Maggie Beer slims down, moves online

Maggie Beer achieved close to $100 million in sales for the year ended June 30 as its e-commerce and Hampers & Gifts Australia powered its latest results. The Tanunda, Barossa Valley company, which is divesting itself of its two dairy company assets which underperform the Maggie Beer brand, reported $10.3 million in trading EBITDA on…

Mint to open site for recovering precious metals from Sydney’s e-waste

Recycling technology company Mint Innovation will open its first large-scale biorefinery in Sydney today, able to recover metals such as gold, copper and palladium from e-waste. New Zealand’s The National Business Review reports that the factory would be the world’s first e-waste biorefinery, and will sustainably recycle used metals back into local economies.  “Mint have…

Myriota IoT monitoring project wins environment award

An Internet-of-Things (IoT) and low-cost satellite telecommunications system developed by Adelaide’s Myriota has won the Environment and Sustainability award from the Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards. The company and its partners NGIS, FrontierSI and the South Australian Department for Environment and Water, developed the system that improves groundwater bore monitoring and management, dramatically increasing understanding…