Textile sorting robot and fabric trading platform among projects backed by Country Road Climate Fund

Australian clothing brand Country Road has announced grant recipients in the second year of its annual Climate Fund, backing four projects aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the fashion industry supply chain. According to a statement from the company on Friday, the three-year, $1.5 million fund announced in 2022 supports projects across four pillars:…

Mark Burgess to leave Quickstep, Demi Stefanova is interim CEO

Long servicing CEO and Managing Director and board member Mark Burgess is to leave composites manufacturer Quickstep to pursue other opportunities, according to the Sydney company. The company’s Chief Operating Officer Demi Stefanova will assume the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The Chair of Quickstep Patrick Largier said: “The evolving aerospace market…

Cyclopharm breaks into US defence veterans market

Radiopharmaceutical system manufacturer Cyclopharm has entered into an agreement to supply the Veterans Health Administration (VA), the largest US government health care system, with the pharmaceutical and consumable components of its Technegas imaging system. The Interim Agreement immediately provides the 120 Veterans Affairs hospitals, which have nuclear medicine departments, access to an agreed contract for…