Our Partners
Innovation within Grain Foods cannot occur without the continuted support of our partners who invest in the developement and commercialisation of new technologies and products. Organisations can partner with the company in several ways: as a core partner, a supporting partner or as contractors of research and business services.
Core Partners
Core partners are our principal shareholders and form the foundation of the company. As core participants, CRC investors become part owners of all derived technologies and products. In addition core partners have a first right of refusal in the commercialisation of new products and in the direction of the research effort.
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Southern Cross University
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As well as being a core investor, SCU provides Grain Foods CRC with research services at the Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics. This Centre is a world leader in the development of applied plant genomics, gene characterisation, genetic fingerprinting and genetic transformation. The University is also a provider of education services for the CRC based on its accredited Graduate Certificate in Research Management.
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BRI Australia Ltd
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BRI Australia Limited is an independent organisation, owning and operating a number of grain science laboratories, a commercial sized grain processing facility, a bakery and an Asian foods laboratory. BRI Australia's focus on milling and grain quality has positioned the company as a leading grain science organisation
. The company adds value to all sections of the grain food chain through research, training and service provision in grain products and grain science, analytical services and nutrition. The company provides services to Grain Foods in product formulation, process design, grain science and analysis.
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Grains Research & Development Corporation
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The Grains Research & Development Corporation is one of the world's leading grains research organisations, responsible for planning, investing and overseeing research and development, delivering improvements in production, sustainability and profitability across the Australian grains industry. GRDC is a statutory corporation, founded in 1990.
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George Weston Technologies
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A division of George Weston Foods Limited, George Weston Technologies involvement with the Grain Foods CRC is based on three critical factors: the calibre and "whole chain" coverage of its core participants, its commercial structure and its suite of business focussed research and commercialisation programs.
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Puragrain Pty Ltd
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Puragrain focuses on market disruptive innovations in the agri-food industry and acts as a research investment broker in areas of biotechnology, food processing and consumer foods. Through its partners, the company adds value to every sector of the grain food value chain. All partners are "world leaders" in their respective fields and utilise state of the art facilities.
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Australian Commonwealth Government Cooperative Research Centres Programme
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The CRC Program was established in 1990. The objective of the Program is "to enhance Australia's industrial, commercial and economic growth through the development of sustained, user-driven, cooperative public-private research centres that achieve high levels of outcomes in adoption and commercialisation." The CRC Programme links researchers with industry to focus R&D efforts on progress towards utilisation and commercialisation.
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Supporting Partners
Grain Foods supporting partners work with the company on specific projects in a way that brings valuable knowledge, experience and skills to the research effort.
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Curtin University of Technology |
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Deakin University |
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International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria |
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Macquarie University |
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Murdoch University |
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Queensland DPI |
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University of Queensland |
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University of Sydney |
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