Fledging Perth technology company APE Mobile has struck deals with some of the largest civil engineering contractors and secured Perth business leader Giles Everist to join its board.
Two Melbourne-based foreign exchange brokerage founders have been named the Ernst & Young 2014 Australian Entrepreneurs of the Year, with Aurora Oil and Gas founder Jonathan Stewart also being named one of six category winners.
Global private equity group Denham Capital has teamed up with former Karara Mining chief executive Steve Murdoch to establish a venture that will invest in a handful of new and established mining projects.
The US Navy has extended its contract with shipbuilder Austal for the charter of its WestPac Express vessel, under a deal potentially worth about $US29.9 million.
Jim McDowell will join Austal's board as a non-executive director in December, following non-executive director Dario Amara's decision not to stand for re-election at the company's annual meeting i
Design work is nearly complete for the world's largest trimaran yacht, to be built at the Australian Marine Complex in Perth's southern suburb of Henderson.
Ship builder Austal has won a joint contract of up to $100 million with General Dynamics for provision of modernisation services to the US Navy's Freedom and Independence class littoral combat ships.
Commercial real estate agency Colliers International has been appointed to sell engineering group Bradken's old foundry site in Henderson, expecting the 20,500 square metre site to attract offers e
Shipbuilder Austal has been awarded a contract to design and construct two high-speed catamaran ferries for a Middle Eastern oil and gas company in a deal valued at $30 million.
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Austal has agreed to sell its former satellite service base at Henderson to AME Offshore Solutions for $21 million, with the proceeds being used to reduce debt.
The growing scale of Western Australia's $400 million defence sector has been recognised with the establishment of a local chapter of the Australian Society for Defence Engineering.
Ship builder and defence contractor Austal has upgraded its after-tax profit guidance for the 2012-2013 financial year to between $35 million and $40 million.
WA shipbuilder Austal has advised that deputy chairman John Poynton has resigned from the board, to focus on his other business and not-for-profit work.
Shipbuilder Austal has won a $US19.9 million contract extension to provide support services for the shallow water combat ships it is building for the United States Department of Defense.
Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal has fallen $14 million short of its target for the retail component of a $78 million capital raising completed today.
Perth-based shipbuilder Austal has won a £10.5 million ($16.3 million) deal for the design and construction of three wind farm support vessels, which will operate off the European coast.
Shipbuilder Austal has beefed up its capabilities at its Darwin boatyard, through the acquisition of Northern Territory-based hydraulic services firm Hydraulink NT and its associated business KM En
Perth-based shipbuilder Austal has inked a deal with global marine navigations systems developer Kelvin Hughes to sell and support its technology in Australia and New Zealand.
