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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...

Lisarow manufacturer of modular bathroom pods, Interpod, have won the contract to supply and deliver 269 bathroom pods to the developer of a student accommodation facility in the heart of Adelaide. Managing Director, Steve Monks said that production would begin in April, with bathroom pods completed perfectly in line with the builders site schedule. Since setting up Interpod and introducing bathroom pods to Australia in 2010, the company has delivered over 22,000 pods to student accommo...

West Gosford manufacturer Chamberlain Australia has taken out the Hunter Manufacturers Association's prestigious 2019 Manufacturer of the Year Award as well as the People and Skills Development Award in a night that highlighted the value of the Hunter, Central Coast and North Coast regions manufacturing industries. Commenting on Chamberlain's win the Judges said, "with increasing pressure to remain competitive against imported product, and to ensure a future for the business,...