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Manufacturing

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Building a future for sustainable housing on the Great South Coast

by Regional Development Victoria | 12 Dec 2022

Portland Airport will become the home of FormFlow’s new modular home manufacturing site, with up to 200 homes to be delivered each year.

Local Jobs First Commissioner, Moana Weir smiling at the camera  

Commissioner pursues a fair playing field in tricky times

by Jobs Victoria | 30 Aug 2022

Fairness starts with listening for Victoria’s new Local Jobs First Commissioner, Moana Weir.

Neil with his FC Holden purchased in 1998, nearly identical to his first Holden purchased in 1965.  

Holden’s history and legacy lives on in Gippsland

by Regional Development Victoria | 15 Aug 2022

The story behind the Trafalgar Holden Museum in central Gippsland started off with one man and his shed of Holden heritage motor cars.

Exterior photograph of Dividing Creek Honey Farm  

Cattle farmer puts his honey where his mouth is

by Regional Development Victoria | 23 Feb 2022

A South Gippsland farmer is turning his passion for bees and their crucial role in food supply and the environment into his core business.

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Going up: Moe lift business goes global

by Georgina Jerums | 1 Dec 2021

Moe GP Lindsay Wakefield has morphed into a market-leading manufacturer, selling custom lifts to the US, Japan, South East Asia and the Middle East.

Kamal Grewal, Manjinder Grewal, Aman Grewal.  

Farming their way - the Grewal family makes history in the Mallee

by Agriculture Victoria | 15 Nov 2021

Twenty years ago, four brothers arrived in Australia from India. Today they head up a major agricultural enterprise in the Victorian Mallee.

Australia’s oldest wooden tall ship has returned to Victoria Harbour, Docklands.  

Safe harbour: Alma Doepel drops anchor in Melbourne

by Georgina Jerums | 25 Oct 2021

After 10 years and 80,000 hours of painstaking restoration, Australia’s oldest wooden tall ship has returned to Victoria Harbour, Docklands.

Image of Banksia home which are being manufactured and shipped to Senegal for a German Foreign Aid project  

Campbellfield business hits a home run during the pandemic

by Georgina Jerums | 7 Oct 2021

Dr Jackson Yin’s kit home business pivoted online during lockdown, thanks to a $50,000 Business Victoria innovation grant.

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The good oil: Corio’s Cobram Estate Olives pumps up export arm

by Georgina Jerums | 22 Sep 2021

Australia’s largest olive oil producer, headquartered in Corio, is making inroads into Japan, Korea, and the US.

Image of Celina Clarke. Celina is wearing a black jacket and smiling at the camera.  

Meet the Chair of the Victorian Premier’s Design Awards

by Georgina Jerums | 6 Sep 2021

Celina Clarke has been in the design business for over thirty years and says the awards create a benchmark for design excellence.

Truck on a construction site on a turntable  

How a Bendigo family engineering business has the world in a spin

by Georgina Jerums | 2 Sep 2021

From a revolving restaurant in Qatar, to a Las Vegas casino bar, to a Tehran telecommunication tower, Australian Turntable Company has gone global.

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From the ground up: Ballarat’s Laura Chibnall takes out top mining award

by Georgina Jerums | 23 Aug 2021

We profile Laura Chibnall who is this year’s Minerals Council of Australia Exceptional Woman in Resources for Victoria.

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Family business SYPAQ is right at home in Fishermans Bend

by Hayley Ricketson | 19 Aug 2021

David Vicino speaks about family and work as if they’re one and the same – because for his family-owned business, they are.

World's first eye imaging device wins Premier's Design Award  

World-first eye imaging device wins Victorian Premier's Design Award

by Georgina Jerums | 6 Jul 2021

Cobalt Design in North Melbourne has taken out the Victorian Premier’s Design Award’s top honour for a revolutionary eye testing machine.

Chris from Sailors Grave pouring his brew in a glass structure  

Sailors Grave sets sail on new adventure

by Regional Development Victoria | 15 Apr 2021

VIDEO: After the 2019 bushfires, the couple behind Sailors Grave brewery are finally about to realise their ambition of building a tourist destination

Mat Bowtell  

Meet the Phillip Island engineer delivering free 3D-printed hands to the world

by Regional Development Victoria | 4 Feb 2021

Phillip Island based engineer, Mat Bowtell, made an unusual choice after he was retrenched from the automotive industry – he decided to work for free.

Man in factory setting packing a box. He is smiling at the camera.  

Jobs Victoria linking job-seekers and employers

by Georgina Jerums | 19 Aug 2019

This one-of-a-kind program has helped almost 10,000 people find a job since 2016.

Rochelle  

Meet Victoria’s 2019 Woman Manufacturer of the Year

by Georgina Jerums | 13 Jun 2019

A leading light in the production of cancer diagnostic instruments, Rochelle Avinu was recognised at the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame awards.

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