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Softbank Robotics to establish its first presence in Australia2 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 ... Read article... Global accelerator gives Australian startups a business boost30 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 ... Read article... Japanese manufacturer invests A$72 million in Queensland29 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 ... Read article... 2016 Inaugural winner of the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment’s Investment Award25 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. Read article... Tata Consultancy Services partners with UNSW23 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 ... Read article... China’s biggest food company partners with Monash University4 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. Read article... World’s largest train manufacturer to help build Victorian metro trains31 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. Read article... China–Australia consortium invests $1.7 billion in Australian healthcare expertise25 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. Read article... US digital firm establishes Asia-Pacific “Collaboratory” in Melbourne21 Oct 2016 Cognizant Digital Works, a NASDAQ-listed technology company, is establishing a “Collaboratory” in Melbourne, creating up to 110 new highly skilled jobs. Read article... Chinese company to build lithium processing plant in Western Australia7 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 ... Read article... 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 ... Read article... US software company opens Australian HQ in Melbourne5 Oct 2016 Expensify, a US receipt- and expense-management software company, has opened its first Australian office in Melbourne. Read article... New Zealand’s Datacom Group invests in IT jobs training facility30 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. Read article... Chinese dairy investor buys majority stake in Burra Foods1 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. Read article... Singaporean dairy giant partners with Australian agribusiness31 Aug 2016 Australian agribusiness Midfield Group has entered into a joint venture with Louis Dreyfus Company Dairy Asia, a Singapore-based agricultural merchant. Read article... Canada Pension Plan Investment Board opens Sydney office29 Aug 2016 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is opening a standalone office in Sydney to formalise its existing Australian operations. Read article... China’s BGI invests in Australian genomics R&D23 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. Read article... Global data centre provider expands Australian presence18 Aug 2016 Equinix, a NASDAQ-listed provider of carrier-neutral data centres, has completed a US$28 million expansion of its Melbourne data centre. Read article... Sanofi invests in new Brisbane-based production facility16 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. Read article... Shanghai Zhongfu expands presence in Kimberley region9 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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