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Invest Victoria Newsletter

Issue 4 - July 2008

Dear &firstname;

For all new subscribers - welcome to the forth edition of Possibilities Invest Victoria’s investment newsletter. Possibilities provides the latest business and investment news from the state of Victoria, Australia as well as details of upcoming events.

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In this issue

Victoria chosen for Toyota Hybrid

Retail giant Costco comes to Melbourne

Mitsui adds boost to wind project

$100m for medical breakthroughs

Interest sought on desal project

Global ICT Company moves in to Ballarat

Events

Victoria chosen for Toyota Camry Hybrid manufacture

In an Australian first, Toyota will produce 10,000 Camry Hybrid vehicles per year at its Altona plant just west of Melbourne from 2010 - a move set to strengthen Victoria’s global competitiveness in the automotive industry.

Download Automotive Fact Sheet.

Retail giant Costco comes to the shopping capital of Australia

Melbourne’s reputation as the shopping capital of Australia was again confirmed with US retail giant Costco, announcing it will open its first Australian store at Waterfront City in Docklands.

Download Retail Fact Sheet.

Mitsui adds boost to Victorian wind project

The development rights for the Bald Hills Wind Farm have been acquired by Mitsui & Co (Australia) representing a significant boost to the wind farm project to be located near Wonthaggi, east of Melbourne.

Download Renewables Fact Sheet.

$100 million supercomputing program to drive more medical breakthroughs in Victoria

More breakthroughs in life-threatening diseases will be possible with Victoria to be home to the world's largest life sciences supercomputer, confirming Victoria’s position as a global leader in biomedical and scientific research.

Download Biotechnology Fact Sheet.

Interest sought from companies for desalination plant

The Victorian Government has called for expressions of interest from the private sector for the construction and operation of the desalination plant to be built in Wonthaggi, Victoria.

Global ICT Company moves in to Ballarat

International technology company iGATE Global Solutions have opened a national operations centre in Ballarat Victoria, further building on Victoria’s reputation as Australia’s leading state for ICT.

UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS

The State of Design

Melbourne - 16-24 July, 2008

NSX Business Growth Summit

Melbourne - 24-25 July, 2008

UPCOMING MELBOURNE EVENTS

Melbourne International Film Festival

Melbourne - 25 June - 10 August, 2008

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