Industry Links
Autech Research
http://www.autech.com.au/
Autech
Research has been a leading developer of innovative software solutions
for the building and construction industry for over 10 years.
Recognising the importance of colour in the urban environment, Autech
has pioneered new ways of using technology to show colour in the
architectural paint and products markets.
Barking Spider
http://www.barkingspider.com.au/
Products and Services
Botanical Resources Australia
http://www.botanicalra.com.au/
Botanical
Resources Australia Pty Ltd (BRA) is the Australian grower and producer
of over 30% of the world’s pyrethrum, the botanical insecticide, and
runs the most high tech pyrethrum industry in the world. In the fertile
soils of Australia’s island state, Tasmania, BRA contracts growers to
cultivate some 8000 tonnes of pyrethrum flowers a year. The product is
extracted and refined in BRA’s state of the art industrial plant and
formulated to exacting conditions to be used in pyrethrum-based
insecticide products for the world market.
Liferaft Systems Australia
http://www.liferaftsystems.com.au/index.cgi
LSA
was formed specifically for the design and manufacture of high quality
Marine Evacuation Systems (MES) and large capacity liferafts.
LSA
now manufactures a wide range of inflatable MES and large capacity
liferafts for all types of passenger vessels, including conventional
ferries, high speed craft, cruise ships and military vessels.
Marinova
http://www.marinova.com.au/
Marinova
is an Australian biotechnology company based in Hobart dedicated to the
development of products having bioactives derived from marine
macroalgae. Marinova’s research and development program focuses on
fucoidans, sulphated polysaccharides found in brown macroalgae and
echinoderms. The company has isolated fucoidans from over 10 different
species, and is a world leading resource for companies looking to
utilise fucoidans as pharmaceutical, nutraceutical or cosmetic
ingredients.
Moonraker Australia
http://www.moonraker.com.au/
Moonraker Australia provides communications systems to professional, military and leisure users. The company was established in 1971 as a specialist antenna company and has expanded its interests to include a range of products and services in the oceanographic and environmental sciences.
As
well as antenna systems for LF to UHF frequencies, products now include
satellite-tracked free-drifting buoys, and navigation and moored buoy
platforms. Emphasis is on providing the very best solutions to match
individual needs, with technical assistance, product customisation and
market-led design.
Norske Skog Boyer
http://www.norskeskog.com/
Situated
in Southern Tasmania, the mill produced Australia’s first newsprint in
1941 and remains one of the state’s major employers. Annual production
is around 290,000 tonnes of newsprint and related grades. This
represents about 40% of Australian consumption. The mill uses
plantation radiata pine, regrowth eucalypt and recycled fibre, which is
produced at Norske Skog Albury.
Poly Systems
http://www.polysystems.com.au/
Poly
Systems Pty Ltd, an Australian owned company, is primarily focussed on
the research, development and commercialisation of internationally
innovative defence-related technologies in conjunction with a
functional range of domestic, industrial, commercial and hospitality
products.
SonarData
http://www.sonardata.com/
SonarData
was established in 1995 to develop fisheries acoustic analysis and
visualization software for the scientific fisheries acoustic industry.
It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Verdant P/L whose operations are
based in Tasmania and in Shimonseki, Japan.
Tasmanian Alkaloids
http://www.tasalk.com.au/home.html
Tasmanian
Alkaloids, a fully integrated manufacturer located wholly within
Tasmania and utilising agricultural feedstock grown entirely in the
state, is recognised as the largest manufacturer of Active
Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Australia and the largest exporter of
codeine and thebaine in the world (for Johnson & Johnson).
Terratec Asia-Pacific
http://www.terratec.com.au/
Terratec is a world leader in full-face rock cutting technology and supplies equipment to the underground mining and construction industries worldwide.
Terratec manufactures and modifies new and existing
Tunnel Boring Machines, Raise Boring Machines, Tunneling Backup and
Muck Removal Equipment and provides specialist engineering services.
Zinifex
http://www.zinifex.com/
Zinifex’s Hobart Smelter is located on the western bank of the River Derwent in Hobart, Tasmania. Today, Hobart is one of the largest zinc operations in the world and produced more than 250,000 tonnes of zinc metal during 2003 as well as other associated metals and by-products.
