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03 March 2010

Kiwi clean tech company reports breakthrough in US

New Zealand-based Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation announced today that it will be working with Honeywell’s UOP on a United States Department of Energy cooperative agreement project to demonstrate technology to capture carbon dioxide and cultivate algae for use in biofuel and energy. | Read more

01 March 2010

US backing for oil and gas exploration

United States oil explorer Anadarko Petroleum is to contribute US$30 million towards exploration of oil and gas prospects about 65km off the coast of Dunedin - and may help send a deep-water oil rig to the area. | Read more

22 January 2010

Villa Maria in new deal with US

Villa Maria, one of New Zealand's largest privately owned wineries, has signed an exclusive export deal with St. Michelle Wine Estates in the United States. | Read more

02 January 2010

NZ firm lands research deal with US company

Biotechnology company Living Cell Technologies, which has a specialised piggery in Southland, has signed a research deal with a subsidiary of pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson. | Read more

29 December 2009

Cookie Time to launch health bar

Christchurch snack-food company Cookie Time will launch a new health bar in United States next year as part of its international expansion. | Read more

22 December 2009

Struggling GM appoints Kiwi finance chief

General Motors has hired New Zealander Chris Liddell, the chief financial officer of Microsoft Corp, as its new finance chief, filling a key position with the automaker's highest-profile hire since its July bankruptcy. | Read more

08 December 2009

Solid Energy sending 500 tonnes of lignite to US

Coalminer Solid Energy is putting together a shipment of 500 tonnes of Southland lignite for commercial trials of a United States drying plant it hopes will remove enough water so the low-quality coal can be shipped back to New Zealand as briquettes. | Read more

08 December 2009

NZ buses may win $60m deal in New York

Three New Zealand-designed buses operating in New York may be joined by a further 87 by the end of next year as part of a US$60 million (NZ$84 million) contract with New Zealand bus maker DesignLine. | Read more

07 December 2009

Meridian ready to flick the solar power switch

Power from Meridian Energy's foray into the United States solar generation market will come on stream next month. | Read more

03 December 2009

Food and beverage sustainability report for the United States: October 2009

Sustainability is growing in importance as a market driver in some of New Zealand's food and beverage export markets. Sustainability is growing in importance as a market driver in some of New Zealand's food and beverage export markets. | Read more

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