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The Latest News From the Australian Wool Industry
24 October 2006
Trevor Flugge to Retire from AWS Board at the AGM... more
24 September 2006
Woolgrowers put in difficult position... more
21 September 2006
AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation (AWI) chief executive officer Len Stephens
will resign from his position to make way for a replacement with greater
marketing experience... more
19 September 2006
Australian Wool Services’ ANDAR division has developed a “High
Capacity Scoured Wool Cleaner”, solving more than one issue for
a client operating a wool scouring business... more
5th September 2006
Shanghai Home Textiles Show Highlights Woolmark... more
5th September 2006
Self-promotion self-evident says AWGA Director... more
29 August 2006
Having supported the Test Marketing Project of AWI, Woolmark and IWTO
both financially and by promoting the project the German Wool Federation
strongly believes that the Australian wool growers should be fully aware
of what is at stake... more
15 August 2006
Woolpoll 2006 will lead to further contraction of the Australian wool
industry, regardless of the result in November, according to the Australian
Wool Growers Association (AWGA)... more
14th August 2006
Laurance Modiano Comments on upcoming Wool Poll... more
5 August 2006
The management team at Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has proved to
be sadly lacking in the most basic marketing skills, with the failure
to address the real issue surrounding the Benetton affair... more
23 July 2006.
The recent World Merino Conference in Perth showed that wool growers want
promotion and marketing. Laurence Modiano’s excellent address to
600 delegates saw a standing ovation. His message, tell our story to the
public, show them the beauty of merino wool, and re embrace a consumer
focus. Basically, let’s start seriously marketing our wool ... more
20 July 2006
CONSUMERS must open their eyes to wool because the indus¬try has become
a shadow of its former self and failed to excite the consumers it depends
on. This is the blunt warning from one of Europe’s most recognised
wool processors, Laurence Modiano, in Perth last week to speak at the
World Merino Conference... more
14 July 2006
Laurence Modiano speaks out at World Merino Conference ...
more
3 July 2006
Where is the strategic plan to grow the merino industry? ... more
12 June 2006
WOOLPOLL TO RESCUE AWI FUNDING SHORTFALL
The Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA) rejects Australian Wool Innovation’s (AWI) call for an increase in wool tax to 2.5% at WOOLPOLL 2006... more
WE WANT BETTER WOOL MARKETING? JUST ASK GROWERS
8 May 2006
Woolgrowers, Paolo Zegna di Monterubello, Laurence Modiano and marketing leader Michael Kiely “Keeping wool cool” (The Land letters 4.5.06), have one thing in common; we all want a better marketing effort for wool... more
UK Pension Fund Concerns
3 May 2006
A top level wool industry meeting has agreed to establish a coalition
of wool industry
representatives to call on the Federal Government to urgently support
resolution of the UK
pension scheme legacy... more
AWGA WELCOMES AWI ABANDONING LEGAL CLAIM AGAINST ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP
19 February 2006
The Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA) welcomes the decision by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) to abandon its allegations under section 45DB of the Trade Practices Act, against animal rights lobbyists... more
AUSTRALIAN WOOL SERVICES CHAIRMAN FLUGGE MUST STEP ASIDE
7 February 2006
The Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA) is demanding that Trevor Flugge, Chairman of Australian Wool Services Ltd (AWS), step aside from the Board immediately, until the Cole inquiry into AWB Ltd’s activities is settled. Trevor Flugge was a Director of AWB Ltd for 17 years, and Chairman until 2002, and has been Chairman of AWS Ltd, holding company of grower owned The Woolmark Company, since 2003... more
-TAG NLIS FOR SHEEP?
3 January 2006
The reported “E-tag push” by the Victorian Government is misguided and may actually hinder the establishment of a cost effective sheep NLIS system. .. more
NEW YEARS RESOLUTION – GET WOOL MARKETING RIGHT
3 January 2006
The opportunity at WOOLPOLL 2006 to improve Australian merino wool’s
marketing has never been better according to AWGA Chairman Martin Oppenheimer.
Woolgrowers across the nation are desperate for more action and innovation
in building the image and desirability of Australian merino in the eyes
of consumers... more
Retiring Chairman's Letter
Retiring Chairman C Olsson Reports... more
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