A 12-week community picket outside Heat Treatment Australia (HTA) in Campbellfield has led to a partial victory: the company has denied it helps supply parts for Israel’s genocide.
HTA provides crucial heat treatment for components of F-35 Joint Strike fighters which are being used in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
HTA erected a sign at the end of April stating that it plays no role in manufacturing military components.
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HTA CEO Norm Tucker was also quoted by the corporate media saying that the Campbellfield facility does not provide heat treatment for military components.
He added that the process is being done in Magan-djin/Brisbane.
Pro-Palestine activists on May 1 hailed this as a victory, telling a media conference that “weapons production has moved out of Campbellfield because of our sustained community pickets”.
They added that the campaign against HTA Global “is not over”, promising to target weapons’ facilities that help arm Israel.
The activists also noted that, since the beginning of the campaign, HTA Global has removed any reference to the company’s role in defence industry manufacturing.
This demonstrates the picket did have an impact, they said.
[A dossier of evidence of HTA Melbourne’s former work for Lockheed Martin, the main manufacturer of F-35s, can be seen here.]