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Showcasing businesses in South Australia

Southern Launch
Amazon Web Services
Cohda Wireless
Consilium Technology

Southern Launch

South Australian company, Southern Launch, has received Australia’s first ever launch facility licence for Koonibba Test Range in regional South Australia.

The site will become a launch pad for future commercial launches of suborbital rockets, unlocking opportunities for local space companies to grow and create jobs.

“Southern Launch is absolutely thrilled to be the first company to hold an Australian launch facility licence, allowing the facility to be used for future space launches out across the Australian desert.”

Lloyd Damp, Chief Executive Officer, Southern Launch

Amazon Web Services

Based at Lot Fourteen, Amazon Web Services, has an opportunity to solve some of the planet’s greatest challenges. AWS is supporting local South Australian companies to be able to tap into the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. This provides companies with the opportunity to deploy specific applications, giving businesses greater flexibility.

“Our office in Adelaide demonstrates our ongoing commitment to invest in Australia, and the long-term potential we believe there is for our nation to be a leader in the digital economy.”

Sarah Bassett, AWS’ Head of South and Western Australia

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Cohda Wireless

Headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia, Cohda Wireless is a global connected autonomous vehicle company with offices throughout the world.

The company’s innovative solutions connect vehicles to each other and to smart city infrastructure, to enable accurate vehicle positioning. A world-first demo was held in Adelaide to demonstrate the ability to connect autonomous vehicles and to be able to locate them.

“We’ve seen Cohda connected autonomous vehicle technology is capable of responding in a robust way to a difficult and dangerous driving situation. This is how technology will transform the roads of the future.”

Paul Alexander, Chief Technical Officer, Cohda Wireless

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Consilium Technology

Artificial intelligence company, Consilium Technology, has strengths in machine learning, modelling and simulation, data analytics and software engineering. The company creates products that disrupt industries and delight customers, driven by their commitment to continuous innovation.

Their team of Australian scientists and industry experts use AI to extract actionable insights from a company’s data to discover new opportunities for that business.

“We have key customers and markets in Australia and overseas, plus a number of quality approvals and awards.”

Consilium Technology

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IPACS

IPACS was founded in 1997, initially servicing Australia’s water, defence and manufacturing industries. In 2015 they established a collaborative remote asset management centre to support the global mining, oil and gas industries.

With active export markets across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America. At IPACS they design, develop and sell asset management hardware technology and software.

In 2020, Core Innovation Exchange recognised IPACS as one of Australia’s most innovative technology companies in resources, energy, space and defence.

We’re leaders in the collection, monitoring and reporting of real-time asset performance across mining and resources, defence, energy and manufacturing sectors.”

Kailash Nath Sriram, Founder of IPACS

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Novafast Holdings

Family business, Novafast Holdings started in 1999, offering specially engineered solutions for sophisticated projects. Services include design, testing, manufacturing and installation of advanced engineering systems.

The company’s growing capability means they can handle large-scale projects for national and international projects. The company’s research and development capabilities enable innovative materials to be developed and engineered as Australian-owned intellectual property.

“As a South Australian business, we have established international trading subsidiaries and plan to expand our footprint further.”

Paul Figallo, Group Business Manager, Novafast Holdings

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Odd Games

Initially just a team of three, working in a garage, ODD Games is now predominantly a 100% export company out of South Australia.

Partnering with leading mud and dirt motorsport brands to expand their customers base to millions of people globally, ODD Games has titles ranked in the top 50 downloads, as well as the top 10 grossing for downloads, with the US their largest export market, followed by Canada, Australia and the UK.

“We have a great talent base here and strongly believe that we are the creative capital of the world.”

Ben Marsh, ODD Games

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Ping

The creation of a world-first plug and play device that attaches to the base of a wind turbine, is monitoring the health of wind turbine blades.

Ping Monitor can compare the sound that is detected from wind turbine blades to identify damage and the likely magnitude of that damage.

Ping can communicate the sound of wind turbine blades via Internet of Things technology. The company services wind farm operators across the globe, with customers in Australia, the US and Europe.

“Ping can help change the future of renewable energy for business.”

Matthew Stead, Co-founder and CEO, Ping Services

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Resolution Systems

Integrating business improvement and powerful operational analytics to add value to asset intensive industries, including mining and energy, Resolution Systems has a 15-year legacy in business improvement and data-intensive process efficiency.

The company solves real-world challenges with innovative and tangible solutions with MaxMine, an automated, high-resolution data-based business reporting tool that combines advanced data acquisition technology with artificial intelligence.

“MaxMine is our flagship product and the next generation of operatiaonal technology. MaxMine delivers productivity increases of 20%, resulting in fuel efficiency improvements of up to 8%.”

Tom Cawley, CEO Resolution Systems

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Showcasing businesses in South Australia

Southern Launch

Amazon Web Services

Cohda Wireless

Consilium Technology

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Hong Kong SAR, China

MENA and India

North East Asia

South East Asia

United Kingdom and Europe