FishPac Pty Ltd, which is said to be a 100% Australian-owned business and supplier of the world’s only IATA-approved oxygen transport system for live aquatic animals, has released the purpose-built StackPac transport bin. StackPac ...
Tags: innovative, Airfreight Container, Live Fish Export, trade
Victoria's strong footprint in the national food manufacturing and processing industries has prompted organisers of next year's foodpro food manufacturing trade show to head to Melbourne for the first time. The event's exhibition manager, ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, food Packaging
Qantas will close its Avalon heavy maintenance facility at the end of March 2014 due to the gradual retirement of its Boeing 747 fleet, making the operation unviable. Qantas Domestic chief executive officer Lyell Strambi said after a ...
Tags: Qantas, Avalon, workshop, laying off
A new consistent planning zone for Victoria’s major ports has been approved, in a move that is aimed at securing the future growth of the freight sector and its contribution to the state’s economy. Planning Minister Matthew Guy ...
Tags: Victorian, zone, protect, freight, operation, port, neighbour
K&S Corporation will merge with Scott Corporation (SCC), subject to shareholder acceptance. SCC shareholders who accept the Offer will receive either $0.59 cash or 0.345 K&S shares under the offer in consideration for each of their SCC ...
The Victorian Labor Opposition has released an ambitious transport revitalisation plan should it win government at the next election. The centrepiece of the plan is the scrapping of the East-West road tunnel project, the construction of ...
Regional grocery clearance retailer is wrapping up a big year, with record sales and four new stores launched in Victoria between August and November. “This year has seen unprecedented growth for us regional Victorian ...
It’s the race that stops the nation of Australia. Yet no longer a horse race which only attracts local viewers, the Melbourne Cup is watched by millions of people across the world. On the lawns of the Australian High Commission ...
Tags: Wool Line, Aussie High Commission
Samsung has announced a tablet designed specifically for children, the Galaxy Tab 3 Kids. The device features a second user mode designed specifically for young children. The Kids Mode user setting provides access to a seperate service ...
Tags: Samsung, children, Galaxy tablet
Plastic packaging manufacturer Amcor has entered into an agreement to buy Australian flexibles packaging business Detmold Flexibles for $50m. Following the transaction, the business will be integrated with Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific. ...
Tags: Amcor, Plastic packaging
Under the leadership of Dr. A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, a delegation of 30 garment exporters participated in the three day Australia International Sourcing Fair (AISF) at Melbourne. The Indian pavilion was inaugurated by the Counsel ...
Tags: Garment Exporters
A Victorian coroner has ruled there were no systematic safety faults with the Volkswagen Golf being driven by a woman who died in a crash in Melbourne in 2011. Coroner Heather Spooner said there was no evidence that the 2008 Volkswagen ...
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Hatches don’t come any hotter than the BMW M135i and the Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG. Nor do rivalries come any fiercer. BMW has been building fast hatchbacks since the 130i of a decade ago, and its M division is esteemed in building ...
Tags: BMW M135I, Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG
The Toyota Technical Centre Australia (TTC-AU) is designing and engineering the next HiLux-based Toyota Fortuner not just for the global market, but also Australia, confirming the second-generation large SUV will launch in 2015. Speaking ...
Tags: Toyota Australia, Fortuner SUV
Hoover Container Solutions (“Hoover” or the “Company”), a subsidiary of Hoover Group, Inc., has acquired the assets of Tote Systems LLC, Liquid Division (“Tote Systems”), a provider of stainless steel ...