Grants reporting

A Business Growth Grant has been awarded to undertake internal systems activities.

To provide support for Alternative Technology Association Inc - Sustainable House Day 2016, to be held across multiple locations throughout Australia on Sunday 11 September 2016.

Innovation Connections promotes collaboration between small and medium sized Australian businesses and the research sector to develop new ideas with commercial potential.

Funding will assist with the conversion to a hydroponic, above-ground, strawberry growing system under poly tunnels at Longford.

Funding will assist with the purchase and integration of an X-ray and acoustic grader into the sawmill processing line at Bell Bay.

Funding will assist with the construction of a pavilion and accommodation pods at Lake St Clair.

Funding will assist the business to purchase equipment and install it to establish a manufacturing line for oil absorbent cloths at the Hobart manufacturing plant.

Pumpfree Energy has developed an innovative way to recycle the Fats, Oils and Greases (FOG) produced in restaurants as a waste by-product. Accelerating Commercialisation support will be used to help PumpFree Energy commercialise this technology and establish an industry leading profitable international business providing Australia with jobs, export revenue and a growing reputation.

Sci.Aero has developed the world's safest, revolutionary hovering robotic aircraft for the oil & gas, resources and emergency services industries. Accelerating Commercialization support will be used to help Sci.Aero commercialise this family of robotic aircraft and ensure Australia's leading position and national benefit of this multi-billion dollar emerging global market.

This advanced technology will automate fuel theft monitoring, reporting and debt collection in real time, reducing fuel theft and eliminating repeat offending. Accelerating Commercialisation support will be used to help ScanCam Industries commercialise this product and achieve commercial validation through several Australian demonstration pilots, secure supply and commercial partners, build a saleable platform, integrate the core Intellectual Property across the system, and achieve first sales in Australia.

Students in Years 11 and 12 will design and build an energy efficient vehicle. The students will be competing in the Ethanol category and hope to achieve a result better than 1200Km per litre.

InterfereX develops advanced software solutions to improve wireline and wireless connectivity. Entrepreneur's Programme commercialisation support will be used to help enable InterfereX in commercialising and achieving significant export sales.

Carbon Link has developed a system primarily for the agricultural sector that integrates a range of technologies to measure soil carbon across a broad scale. Accelerating Commercialisation support will be used to help Carbon Link commercially trial the system over varying conditions at a range of locations to demonstrate its commercial viability and suitability for applications associated with carbon capture in soil.

Accelerating Commercialisation support will be used to build product and software capability; conduct testing; formalise marketing strategies; and develop customer support materials.

Innovation Connections promotes collaboration between small and medium sized Australian businesses and the research sector to develop new ideas with commercial potential.

A Business Growth Grant has been awarded to undertake exploring new markets and market intelligence activities.

Xlam Australia Pty Ltd will establish Australia's first cross laminated timber (CLT) manufacturing facility at Wodonga, Victoria, producing an engineered wood product capable of replacing concrete in building structures.

Meyer Timber Pty Ltd trading as Timber Building Systems will establish a pre-fabricated building manufacturing facility in Dandenong, Victoria, allowing it to expand its wholesale timber business into innovative timber panels for use in low to mid-rise commercial and residential buildings.

Asaleo Care Limited will invest in equipment to upgrade its range of feminine products with new features at its factory in Springvale VIC.

Accelerating Commercialisation's support will be used to bring the BajaBoard from its prototype stage to a mass production and market ready product.

Tieman Tankers has a commitment to invest in advanced state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies for its tanker business. The company is creating a world leading robotics welding and automated lean production line involving advanced hydro form technologies, to increase production efficiences by up to 12%. Investment will create a world leading and competitive semi automated and robotic tanker manufacturing facility.

MiniFAB (Aust) Pty Ltd will expand its manufacturing capacity at Scoresby, Victoria to provide commercial volumes of medical diagnostic consumables with built-in bio-assays and molecular reagents, and leverage research and product development capabilities.

Precise Plastic Tooling Pty Ltd will install new machinery and equipment at its premises in Edwardstown SA, to provide precision machining and manufacturing services to the medical, electronic, sustainability and associated advanced manufacturing sectors.

Ellex Medical Pty Ltd will invest in advanced equipment and systems as part of an expansion of its ophthalmic medical device manufacturing capacity, also involving relocation from Adelaide, SA to new premises in Salisbury, SA.

The project will invest in a dedicated manufacturing line to efficiently produce small transformers (sub 100 kVA) at the applicant's manufacturing site in Wodonga, VIC.