The solar powered housing development of the URLC at Jackson Hill Estate in the City of Hume, is the second largest residential development in Australia powered by solar energy.