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Steinbok, Australia’s leading manufacturer of schnapps and liqueurs has announced a major expansion programme following development approval to build a new facility adjoining their factory at Somersby. A second-generation business now run by Managing Director, Gavin Yates was originally established by Norm and Gill Yates making breakfast jam for Qantas and leading hotels in the early eighties. As the market changed Gavin moved the business to manufacturing cocktails under the Steinbok ...

’Make Tomorrow in Manufacturing’’ A unique Indigenous Skills and Employment Program (ISEP) was launched last month at the premises of E-bisglobal in Tuggerah with the aim of addressing the skill shortages in the manufacturing and related industry sectors. The commencement of the project, ‘’Make Tomorrow in Manufacturing’ marks the culmination of 18 months’ work with industry and community to co-design an employment pathway program to train and mento...

Coastwide Steel and Metalwork who celebrates 40 years in business this year is still located in the same spot where they kicked off in Tuggerah – although they have grown and expanded on the site. In 1984 a young Goerge Hogger was working for a local steel fabrication business. A qualified engineer he was working on two large local projects and in the middle of both projects his employer went into liquidation leaving him without a job. The project manager on these jobs, suggested he f...

The 2024 Industry Festival will see over sixty Central Coast businesses exhibiting. These include sixteen manufacturers spanning several sectors and twenty-five food manufacturers. Other exhibitors cover business services, environmental services, education, and government. Strong speaker line-up for Industry Festival The 2024 Central Coast Industry Festival will showcase Central Coast manufacturers and suppliers to the sector with over 60 exhibitors and in addition speaker sessions coveri...

Planning is well underway for the upcoming Central Coast Industry Festival. Exhibitor registrations were extended due to the Christmas holiday break but the organisers, Central Coast Industry Connect (CCIC), are pleased to advise that they have reached their quota of exhibitors. To be held on the 6th and 7th March 2024 at Mingara, the Festival has attracted a broad range of exhibitors covering well known manufacturers like Sanitarium and Mars Food to organisations like 4id Solutions who prov...