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Press Release: Vonmac becomes a proud Corporate Sponsor of WetlandCare Australia!

10 January 2010

Vonmac and WetlandCare Australia has entered into an exciting new partnership with Vonmac becoming corporate sponsors of this fantastic organization.  

WetlandCare Australia is a national not-for-profit, non-government science-based organisation which has been established since 1991, with a mission to support the community in the protection and repair of Australian wetlands. This is achieved through action-based partnerships with governments, landholders, natural resource managers, researchers and the community. WetlandCare Australia’s focus is on onground community engagement in project delivery and the provision of technical expertise, education and local advice on best practice wetlands protection, biodiversity conservation, and management and rehabilitation. We are proud to have been protecting wetland biodiversity since 1991, especially in this, the International Year of Biodiversity.

WetlandCare Australia implements its mission by:

• supporting and using the latest science to develop and implement best practice wetland protection, conservation, restoration and management measures
• working in partnership with landholders, natural resource managers, community groups and governments to achieve local, regional and landscape scale change
• providing technical expertise and building community capacity to undertake on-ground action.

As Australia’s leading wetland conservation organisation, WetlandCare Australia is committed to improving the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of Australia’s living wetland ecosystems. Our focus is on addressing national and international priorities in relation to wetlands for Australia and, more broadly, for our neighbours in New Zealand and the South West Pacific. WetlandCare Australia is working strategically and onground to:

• mitigate the impacts of climate change by improved management and protection of marine ecosystems and especially the vegetated coastal habitat, or Blue Carbon sinks.
• improve the resilience of the Great Barrier Reef against climate change by improving biodiversity conservation, restoration and sustainable use of aquatic ecosystems in adjacent catchments
• improve the conservation, management, sustainable use and resilience of wetlands and rivers across Eastern Australia
• protect and conserve Australia’s unique wetland biodiversity including our iconic birds, fish and frogs
• improve the recognition and implementation of the Ramsar Convention for internationally significant wetlands across Australia and Oceania.

Vonmac Pty Ltd will donate a percentage from each PlastipileTM used in their projects to WetlandCare Australia, as well as providing staff training in using their unique product in wetland repair.

Nicci Carter, General Manager of WetlandCare Australia said, "This relationship offers wide benefits for both Vonmac Pty Ltd and WetlandCare Australia, with opportunities for knowledge and skill sharing through areas of mutual interest, and the opportunity to explore new possibilities in our changing world. We look forward to working closely with Vonmac Pty Ltd in the coming year".

Vonmac’s marketing manager, Danielle Triandafyllidis said, “WetlandCare Australia were involved in some of our first Plastipile projects and so it seemed fitting to support an organisation as passionate as we are about wetland conservation. We look forward to working with them (WetlandCare Australia) again and the opportunity to be involved in projects making a positive environmental difference”.

For more information on WetlandCare Australia, visit their website www.wetlandcare.com.au.

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AWARDS

Vonmac wins SA Great Regional Award!

24 November 2004

On 24 November 2004 Vonmac was invited to attend the annual SA Great Regional Awards 2004, held at Renmark’s Chaffey Theatre. They were pleased to be presented a certificate ‘Highly Commending’ them in the category of ‘Science & Environment’, for the Riverland/Murraylands Region.

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Plastipile wins ABC’s, The New Inventors Award!

10 November 2004 (aired on Australian national television)

In November 2004 Garry von Bertouch competed on the ABC’s, ‘The New Inventors’ program, (Episode 36). He was up against some tough competition:

• Pumpwatch, by Anthony Kahl, which is an integrated system, providing remote monitoring and control of diesel and electric powered irrigation pumps of any size.

• Breakout Barrier Release System, by Michael Watmough, which is a pneumatic latch mechanism that will automatically or manually unlock security barriers (bars, screens, doors) in an emergency, to prevent people being trapped.

The judges decided that Vonmac’s Plastipile™ was the best new invention of the evening and awarded them the trophy.

To find out more and see a video demonstration go to the New Inventors Website

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Vonmac wins Water Industry Alliance Award

10 May 2004

At an awards luncheon held at the Hyatt Adelaide on Friday, 7 May, Garry von Bertouch, director of Vonmac Pty Ltd, was presented with the Philmac Innovation 2004 – High Commendation Award for their unique invention, Plastipile™.

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Plastipile is short listed in the Australian Design Awards 2004-2005.

2 Feb 2004

Vonmac is proud to announce that Plastipile™ has been short listed in the prestigious Australian Design Awards, 2004-2005, section: ‘housing and building’.

To view their submission click here.

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