Region. Export awards

A winner of the 2011 Premier's Export Awards in NSW categories was. Western Sydney Exporter: Cordina Chicken Farms, Girraween. Highly commended were: Asian Exporter, GMP Pharmaceuticals, Girraween, and Innovation in Export, EverX, Northmead

Rouse Hill. Restoration to go ahead

Restoration works to the first floor of the main homestead building at the historic Bella Vista Farm Park will commence following the announcement of a successful tender by Caliber Construction Pty Ltd. Hills Shire Mayor Greg Burnett, said council has been carefully restoring the homestead for several years, in keeping with its national heritage significance.

Moorebank. Millions of lawn mowers

Victa headquarters, in Moorebank, has produced eight million lawnmowers over the past 60 years. It is a long way from the backyard of Mervyn Victor Richardson, at Concord, where the Victa story began. The prototype was made with scrap metal, billycart wheels, a peach tin for a fuel tank and an old two-stroke engine.

region. Snap Printing profit up

The Perth-based Snap Printing, which has outlets across Western Sydney, lifted its consolidated profits by 35 per cent from $1.9 million to $3 million. "We are very pleased with the results,” said CEO, Grant Vernon. Snap is in the process of moving its head office from Perth to North Ryde.

North Ryde. Uni gets $4.5 million

The National Health and Medical Research Council will provide Macquarie University with $4.5 million for projects in 2012 - almost double the $2.3 million it provided in 2011. "This affirmation of Macquarie's growing profile in health and medical research confirms our decision to co-locate the Australian School of Advanced Medicine and the Macquarie University Private Hospital, the first campus-based private hospital in Australia," he said Professor Jim Piper, deputy vice-chancellor research.

Parramatta. Busibness forum on South Asia

Destination NSW will conduct the Parramasala Business Forum on the topic of the “Rise of South Asia and the implications for Western Sydney” in Parramatta on November 3. Deloitte will present the forum with economist, Chris Richardson, as guest speaker. Panel members are Patricia Forysthe, executive director, Sydney Business Chamber, Neville Roach, advisory board chairman, Tata Consultancy Services, and Professor Peter Shergold, Chancellor, University of Western Sydney. Parramasala, an international contemporary arts festival that celebrates the global impact of South Asian arts, will be held in Parramatta from October 30-November 6.