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One of the Central Coast’s oldest and most respected engineering companies, Riton Engineering, is looking to expand its capabilities and capacity following the management buyout of the business from founder Lyn Whitehurst. Manufacturing Manager, John Clarke takes the helm after sixteen years with the company. Founded by Dr John Whitehurst and his wife Lyn in 1978 Riton has specialised in designing and manufacturing custom solutions across a wide range of sectors from power genera...

Business for North Gosford based Pro Ali Design, designer and manufacturer of conveyor systems and associated equipment for the food industry, has gone through the roof as food processing companies expand or realign production systems as a result of consumer demand for value-add products.  “Our order book now stretches out to June July next year,” said Miles Fink, Pro Ali  Founder and Managing Director. While continuing to design and manufacture systems for their tradi...

Having recently acquired the fast-growing New Zealand family owned Original Foods Baking Co the New Zealand Investment firm, The South Island Office Limited (SIO) has announced that it has agreed to acquire iconic Australian desserts and baked goods brand Sara Lee from McCain Foods in Australia and New Zealand. The announcement from SIO investor group  said that it will create and grow the region’s leading frozen bakery products company, as it brings together two great baking comp...

Turnover is up more than 50% so far this year for West Gosford manufacturer of quality bedding products, Bambi Enterprises, due to JobKeeper and work-from-home demand induced by the COVID pandemic. While most Australian textile manufacturers packed up and went to China Bambi stuck rigidly to it's philosophy of producing a quality Australian Made product which the market wanted both in Australia and overseas. "For us the last year has been incredibly exciting and challengin...

Having taken out the Manufacturer of the Year at the 2019 Hunter Manufacturers' Awards along with Excellence in Sustainable Operations category, West Gosford based Chamberlain Group  have almost repeated the performance at the 2020 HMA Awards. The 2020 Awards have seen the Chamberlain Group walk away with the Excellence in Sustainable Operations Award for the second year with the citation: "Chamberlain have developed and implemented a "sustainability strategy" wi...