Crop protection and seed developer Nufarm has established a strategic R&D partnership to expand its bioenergy and sustainable oils platform technology originally sourced from CSIRO. The company’s Biomass Oil trait technology comprises a significant estate of patents and know-how that when deployed into crops boost accumulation of oil in plant tissue, increasing oil yields from…
Orica announces executive appointments including new CFO Explosives technology group Orica has announced changes to its executive committee. Chief Financial Officer, Kim Kerr has decided to leave Orica and James Crough has been appointed as CFO. James joined Orica in May 2019 as Vice President of Finance, Australia Pacific and Asia. Subsequently, he was Interim…
Biofuels are one of Australia’s biggest industrial and environmental opportunities. Today in our editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s Innovation Effort – Geoff Bell looks at what is needed to make promise a reality. Australia, with its extensive demand for air travel and rich natural resources like biomass, solar and wind, is…
National cleantech conference will no longer run Nectar Creative Communications, the organiser of the National Cleantech Conference & Exhibition (NCTCE), has said the event “will not be taking place in the foreseeable future.” In a message to those on its mailing list, Nectar said the event’s “success and importance… were evident in the overwhelming positive…
