All Customer Stories

Radford Meats Customer Story
With the assistance of an AusIndustry Re-tooling for Climate Change grant, Radford Meats has replaced its abattoir's old water supply system with ultrafiltration technology.

Intalysis Customer Story
Intalysis has developed technology which has been bought by the "Big Four" mining companies. The company's research includes testing the moisture content of bulk minerals. Intalysis is registered for AusIndustry's R&D Tax Concession and spends 10 per cent of its revenue on research.

Ripe Maternity Customer Story
Ripe Maternity is an Australian owned maternity fashion label. They design contemporary, stylish and comfortable clothing. The Australian Government's TCF (Post 2005) SIP grant has been vital to their continued growth and development.

Event Studios Australia Customer Story
Event Studios Australia build special box-style hospitality units for outdoor events such as the Spring Racing Carnival, the Moto GP, the Airshow Downunder and Ripcurl Pro. Their research and development activities entitle them to the Australian Government's R&D Tax Concession.

Jets Swimwear Customer Story
Since 2001, Jets Swimwear has grown its premium swimwear brand both nationally and internationally. AusIndustry grants have enabled Jets to continually improve and innovate through design development and research. 

Re-tooling for Climate Change Customer Story
The Re-tooling for Climate Change program aims to assist manufacturers to reduce their environmental footprint. This customer story features three businesses who have received a grant under the program.

Botanical Resources Australia
Tasmanian company Botanical Resources Australia has used research to transform the pyrethrum flower growing industry. Pyrethrum is an insecticide which can be used for organic farms and pet shampoo. 

Primepak Customer Story
Primepak and Primepak Manufacturing have received assistance from Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET), Climate Ready, and the R&D Tax Concession. Between 2003 and 2006 – in Primepak’s early days – the company received $100,000 from COMET.

Waterfind Customer Story
Waterfind is emerging as a major partner in Australia's water allocation industry. The company has received assistance from COMET and Climate Ready.

GPSports Customer Story
Canberra's GPSports is kicking goals internationally with innovations in sports performance information technology.  The company received help in its early days from the Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) Program, and is registered for the R&D Tax Concession.

Biofuel Partnership 
The Biofuel Partnership is commercialising the Biocube, a portable biodiesel producer about half the size of a shipping container. Pictured is Sandy Kelly, the company's technical director.

Smart Hook
Queensland COMET customer Hans Jusseit received $120,000 to help develop a fishing hook that prevents seabirds and turtles from being hooked by tuna fishermen.

Costa Group Customer Story
Costa Group is constructing Australia's largest hydroponic tomato greenhouse, with help from the Enhanced Project By-law Scheme (EPBS). The scheme is helping Australian suppliers win contracts for designing and constructing the 100,000 square metre glasshouse.

TCF Small Business Customers
The Australian Government's Textile, Clothing and Footwear Small Business Program is helping improve decision making and production processes in the sector's small businesses around Australia. The program provides grants of up to $50,000 to improve business enterprise culture, and up to 70 businesses receive assistance each year.

Pre-Seed Fund Customer Story
Under the Pre-Seed Fund program, the Australian Government is providing $72.7 million in venture capital, through four licensed pre-seed fund managers. The four managers are profiled in this customer story - Allen & Buckeridge, GBS Venture Partners, SciVentures Investments and Starfish Ventures.

Auraya Customer Story
Canberra company Auraya is developing voice authentication software to replace all the passwords and personal identification numbers we need each day. Their technology is being developed with the help of a $64,000 Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) grant.

Boags Customer Story
The Enhanced Project By-Law Scheme offered respite to Boag's bottling line expansion expenses, with the large scale expansion of the brewery also leading to the development of a tourist attraction on site.

Tote Systems Australia Customer Story
Tote Systems Australia supplies body armour to police and defence forces in Australia and the Pacific and is registered for Tradex and has received assistance from the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear (Post-2005) Strategic Investment Program.

Woodside Customer Story
Woodside Energy has been a long-time customer of the Australian Government's Enhanced Project By-law Scheme (EPBS). Under the scheme, Western Australian suppliers have won significant Woodside contracts for on-shore and off-shore projects.

Australian Membrane Technologies Customer Story
Australian Membrane Technologies worked on four proof-of-concept water recycling trials helped by research conducted with a $64,000 Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) grant.

Pod Orthotic Customer Story
Victorian company Pod Orthotic learnt about the Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) program during an AusIndustry information night. The company successfully applied for a grant, and their knee brace, designed for the extreme sport of motocross racing has been an overnight success. It is now exported to more than 20 countries.

Curtis Australia Customer Story
The Australian Government's Tradex and R&D Tax Concession programs are helping Curtis Australia in the business of handcrafting gold and silver pens and fine jewellery. Tradex has helped the company improve its cash flow and international competitiveness.

Holly Connects Customer Story
Holly specialises in voice recognition technology and attributes part of its success to early support for its research from the Australian Government's R&D Tax Concession.

Vonmac Customer Story
South Australia's Vonmac used a $37,600 Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) grant to develop its production line, intellectual property protection, business planning and market research for its Plastipile product.