Issue 5, 2010
Welcome to Issue 5 – 2010 Murray Now eNewsletter,
This month we feature an amazing story of how a family-owned harvest contracting business turned a venture into a world wide trip feeding millions. A regional commercial construction manufacturer took a punt on a Sri Lankan engineer and it paid off. Find out why businesses benefit from investing in their intellectual property and we talk with a Euston table grape grower who is young and keen to make a difference. You may recall from my last eNewsletter the Murray Now team were heading down to “Jeff’s Shed” for the Melbourne Careers & Employment Expo to showcase the Murray region. We had an overwheming response from dentists, civil and mechanical engineers, IT professionals and even robotic & mechatronic technicians. If anyone would like to find out more please send me an email.
Due to popular demand the Murray Now team has locked in a date for the next State of the Region Dinner so please mark it in your calendar – Saturday 19 February 2011. This will be another stellar event with some extras that you will find out about in due course!
Have you read the Shift Share Analysis report for the Murray Region? This comprehensive document examines employment growth in a region by industry.
Click here to download the report ———> Shift Share Analysis
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Euston on the world stage...
Frank Garreffa was only 15 years old when he made the journey to Australia from Southern Italy in 1953, accompanied by his 13 year old cousin.
He joined his brother as a labourer on existing farms in the lower Murray region of New South Wales, with Frank eventually purchasing 7 acres in 1957 (Eustonia Vineyards). Frank bought more property in 1966, and developed the land into a premier table grape growing property.
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Inventor in the Murray makes a difference…
Who would have thought Neil and Wendy Phillips would make the journey from being farmers to becoming inventors and then travelling and feeding the world in just a few short years.
Neil and Wendy Phillips believed they were going to be farming forever, their Robinvale farm had been in the family for three generations. After much thought they sold up and started with a fruit block in the same region, then after years of contracting work with farming equipment and redevelopment of fruit blocks, freight carting of sultanas, dried fruit, wine grapes and harvest contracting, Neil and Wendy decided to move from the Robinvale region and set their sights on a 4 thousand acre property at Gerogery.
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Life time of experience…always room for one more
Krautz & Summerhill a thriving business that’s been running in Albury since 1978, has around 30 employees and a lifetime of experience in commercial concrete construction, formwork and pre cast concrete panel manufacturing.
Alan Krautz and Tom Rollings are proud business owners that employ workers ranging from concreter’s carpenters, design draftsmen, project managers and estimators. Their work includes and not limited to commercial, industrial, retail, educational and institutional projects.
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IP…what the?
New brand, slogan, unique design, technical innovation…how do I properly protect these rights? Well you may ask yourself this and wonder who you can talk to about making the right decisions for your business.
The boost in the number of businesses being established or set up in regional Australia has brought an increased impetus to innovate. Intellectual property (commonly known as IP) is the collection of legal rights that can protect original ideas, new products and processes, and distinctive brands.
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