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Softbank Robotics to establish its first presence in Australia
2 Dec 2016
Japanese company, SoftBank Robotics, has announced it will be establishing its first presence in Australia with an outpost in one of Queensland’s Fortitude Valley startup and innovation precincts. The ...
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Global accelerator gives Australian startups a business boost
30 Nov 2016
One of the world’s leading startup support organisations, MassChallenge, has selected ten Australian startup teams as the winners of a national competition to participate in a workshop to be held in t ...
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Japanese manufacturer invests A$72 million in Queensland
29 Nov 2016
Leading Japanese manufacturer, Oji Holdings Corporation (Oji Holdings), through its New Zealand subsidiary, Oji Fibre Solutions (OjiFS), is investing A$72 million in a new corrugated box manufacturing ...
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2016 Inaugural winner of the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment’s Investment Award
25 Nov 2016
Minister Steven Ciobo MP last night announced Boeing Australia as the inaugural winner of the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment’s Investment Award.
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Tata Consultancy Services partners with UNSW
23 Nov 2016
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to pursue research collaborations in machine learning, virtual reality, rob ...
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China’s biggest food company partners with Monash University
4 Nov 2016
Monash University has partnered with the Nutrition and Health Research Institute (NHRI) of China’s biggest food company, the state-owned COFCO Corporation, to reopen the Food Innovation Centre.
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World’s largest train manufacturer to help build Victorian metro trains
31 Oct 2016
The world’s largest train manufacturer, CRRC, is part of the Evolution Rail consortium awarded a Victorian Government contract to build 65 high-capacity metro trains for Melbourne.
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China–Australia consortium invests $1.7 billion in Australian healthcare expertise
25 Oct 2016
The Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has approved the A$1.7 billion investment in GenesisCare by a consortium formed by Macquarie Capital and Hong Kong-based China Resources Group.
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US digital firm establishes Asia-Pacific “Collaboratory” in Melbourne
21 Oct 2016
Cognizant Digital Works, a NASDAQ-listed technology company, is establishing a “Collaboratory” in Melbourne, creating up to 110 new highly skilled jobs.
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Chinese company to build lithium processing plant in Western Australia
7 Oct 2016
China’s Tianqi Lithium is expanding its existing portfolio in Australia by investing A$400 million to build a lithium processing plant in Kwinana, Western Australia, with construction starting in Octo ...
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Thai energy company invests A$68 million in solar power project
6 Oct 2016
Thailand’s largest power producer, Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Public Company Limited (RATCH), is enhancing its existing presence in Australia by investing A$68.33 million to develop a n ...
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US software company opens Australian HQ in Melbourne
5 Oct 2016
Expensify, a US receipt- and expense-management software company, has opened its first Australian office in Melbourne.
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New Zealand’s Datacom Group invests in IT jobs training facility
30 Sep 2016
New Zealand IT services company Datacom Group is investing in a A$22 million facility that will provide training, full-time jobs and IT career opportunities in South Australia.
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Chinese dairy investor buys majority stake in Burra Foods
1 Sep 2016
Inner Mongolia Fuyuan Farming Co (Fuyuan), one of China’s largest dairy farming consortiums, is buying a 79 per cent stake in Victorian dairy processor Burra Foods.
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Singaporean dairy giant partners with Australian agribusiness
31 Aug 2016
Australian agribusiness Midfield Group has entered into a joint venture with Louis Dreyfus Company Dairy Asia, a Singapore-based agricultural merchant.
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Canada Pension Plan Investment Board opens Sydney office
29 Aug 2016
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is opening a standalone office in Sydney to formalise its existing Australian operations.
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China’s BGI invests in Australian genomics R&D
23 Aug 2016
Global genomics company BGI has reinforced its research and development (R&D) ties with Australia by opening a new Asia-Pacific headquarters in Brisbane.
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Global data centre provider expands Australian presence
18 Aug 2016
Equinix, a NASDAQ-listed provider of carrier-neutral data centres, has completed a US$28 million expansion of its Melbourne data centre.
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Sanofi invests in new Brisbane-based production facility
16 Aug 2016
To keep pace with ever-increasing demand from China for Australian-produced vitamins and mineral supplements, Sanofi Consumer Healthcare is expanding its production facilities in Brisbane.
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Shanghai Zhongfu expands presence in Kimberley region
9 Aug 2016
Kimberley Agricultural Investment (KAI), a subsidiary of Chinese company Shanghai Zhongfu, has purchased Carlton Hill Station in the Ord River district of Western Australia, from Consolidated Pastoral ...
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