HunterNet Co-operative Limited - The Competitive Edge In Engineering

Welcome to the FEBRUARY edition of ‘What’s On!?’. I hope you all had an enjoyable festive season and have settled back into work nicely. We have been busy planning the year ahead, and as you will see February is going to be an eventful month.

Vought Engineering Services have recently received an order for two Highlander Coal Cars from Chain Valley Colliery to be supplied to the NSW Central Coast Mine. The final assembly of the 20-48/48 model cars will take place at their Highlander Workshop facility in Tomago and delivery is expected in Feb 08.

VES will also provide service and spare parts support for the Chain Valley Coal Cars from their Tomago Workshop. Congratulations to Graham and his team.

TOMAGO ALUMINIUM CELEBRATES 25 YEARS!

Tomago Aluminium officially launched its 25 Anniversary Celebrations on Wed 16 Jan 08. It was 25 years ago that the first anodes were produced at Tomago Aluminium. This special launch was attended by over 80 guests, including a group of 20 employees with 25 years service, the management team, and a number of representatives from the business community and their suppliers. Andre Martel, CEO hosted the proceedings and Councilor Ron Swan, Mayor of Port Stephens said a few words.

Andre also presented two cheques for $25,000 each to charitable organisations from the community who share their values about safety and the environment - Kidsafe Hunter and the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens. Read More >>

HELP US SAVE BABIES - CHARITY GOLF DAY

Aggreko & Energy Australia are hosting the inaugural ‘Help us Save Babies – Charity Golf Day’ 14 Mar 08 at Pacific Dunes. All proceeds go to John Hunter Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Westpac Rescue Helicopter Services (WRHS). Funds will be used to increase the capacity for retrieval and care of critically ill infants in the Hunter and Northern NSW Region.

This important event is a four player Ambrose, and tickets cost $115 each which includes gourmet lunch & guest speaker. A selection of Sponsorship opportunities also exist. Please read the attached to find out more about this significant event.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS

Over the past few months Murray McKean, Viscom Creative Imaging, has been working with HunterNet Members, taking photographs of their premises and various projects for a special reduced rate. The work done to date has been fantastic!

So, if you are looking for photos for your own requirements (and are happy to then pass them onto HunterNet for inclusion in our new promotional material) please contact Jodie on 02 4908 7380.

At the General Meeting in December, Members were introduced to Andrew Howard, Business Development Manager of Stowe

Australia

Stowe Australia is Australia’s largest privately owned electrical and communications contractor with capabilities including design & engineering, installation, construction projects, maintenance, 24 hour service and national rollouts. Contact Andrew on 4923 0000 for more information.

By the end of February, it is expected that HNGTC will have commenced 325 apprentices and trainees since it’s inception in September 1996. In addition, more vacancies are expected to be lodged by Parent Companies (new and existing) during March.