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Since 2008, we've helped more than 180 small to medium businesses to grow and gain a competitive advantage through accessing cutting edge research and technology.

Admedus: A new pulse for heart health

CSIRO helped Australian medical device company Admedus to investigate further opportunities for their CardioCel product.

Reducing waste through ASPIRE

Advisory System for Processing, Innovation & Resource Exchange (ASPIRE) is a 'proof of concept' project that has been developed in response to manufacturing companies talking to their local councils about waste disposal costs, particularly those associated with increasing landfill levies.

Alkane Resources: exploring for minerals effectively

CSIRO assisted Alkane Resources to learn more about their key gold deposits and inform better exploration planning.

AW Bell: Casting a brighter future

CSIRO helped Victorian company AW Bell expand its business in metal casting and move on to become the preferred supplier for a major international aerospace company.

Botanical Resources Australia: Ingredients of a blooming business

CSIRO helped Botanical Resources Australia expand into new products and markets for pyrethrum extracts, a natural insecticide.

Healthier meals for the community’s most vulnerable Nutrition and health

Community Chef is a social enterprise that provides quality meals for people nutritionally at risk, often the elderly, people with a disability, hospital patients and aged care residents. The company collaborated with CSIRO and Food Innovation Australia (FIAL) through the SME Solution Centre to support the long term food security and nutritional well-being of those most vulnerable in the community.

Direct Nickel: Setting sights on a $30 billion industry

CSIRO helped Direct Nickel overcome a technical challenge and set sights on further expansion into the $30 billion per year nickel industry.

Goodman Fielder - safe innovation Food science for healthier, safer and more sustainable food

Goodman Fielder is a leading food company across Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific. They have an extensive portfolio of brands that consumers know and love, covering every meal of the day. The company collaborated with CSIRO and Food Innovation Australia (FIAL) through their SME Solution Centre to create better tasting and healthier dressings, sauces and mayonnaises to meet changing consumer demands.

Intec: Extracting new metals from waste

CSIRO helped Sydney-based business Intec overcome technical challenges and explore a new opportunity to recycle metals from waste.

Taking Barrier reef coral sunscreen to the world Biomedical manufacturing

Together with biotechnology company Coral Sunscreen we are helping create the world's first sunscreen inspired by the Great Barrier Reef.

Moira Mac's: revolutionising supermarket cooked meats Food science for healthier, safer and more sustainable food

Moira Mac’s has revolutionised the supermarket cooked meat section as the first company in Australia to use high pressure pasteurisation (HPP) for smallgoods processing.

Precedence Health Care: Improving care for the chronically ill

CSIRO assisted Precedence Health Care to develop a new smartphone application that could transform the care of chronically ill people.

Roesner: Spreading value across the agriculture market

CSIRO helped Roesner, Australia’s leading supplier of fertiliser spreaders, to develop a tool that enables them to analyse the effect of the spreader on customer's farms. This is set to add significant value to their business.

Southern Oil Refining: Securing the future of Australian oil refining

CSIRO assisted Southern Oil Refining to develop a new oil recycling process to facilitate it entering a new market.

Accelerating small business entry into competitive global markets Industry and defence impact case studies

A key to success for Australia’s manufacturing industry is differentiation through innovation. Textor Technologies partnered with us to develop a superior product that is now being supplied around the world.

Universal Biosensors: Sensing the future of health care

Medical device manufacturer Universal Biosensors is working with CSIRO to add value to its products to make them competitive internationally.

Yolngu Business Enterprises: finding a niche in crazy ant control

CSIRO helped small business Yolngu Business Enterprises (YBE2) develop the capability to control destructive ant infestations for Rio Tinto Alcan.

Ziltek: cutting through the competition in waste remediation

South Australian SME Ziltek teamed up with CSIRO to develop a handheld soil contamination detector, to underpin their expansion into a new environmental remediation service.
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