| 22/08/2002 |
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Yellow Pages Business Idea Grant Finalist |
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| The Vertical Rotating Growing System became a NSW finalist and a National finalist for the 2001 Yellow Pages Business Ideas Grant. The awards were held at the Palladium, Crown Towers in Melbourne Victoria on 22 August 2001. |
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| 01/01/2001 |
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Vertical Rotating Growing System. (R.G.S) |
| The R.G.S patent No PCT AU02/00097 is suitable to grow crops, from flower & vegetables to live stock feed for horse, cattle, goats etc. Saving the grower up to 93% of land area & providing substantial efficiencies in yield production per square metre. |
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| 01/07/2001 |
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Australian Technology Showcase. |
| Recently an expert panel drawn from the NSW Innovation Council recommended the Verticle Rotating Growing System to be featured in the Australian Technology Showcase. You can view this showcase at www.techshowcase.nsw.gov.au |
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| 25/10/2001 |
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Overseas Interest Continues to Increase. |
| Countries such as Japan, The Middle East, China, Mongolia, Pacific Islands have all shown strong interest in the RGS,for both vegetables and fodder. |
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| 11/11/2001 |
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Japanese To Visit Australia. |
| Mr Shinji Morimura, representative for A & B Hydroponics in Japan, and director & founder of Japanese International Food and Aquaculture Society ( JIFAS ) and also the founder of Aquaculture Business Communications ( A.B.C ) has made many visit to Australia with prospective clients. |
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| 15/12/2001 |
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'Mother Farm' in Japan. |
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Mother Farm,(Japan) achieved amazing results with A-Frame Strawberry System.From 2,880 to 14,952 strawberry plants in the same floor area of 360 m2, 419% increase (12,072 extra plants).Opening day to the public was 22/12/01 with media & press release. Since the first installation of the A-Frame system at Mother Farm and with the excellent increases in tourism Mother Fram has extented their business with the A-Frame systems.
  
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| 05/01/2002 Japan continues to show strong interest. |
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Our A-Frame design since the opening at Mother Farm in Japan has more than doubled in sales. A&B Japan will also promote various home style hydroponic systems into the Japanese market for domestic use, ideal for family use.
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11/04/2002 AAA-Farm Innovation Program. |
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Senator the Hon Judith Troeth, Parliamentary Sectretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry, has granted up to $399,250 to A&B Hydroponics towards their VRGS project in Cudgen, northern NSW Australia. The R.G.S for both fodder and vegetable production will be completed towards first half of 2003. |
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25/08/2002 Chinese delegates to visit Australia. |
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Several Chinese delegates from business & government sectors visited A&B to see the Fodder Rotating Growing Machine.
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01/03/2003 A&B Expands into new overseas markets. A&B has recently expanded into the Chinese markets, with their customised solution. Several acres have been put aside for this trial in the country side of Dalian China. The results have come through showing healthier grape vines, increased bunches to each vine & sweater flavour. Now that China has entered into the W.T.O, A&B sees China becoming a very large part of their future businesses.
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10/03/2003 Commercial display of the R.G.S A&B Hydroponics site at Cudgen NSW ( 10 min south of Gold Coast, Coolangatta airport ) will be showcasing 2 greenhouses.
A 320 m2 greenhouse producing lettuces and a 80m2 greenhouse for the purpose of growing fresh, quality fodder feed.
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14/09/2004 A&B, Expanding into the United Arab Emirates. Further interest abroad has provided A&B the opportunity the expand their RGS technology into the Middle East Regions. Soon to be completed by December 2005 is the fully environmentally controlled greenhouse of approx 980 m2, producing over 13,000 pesticide free heads of lettuce every week fresh to the consumers.
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