Amy French

THE 2,060 known coal seam gas wells in Australia seems insignificant compared with Canada’s 210,000 shallow wells.

AN opportunity to modify its existing pump technology to meet the growing needs of the coal seam gas sector proved too good an offer to refuse for Airwell Pumps and its managing director, Alan Brow

David Coomer is spending a lot less time in the kitchen these days, but he hasn’t turned his back on the industry completely. Amy French reports.

THE state government came in for criticism over its handling of the resources boom at a roundtable meeting of rural and regional business owners and executives last week.

Brian Grimmer has bounced back since the fallout of the GFC.

COMBINING his skills in professional services with a background in geology has proved to be a good career move for 2010 40under40 winner Grant Ribbink.

WHEN he took over as managing director of Decmil Australia six months ago, Ray Sputore recognised an opportunity to take his 30-year career in a new direction with the growing engineering and const

PLD Learning Resources founder and managing director Diana Rigg has taken nothing for granted since winning a 40under40 award last year, despite the fast growth in her company’s literacy resources

VEEM Engineering Group has racked up achievements that would make it the envy of many other manufacturing businesses in Western Australia.

Keen demand for commercial space in central Perth is driving a surge in office redesign and fit-out work, attracting new players to the Western Australian market and creating opportunities for esta

Eagle Bay Brewing Co is a new family-run restaurant, winery and brewery business that reflects the ongoing changes in the Dunsborough region. Amy French reports.

AN innovative project is taking shape in Wagin to tackle saline degradation, produce energy from waste products, power a barramundi farm and hopefully attract new businesses to the Wheatbelt.

PAUL Symons could never have predicted the tangent his life would take when he left his job as a high school teacher in 1998 to start Malaga-based company PC Locs.

IMAGINE a building material that could withstand 350 kilometre an hour winds, was fire resistant, stronger but lighter than double brick, and completely recyclable.

IT has taken Edward Khoury 15 years to grow his industrial design business to the size of the one he and his wife Sharon left behind in South Africa when they migrated in the 1980s.

STAY away from sports – that was the advice HydraSafe managing director and founder Wayne Ashdown received from a business associate when he first considered manufacturing an electrolyte replacement drink.

A couple of fresh faces have added a new dimension to the Mosman Park scene. Amy French reports.

FOUR years after their first conversations about how to revolutionise the bulk scanning and indexing industry, i2 Software directors Quentin Gribble and Andrew Wade can finally say they’re in it for more than just the love of the business.

WITH the state government planning to pour $856 million into its Pilbara Cities program, it seems logical for town planning firms to exploit this opportunity by expanding in the targeted growth centres of Port Hedland and Karratha.

SEARCH engine optimisation company ineedhits has come up with an innovative way of getting businesses to rank in the top 10 listings on Google.

CROISSANT Express chairman Jonathan Huston is no stranger to the wheeling and dealing required to succeed in business.

PRIVATE equity backing has enabled Vesco Foods to make the transition from a locally focused family business to a national player in the food services manufacturing sector.

AN accounting franchise established in Perth has started expanding its Victorian network ahead of planned moves into other east coast markets.

THE awarding last week of rail transport contracts for a $3.5 billion fertiliser project at Collie has put the two winners in good position to bid for the much larger contracts that will be needed to support the planned expansion of Collie coal exports.

It seems Perth locals are joining travellers and expats in appreciating the Tony Roma’s experience. Amy French reports.

PERTH-BASED web solution company Itomic is set to open a UK office in a bid to provide geographic diversification and non-stop service in this competitive field.

FIBREGLASS was a dirty word to Andy Greathead – that is until he quit as head of listed resources services company ADG Global Supply to become involved in a business that uses the material to make alternatives to steel.

TWO months ago, when the state government announced a $350 million upgrade of Western Australia’s grain freight network, it appeared that a long-running debate had finally been settled. But industry remains divided over how the money should be spent.