v2food raises $72 million for expansion Plant protein company v2food will continue its rapid expansion with the raising of a further $72 million in capital, giving the company a valuation of $500 million. The company, which supplies plant-based burgers to Hungry Jacks, raised the funds from a group led by European venture fund Astanor. v2food,…
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In the last article of Marketing for manufacturers, Johanna Boland explains the importance of tapping into and celebrating the passion of customers.
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Sleep disorder company ResMed has announced rising profits and revenues during a pandemic year where its ventilators were called upon to treat Covid-19 sufferers. The US-Australian company announced a 12 per cent rise in operating profit for the year to June 30, on revenues up eight per cent to $4.3 billion (US$3.2 billion). The final…
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This is the final day of our editorial series, Marketing for manufacturers. In the second-last article, Tim Kannegieter writes about investing in leadership campaigns for your business.
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Space transportation provider Space Machines Company (SMC) and CSIRO are partnering to test Australian flexible solar cell technology in space. CSIRO will test its next generation solar cells on SMC’s spacecraft Optimus-1 to be launched next year by Gilmour Space Technologies – a first for CSIRO’s printable solar cells. CSIRO’s Dr Mei Gao said: “We…
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If you have something newsworthy, a small investment in communications can work wonders, as Tyson Bowens explains in this instalment of Marketing for manufacturers.
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Perth international shipbuilder Austal has announced new defence contracts in the United States and a move into the guided weapons space, joining other Australian companies in the Australian Missile Corporation AMC) consortium. The company said it would join other Australian businesses which have responded to the federal government’s call for expressions of interest in establishing…
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Industrial technology group Environmental Clean Technologies has received a rotary kiln (pictured), a key component of its Coldrey technology small-scale commercial demonstration plant at Baccus Marsh in Victoria. The kiln, manufactured in Western Australia, was transported 3,600 kilometres to the site where it forms the heart of the process to dry lignite coal without CO2…
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By Denham Sandler Labor is ramping up its efforts to force the release of a secret report on the Industry Growth Centres that the federal government has been sitting on for more than eight months. The industry department paid consultancy firm ACIL Allen nearly $500,000 to conduct an “initial impact evaluation” of the government-funded industry…
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Andrew Liveris has urged Australian scientists and engineers to form tighter relationships with industry as part of a long overdue revamp of the national economy and approach to innovation.
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