OzPress, an automative fastener and small car component manufacturer, receveid $330,000 in governemnt support for an equipment upgrade.

The company supplies parts for Toyota's new Camry Hybrid and petrol cars.

Mr Brumby said the upgrade would keep jobs in Ballarat.

''With the support fo this governemnt, the company has recently completed a $1 million upgrade of its plant and is now able to increase jobs form 18 to 30 to meet demand with the influx of new work this will bring,'' he said.

Meanwhile Mr Brumby announced that Ballarat Health Services would receive $662,000 for an ultrasound, three incubators, a telemetry monitoring system, an operating table, two transport monitors and six electric beds.