Tag: Regional Growth Fund
$8m steel processing facility upgrade to create 160 jobs in Whyalla
Engineering and construction company Ferretti International will carry out a $8 million upgrade to its steel processing centre in Whyalla in a move that...
Napthine Coalition to extend the $1bn Regional Growth Fund to 2022
If re-elected, the Napthine Coalition Government will commit a further $500 million to the $1 billion Regional Growth Fund and extend it to 2022.
According...
ViPlus dairy announces a $50.4m expansion
ViPlus, a renowned Australian manufacturer of milk products, including infant formula and milk powders, has announced a $50.4 million expansion that is set to generate...
Salad producer AFS receives government investment to expand operations
Australian Fresh Salads Pty Ltd (AFS), a leading Australian horticultural company, is about to expand its vegetable processing facilities in Maffra thanks to a...
New grape waste burning plant ‘delivers first fruits’
Australian Tartaric Products' (ATP) innovative $11 million renewable energy plant, that opened earlier this month at its Victorian facility at Colignan, has already delivered reduced energy...
$2.7m Australian Sustainable Hardwoods expansion program completed
The Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH) Heyfield operation — the country’s largest hardwood sawmill — has undergone a $27 million expansion and upgrade program, which...
Burra Foods rolls out first infant formula batches to satisfy Asian demand
Following the $22 million expansion that enabled Burra Foods to produce nutritional milk powders and a new range of products for infants, toddlers and...
Gippsland Food Plan to help Victorian food manufacturers capitalise on growing demand from Asia
Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan and member for Narracan Gary Blackwood have launched on Friday the Gippsland Food...
Victoria’s Regional Growth Fund helps vegetable farm expand and create jobs
The Victorian Coalition Government is investing $1.5 million from the Regional Growth Fund to help a Gippsland vegetable farm Covino Farms Pty Ltd. transform...
Mars Australia’s expansion secures Ballarat jobs
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine visited Mars Australia’s Ballarat site on Friday and reported that the company’s $52 million expansion is progressing well.
The expansion to...
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Building resilience as manufacturing requirements become more complex
The industrial machinery and heavy equipment manufacturing sector is critical not only for its direct outputs, machines, and equipment that pave the way for construction, agriculture and manufacturing but also for its crucial role in economic development and innovation.
