Mark Beyer

Engineering services company WorleyParsons has moved to 100 per cent ownership of its Australian power and water joint venture Burns & Roe Worley Pty Ltd.

The founders of Osborne Park company Immersive Technologies, which is a world leader in the development of training simulators for the mining industry, has taken the unusual step of buying back full ownership of the business from a venture capital investo

WorleyParsons has been one of the big winners from the resources boom, growing to be Australia’s largest engineering firm, and the Perth office under Peter Meurs has played a key part in that success.

Peter Meurs believes local companies seeking work on big resource and infrastructure projects need to ensure they meet the needs of project developers, rather than relying on work coming to them simply because they are Australian.

Mining software provider Gemcom Software International has decided to maintain all of its existing products following the acquisition earlier this year of Perth competitor Surpac Minex but has noted that its products will “come together” over time.

Residential care provider Brightwater Care Group has joined a small group of businesses that have managed to overturn tax rulings by the state government’s Office of State Revenue.

The shortage of skilled labour is the biggest issue facing many Western Australian businesses. WA Business News reports on some of the innovative responses to the skills crisis.

Just a couple of years ago, the closing of a big manufacturing plant would have caused much political anguish.

South Fremantle company, Nomad Modular Building, one of Australia’s biggest manufacturers of portable accommodation for the mining sector, is planning a stockmarket float to take advantage of the current boom conditions.