The YEA is strategically located less than 40 kilometres north of the Gold Coast CBD and 40 kilometres south of Brisbane CBD, and is only a 30 minute drive to the Port of Brisbane and the Brisbane International Airport.
The YEA is a value-adding manufacturing region with businesses in food and beverage, construction materials, machinery and equipment, plastic and chemicals as well as warehousing, transport and distribution.
The YEA accommodates a range of large industrial facilities including Carlton United Brewery, Visy, V.I.P. Petfoods, Caterpillar and Flexopack. As well as a number of industrial parks, such as the Empire Industrial Estate which accommodates the 60,000m2 Caterpillar parts distribution centre.