A WA Government grant assisting companies to scale up into Asia has announced its fifth round of funding. Round 5 opened on 8 November last year, and the following 12 grant recipients have been chosen:
| Unios Australia | Market research activity to determine the Asian market(s) that provide the best opportunities for its architectural lighting product and understand the distribution techniques available to access the available opportunities. |
| Inspired Living Developments (Polyline Industries) | Market research to identify the most receptive Asian countries for its innovative high density polyethelyene plastic product. |
| CM Bowen and RJ Bowen | In-market scoping study to build traction for its innovative hay-fodder product targeting the small pet industry in Singapore. |
| Byron and Harold | Strategise, plan, market and be represented in the South East Asian region with a focus on South Korea and Singapore, for its range of high quality provenance based table wines. |
| EB Events Pty Ltd | A Fine Vines Festival launch activity in Singapore to promote Western Australia’s South West region and facilitate relationships between Western Australia’s wine industry and Singapore’s wine trade, media and hospitality industry. |
| VetChip | Establish market entry and sales strategy for its ground-breaking animal health monitoring technology in Asian markets such as Singapore, India and Vietnam. |
| Textile Clothing Footwear Resource Centre of WA Inc | Develop new export market access opportunities and scope linkages for Western Australian creative, textiles, clothing, footwear and leather capabilities with supply chains in Asia. |
| Food, Fibre and Land International Group | Development of strategy for exporting processed hempseed products to India. |
| Clandestine Vineyards | Develop a diverse export portfolio into the Asian wine market by embarking on a targeted roadshow to meet with distributors in-market and showcase the diversity of the Western Australian wine landscape to the Asian tourist market and business people. |
| Delroy Orchards | In-market scoping study and relationship building activity to support its market expansion plans to export avocados to Asian Markets. |
| Rhino Hide | In-market scoping study and relationship building activity to support its market expansion plans to export avocados to Asian Markets. |
| Onetide | Research and understand the broader market potential in Asian markets for its patented and prototyped ‘Rapid Reel’, a shore power management system. |
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