IMTRADE Australia was a supplier of seeds, fertilisers and agricultural chemicals when (now) managing director Ross Rainbird joined his parents-in-law to run the company in 1981.
MATTHEW Beagley has been involved in the seafood industry for almost a decade, which is a significant period of time considering the Partridges co-owner is just 24 years old.
CONSULTING engineer Stephen Inouye’s career took a change of direction in 2006 when he took the opportunity to start Veritas Engineering on the back of new maritime security laws.
MORE than two decades ago, Vector Lifting managing director Les Capelli had a goal to create purpose-built cranes and lifting systems for some of the world’s largest rail, mining and oil and gas pr
MORE than a decade ago, (then) 23-year-old Marcus Fulker was working as a subcontractor for his uncle’s patio building company in Perth’s southern suburbs.
THE decision to invest in more sophisticated management systems, and breaking into the oil and gas sector, have been two of the key strategies that have helped Alliance Contracting build its busine
THE concept for DMD Shelving Direct was hatched in 1995, when (then) 17-year-old metal fabrication apprentice Mark Antonio and his mates, Danny and Dave, were at a barbeque talking about setting up
SIX years ago, investment banker Jaqueline Outram and her brother-in-law Scott Baggs, a commercial fencing contractor, were looking for a career change.
WESTERN Australian jeweller Alan Linney introduced Perth to South Sea pearls more than 20 years ago, when he opened his first Linneys store in Subiaco in 1983.
Four years ago, Egami Style founder Natasha Di Ciano saw a void in the market for a business that could help people make the best of their image to advance themselves in a professional environment.
PARAMEDIC Christy Whitby says one of her motivations for starting Compass Health with Tony Metcalf in 2007 was the lack of support she felt during her time working on mine sites.
The founder of Granny Flats WA.com, Mike Nicholls, has brought a very 1970s concept into the new millennium, proving granny flats are much more than your typical, done-up ‘shed’ in the backyard.
CONTINUING the family tradition of operating Western Australia’s oldest confectionary manufacturer hasn’t been all sweetness and light for owner Ian Sargent.
A FACTORY fire, the global financial crisis and the rise of Chinese imports have not stopped David Devoy and Darren Bee from cementing Advantage Air as the largest manufacturer of air-conditioning components in Western Australia.
THE death of Homestyle Salads co-founder Tina Merenda after a long illness has spurred the family to continue growing the business in line with her vision.
IT has taken Edward Khoury 15 years to grow his industrial design business to the size of the one he and his wife Sharon left behind in South Africa when they migrated in the 1980s.
SELLING seafood has always been in the Catalano brothers’ blood sine, as teenagers, Nick and Paul Catalano started working at their father Frank’s Cannington fish and chip shop.
ALMOST two decades ago, husband-and-wife team Sten and Rita Campbell bought Designtec, a manufacturer and wholesaler of free-standing office furniture.
GEOFF and Wendy Watters have taken a measured approach to growing Southside Mechanical Services over the past decade, allowing time to find the right quality driven process at each stage of development.
MORE than a decade ago, (then) 23-year-old Perth business students Damien Langley, Jeremy Chetty, Craig Chetty and Simon Loader came up with a concept to make the lives of Western Australian students easier.
JH Wilberforce has marketed and distributed decorative building products to the Western Australian cabinet-making and furniture industries for more than 50 years.
WITH the state government planning to pour $856 million into its Pilbara Cities program, it seems logical for town planning firms to exploit this opportunity by expanding in the targeted growth centres of Port Hedland and Karratha.
MADDINGTON-BASED Thermal Comfort Homes is hoping to take advantage of the accommodation shortage in the state’s north-west to build on its business and expand its customer base.
THE skincare business may seem all lavender oil and roses to some, but developing a product range and forging a path in a saturated market has been full of challenges for Megan Larsen, founder of Sodashi.
TOM Pado and Paul Collie have been friends and business associates for more than 25 years, and they bring diverse experience to a local manufacturer that has recently won a major contract against international competition.
‘ENTHUSIASTIC’ is a word that readily springs to mind when you meet Ella Sayers-Anderson and Cam Worth, owners of web design company Red Tiki and its not so outlandish and more refined sibling company, Simplisite.
