Manufacturing
Pressure on profits
| Damon Frith
Global economic challenges continue to cast long shadows on the Australian sharemarket.
Liquid motion
| Kath Walters
This family-based pharmaceutical business tale of overseas sales growth defies trade challenges and regulatory hurdles in diverse foreign markets.
Boomerang: Sean Ashby
| Emily Chantiri
Sean Ashby’s cheeky swimwear brand made its name in Britain before meeting success in its home market.
Good firms come first
| Damon Frith
Pinz has boosted productivity and China-proofed a low-tech manufacturing business.
Keep it in the family
| Damon Frith
Board member Angus Kennard ensures familial continuity in a busy company.
Migrant millionaires: Stories of success
| Kath Walters
Lindy Chen and Sudhir Warrier have turned bridging cultures into brilliant businesses.
Creativity: Cristina Re
| Kath Walters
Melbourne designer and photographer takes her customers back to a more elegant era.
Free money: Environment and energy
| Kath Walters
Companies that overlook the environmental angle on their government grant application are wasting an opportunity.
Free money: Innovation
| Jessica Gardner
Federal funding – $35 million over four years – is being used to support Australian initiatives in the global processed-food market.
Free money: Manufacturing
| Dan Hall
Changes have been made to manufacturing grants over the past 12 months, including to grants available to car makers.
Time for a cool change
| Kath Walters
An innovative airconditioning supplier anticipates growth after it toughing out.
Production technology a ‘game changer’
| Gina McColl
Imagine having a phone that is customised for the shape of your hand – or even your ear.
Soaring: Jens Goennemann
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
Jens Goennemann loves helicopters. “What is more fascinating than a helicopter?” the German-born executive enthuses.
It takes two
| Kath Walters
Three couples from BRW’s Fast Starter’s list share how they balance a rapidly growing business with a happy marriage.
New age, better age
| Phil Ruthven
Phil Ruthven | Although each age is welcome in giving us new industries and greater wealth, the one that follows is even better.
Clean billing in nappy valley
| Damon Frith
An Australian manufacturer seeks to make its products 100 per cent biodegradable.
Green Car fund awaits entrepreneurs
| Kath Walters
There are funds going begging in the federal government’s Green Car Fund.
Shut up shop
| Jane Lindhe
Rising interest rates have been the last straw for a string of retailers.
Wild and free and off to work
| Dan Hall
They may hint at a life lived on the edge, but motorbikes are also practical, economical and fun.
So far, so good
| Damon Kitney
After one year, Anthony Pratt is stamping his own style on the global empire inherited from his father.
Dynamic duos
| Kath Walters
For the partnerships on the list, the path to riches is more fun with two.
The contenders
| Gillian Tan
Wealth Australians who just missed joining the ranks of the BRW Rich 200 list this year.
Kathleen Conlon
| Kath Walters
The non-executive director at CSR and REA Group shares her thoughts on improving women’s representation on boards.
Innovation crunch
| Peter Roberts
Manufacturers dominate R&D but will be badly affected by government tax changes.
Women’s business
| Kath Walters, Judith Tydd and Gillian Tan
There are a record number of women in BRW Fast Starters in 2010 find out what they’ve done to become so successful.
Garage to global – Ausra
| Kath Walters
Foreign takeovers give away the fruits of Australian genius, and a legitimate way to launch technology globally.
More Stocks to Watch 21 - 30
| Tony Featherstone
At the bottom end of the market, there are plenty of highly speculative investment opportunities.
Active wear retailer expands
| Damon Frith
After 20 years active wear retailer Lorna Jane is expanding rapidly.
Dentist goes bush
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
Space and cost constraints forced Race Dental to head for the hills.
Short in cents
| Kath Walters
Does blind conservatism or wily acumen prevent angel investors from backing an incense business with a social conscience?.
Underwear not cappucinos
| Anthony Sibillin
$200-a-barrel oil will end globalisation and send labour and capital back to the factory floor.
Beyond conventional thinking
| John Lyons
Lyons | Changing the whole approach to solving a problem can allow an entrepreneur to overcome the competition.
Restructure: Eddie MacDonald
| Dan Hall
Knocking a 35-year-old family-owned budget furniture business into shape for a public float was a challenge.
Ventracor bust-up
| Kath Walters
A blow-out in liquidators’ fees leaves nothing for an artificial heart maker’s workers or creditors.
Ausra sale ‘a bargain’
| Kath Walters
Australian solar thermal technology company Ausra has been sold to the France’s Areva
One giant leap for Apollo
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Two young entrepreneurs are taking their manufacturing and tourism company to the world.
Pain & gain
| Report: Anthony SibillinThe high dollar has hurt export earnings - but many businesses have found a silver lining....
Loosen the links
| Report: Anthony SibillinThe global financial crisis has ushered in some new thinking about supply chains. Report: Anthony Sibillin...
Rules of engagement
| Chris Richardson Director Access EconomicsI've just bought a new Commodore. I don't know what name Holden gives the colour, but I'm calling it Mid-Life Crisis Red. It's the third new Commodore I've bought since 1994....
Profit factories
| Peter RobertsThe short-term outlook for manufacturing may be tough but there are still plenty of opportunities in the business of making things. Report: Peter Roberts...
Made in Australia
| Sean Aylmer - Editor in chiefManufacturing is probably the most talked about industry in the economy, and seldom is there any good news. The car companies get many of the headlines, and manufacturing's demise is the theme of most of the stories....
Flying colours
| David JamesThe key to manufacturing in Australia is investment in technology, the managing director of Evan Evans Group, Roger Cameron, says....
Open arms
| Report: Peter RobertsGovernment is spending $6 billion extra a year on defence buying. But competition for the contracts will be fierce....
Defence does its homework
| Kevin Chinnery and Jeffrey HuttonThe three most complex warships ever built in Australia - the Hobart- class air-warfare destroyers - will undergo final assembly by ASC in Adelaide....
Adapt and prosper
| Report: Leo D'Angelo FisherPast downturns show that exporters can switch quickly to new markets - the key is smart targeting and partnerships....