On Wednesday 21 March, the Danish Consul General will be hosting an official lunch for Danfoss in Sydney’s Darling Harbour to celebrate 35 years in Australia.

Maximizer Software Solutions, a leading provider of proven and affordable customer relationship management (CRM) and contact management solutions, has announced the appointment of Peter Simons as general manager, Australia/New Zealand.

Paulett Eberhart has been appointed CEO and president of Invensys'''' Process Systems division headquartered in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

Due to years of consecutive growth, Kemppi Australia has appointed its first full-time technical consultant for Western Australia.

The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) has announced the appointment of James Tinslay, former head of the NECA New South Wales Chapter, as chief executive officer of the national body.

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) Board has agreed to join with Rockhampton City Council (RCC), Rockhampton Tourist & Business Information Inc (RTBI) and Central Queensland University (CQU) in the staging of the inaugural Queensland Resources Expo (QREX) to be held 23-26 May 2007 in Rockhampton.

CSIRO has announced the signing of a licensing agreement with Melbourne-based bio-technology medical device company, HD Medical Group Limited, for commercial application of its non-contact sensor technology.

With more than 20 years' mining and heavy construction experience, Mr Peter de Groot has been appointed service manager for Outokumpu Technology's Minerals Processing division in Australia.

As the result of a detailed strategic review of the various business units within the company, Crisp Technologies has decided to split into two separate organisations to better focus on specific business areas.

A product development and engineering alliance has been formed between solid/liquid separation specialists Dorr-Oliver Eimco (DOE) and Alcan Engineering Pty Limited (ALCENG), an engineering division of Alcan International.

Due to the continual growth of AMS Instrumentation & Calibration Pty Ltd in New South Wales, the company is again on the move.

Cardno Limited has announced the acquisition of Grogan Richards Consulting Engineers. Grogan Richards is a 110-person Melbourne headquartered civil, structural, hydraulic, traffic and transportation consulting engineering business.

Iluka Resources, Shedden Uhde, Leighton Contractors and Yella Terra have won ICN Victoria's Industry Achievement Awards for 2006.

Transmark has acquired FCX Australia & New Zealand and formed Transmark Fcx. The Australian and New Zealand operations represent a new regional footprint for the parent company and a significant portion of the €210 million global business. Customers have witnessed rebranding of the company from Pegler Hattersley, to Pegler Beacon, to FCX Australia and FCX New Zealand and recently, to Transmark Fcx. The company distributes valves, actuators, field instrumentation and specialty flow control products.

Wampfler AG will merge as of January 2007 with the Delachaux group, which is listed on the French stock exchange. In this deal Delachaux will take over 100% of Wampfler AG. The purchase price has not been disclosed. The seat in Weil am Rhein, its location as well as the brandname 'Wampfler', will be retained.