Exports were down 2 per cent by value to $1.9 billion and 3 per cent by volume to 607 million litres in the last calendar year, Wine Australia’s Australian Wine Export Report shows. The export figures, published by the federal agency on Wednesday, show an improvement versus the September quarter’s export report, though figures remain…
Pipe fittings manufacturer Philmac has marked fast growth including in exports to the United States with the appointment of an executive with extensive experience building some of the world’s biggest brands Kris Powell (pictured) has been appointed as General Manager, Marketing and Export, overseeing global exports, identifying and pursuing new markets with a focus on…
Pure Hydrogen Corporation plans to pursue the North American export market following its first sale of the company’s Taurus hydrogen fuel cell powered prime mover (pictured). Pure Hydrogen subsidiary HDrive International has received a US$1.22 million purchase order from United States company Nutcher Hydrogen for a prime mover and a 54 seater bus, and has…
Manufacturers could be hit by restrictions on the export of fairly commonplace items that could end up in the hands of Russia, now engaged in a brutal invasion of Ukraine, writes Amy McDonnell. In a world first, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States – collectively referred to as the Export…
Australia’s wine industry recorded the lowest wine production in 15 years in 2022-13, with total sales exceeding wine prodiction, according to new figures from Wine Australia. Total sales of Australian wine were 11 per cent above production in 2022–23 – not enough to substantially reduce pressure on historically high national wine inventory levels Wine Australia’s…
News that China will undertake an “expedited review” of trade sanctions on Australian wine has been welcomed by Weld Australia, but the group – citing an apparent end of anti-dumping tariffs on wind towers from China – says improved market access “cannot come at the cost of manufacturing”. As reported by @AuManufacturing, the Chinese government…
Gold Coast soft serve and beverage manufacturer Frosty has been named as Queensland exporter of the year at the Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards 2023 Gala Dinner. The win for Frosty Boy comes after its revenue in Indonesia doubled, sales in India grew by 200 per cent, and exports to the Middle East rose 95…
HEX20 announces partnership with ispace and Skyroot Aerospace Adelaide-based smallsat company HEX20 has announced a strategic partnership with India’s Skyroot Aerospace and Japan’s ispace, “to leverage the combined technical prowess and regional networks of the three pioneering companies.” Lloyd Lopez, CEO of HEX20, said an MoU formalising the partnership was signed at the 74th International…
Dermatological skincare company Ego Pharmaceuticals has celebrated two milestones of 70 years of operations globally and 30 years in the Middle East with the opening of a new office in Dubai, UAE. Ego Pharmaceuticals was the first Australian skincare company to venture into the Middle East, with booming export sales now powering a doubling of…
Satellite communications SME Blacktree Technology has credited “increasing and diverse European demand” for an almost 400 per cent growth in export revenues in the last financial year to approximately $1.2 million. These contracts “represent the largest value of export sales” in the company’s history, it said on Thursday, with new partnerships formed in Italy, France…
