Held in late November, AusRAIL PLUS 2025 brought together rail operators, suppliers and decision-makers from across the industry. For Workwear Group Uniforms, it was an important opportunity to connect with the sector, showcase our capability, and demonstrate how our uniform and footwear solutions are built for real rail environments. 

Full Steam Ahead: Showcasing Rail Capability at AusRAIL PLUS 2025 

At AusRAIL PLUS 2025, our focus was clear: lead with innovation, highlight proven rail-ready solutions, and reinforce our commitment to supporting rail teams across Australia. 

Across three busy days, conversations on our stand consistently centred on performance in demanding conditions. Heat Stress Mitigation (HSM) was a clear standout, reflecting the growing need for uniform solutions that support comfort, safety and productivity in physically demanding rail environments. 

Designed with frontline workers in mind, our HSM shirting helps manage heat stress without compromising durability or compliance — supporting teams to stay focused and comfortable on the job. 

Alongside this, our rail-compliant garment range demonstrated how safety, fit and functionality can work together, giving rail operators confidence that their teams are equipped for the realities of the workday. 

Visitors also engaged strongly with our rail-ready footwear offering, featuring KingGee and Hard Yakka work boots. With deep heritage and decades of experience on Australian worksites, both brands continue to evolve to meet the needs of modern rail operations — delivering protection, comfort and performance where it counts. 

Together, our uniforms and footwear offering reflects an end-to-end approach: practical, compliant and built for the demands of rail work. 

AusRAIL PLUS 2025 also provided an opportunity to showcase uniform programs we’re proud to support across the sector. On the stand, we featured workwear worn by teams from Yarra Trams, Metro Trains, Team Global Express and Aurizon — partnerships that reflect trust, scale and shared commitment to quality. 

It was especially rewarding to reconnect with existing customers and meet new organisations exploring how Workwear Group Uniforms could support their teams into the future. 

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand at AusRAIL PLUS 2025. We’re proud to continue working alongside rail operators, delivering innovative, compliant uniform solutions that support the people who keep Australia moving. 

New Zealand Post was looking for a uniform supplier who had a base in New Zealand and was committed to sustainability, ethical sourcing, strong supply chain, and logistics management.

Newly designed uniform with focus on safety and compliance

In partnership with Victorian State Emergency Service (VICSES), Workwear Group Uniforms is set to unveil a female fit PPC (Personal Protective Clothing), the first of its kind for emergency service female volunteers.

Female-specific uniforms

OTHER CASE STUDIES YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN

We sent a team of our industrial designers and a fabric technician to meet the APO Business Centre crew at Nambour, QLD to get an insight into how the team’s uniforms performed.

Understanding client's uniform needs through 'Day in the Life' program

Understanding your uniform needs means we can innovate and develop a uniform that your team members will not only be proud of, but enjoy wearing.

Our best way to do that is to spend time with your team, do a days work in their shoes to get to know their different functions and needs.  It gives us the chance to listen, observe, touch and experience. That’s one of the things that is unique about Workwear Group Uniforms and how we go about designing your uniform.

Gaining Uniform Insights

•	What do you do in your day?

•	Tell us the good, the bad and the ugly?

•	Show me how you do that?

When you choose a bespoke uniform, we send a team of designers and fabric technicians to meet onsite with your team to gain an insight into how your current uniform performs, what you need and any challenges.  

We will identify the key factors for them, which then arms us with knowledge we need about you and the uniform program we can provide uniquely for you. Just as we did for Australia Post.

New Zealand Post was looking for a uniform supplier who had a base in New Zealand and was committed to sustainability, ethical sourcing, strong supply chain and logistics management.

• A new uniform design which would differentiate them from competitors

• To update their current uniform to ensure it met all safety and compliance regulations

Workwear Group Uniforms have experience across many industries including the supply of military uniforms and industrial uniform solutions where safety and compliance are mandatory. Workwear Group Uniforms design skills and product innovation together with their experience working with different fabrics meant that they were able to offer a uniform solution that met all the requirements of New Zealand Post.

With Workwear Group Uniforms’ commitment to sustainability which is demonstrated through our partnerships with organisations such as Blocktexx, Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), use of recycled yarns such as Repreve, and actions we have put in place to reduce packaging together with a footwear offering composed of a high recycled materials content we met all of their requirements. 

The design team worked closely in collaboration with New Zealand Post, including conducting field testing and wearer trials to come up with a uniform solution that was practical and embraced by their people who would be wearing it.

The Workwear Group New Zealand office is located in Albany and employs about 130 staff across business units including:

Workwear Group is Australia’s leading workwear solutions provider, backed by Wesfarmers and trusted by industries for over a century. We’ve outfitted millions—supporting essential workforces across defence, emergency services, trades, and beyond. 

From Defence to Emergency Services: Engineering Female Fit 

Workwear Group Uniforms is responsible for providing apparel and footwear for paramedics, volunteer ambulance officers, call centre operators (triple zero calls), support staff and doctors that are a part of the MedSTAR Emergency Medical Retrieval team.

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