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	Thursday, November 20, 2008 IMRP 2008 Review Representatives from Steritech Pty Ltd attended the 15th International Meeting on Radiation Processing (IMRP), held in London from 21st – 25th September 2008.... Thursday, October 23, 2008 Irradiation of Aboriginal Art The beauty of Aboriginal Art attracts buyers from all over the world. Throughout the shipping process there is a need to ensure that every step is taken to ensure the safe arrival of the art to their destination. To download the "Irradiation of Aboriginal Art" flyer click here Friday, August 29, 2008 Olympic Bouquets Get the Steritech Treatment Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) have again chosen Steritech to treat all bouquets, presented to our medal winning Olympians, that are being brought back into Australia from Beijing Thursday, August 28, 2008 Website Issues Resolved We have had some website issues over the last few days, due to an upgrade of our servers. We are pleased to advise that the issues are now resolved and the website is once again fully operational. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Steritech at Foodpro 2008....Expo update Tuesday, July 08, 2008 Steritech Qld Sales Executive Appointed We are pleased to announce the appointment of Glenn Robertson to a position of Sales Executive Queensland... Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Steritech Appoints Quality Systems Manager Steritech is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Rachael Corcoran as Steritech Quality Systems Manager... Thursday, December 13, 2007 Quarantine Treatment of Pet Products The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) are the front line in protecting Australia’s environment from exotic pests and diseases.... Monday, December 10, 2007 New Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Chamber at Steritech, Victoria Update The second Ethylene Oxide (ETO) Gas Fumigation Chamber, commissioned at Steritech Dandenong Vic, has now been in operation since 1^st July 2007.... Wednesday, December 05, 2007 New Steritech Appointments Steritech is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Jeremy Pigott as General Manager of its Wetherill Park, NSW plant, from 1^st January 2008... Friday, November 30, 2007 Steritech Christmas Shutdown Dates From all the staff at Steritech, we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year... Monday, October 15, 2007 Steritech Enjoys the CBFCA New Zealand Steritech was well represented at the recent Customs Brokers & Forwarders Council of Australia (CBFCA) National Conference, held in Queenstown, New Zealand.... Tuesday, August 07, 2007 New Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Chamber commissioned at Steritech, Victoria Steritech Victoria has just recently commissioned their new state-of-the-art Ethylene Oxide chamber which became operational July 1^st 2007.... Monday, August 06, 2007 NSW Beekeepers Information Pack An information pack has been created for all Beekeepers wanting to use the services of our NSW plant. Monday, July 30, 2007 Steritech NSW Heat Treatment gets AQIS Approval We are pleased to announce that, on Thursday 26th July, 2007 Steritech Pty Ltd received approval from the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) for heat treatment at its Wetherill Park, NSW plant.... Wednesday, June 20, 2007 Steritech NSW Heat Treatment Update There is a lot of excitement about the new Steritech Heat Treatment Chamber which has been commissioned at our Wetherill Park NSW plant.... Monday, April 16, 2007 Steritech VIC Golf Day Bulletin On Tuesday 20th March, Steritech held their annual customer golf day at Kingston Links Golf Course, Victoria Saturday, December 23, 2006 Bushfire Season With bushfire season fast approaching, Steritech has been given the task of helping to ensure that certain equipment used by the water bombing helicopters Elvis and Shania are free from unwanted seeds, soil and insects. Friday, September 15, 2006 Murray Lynch Celebrates 25 Years On 29th September, 2006, Murray Lynch (NSW General Manager) will celebrate 25 years of employment with Steritech.... Monday, September 04, 2006 Steritech Attends the CBFCA 2006 Conference Steritech staff attended the annual Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia Inc's 2006 National Conference last week. It gave the team a chance network with new and exisiting customers in a relaxed and beautiful surrounding......... Friday, August 04, 2006 Steritech Attends Medical Industry Conference Steritech had a strong presence at this years Medical Industry Association of Australia (MIAA) Annual Conference, held at the Manly Pacific Hotel, Sydney...... Thursday, July 20, 2006 Steritech Helps The Victorian Beekeeping Industy Some Victorian Beekeepers were left without any source of income due to their beehives being decimated in the recent Grampian fires. .... Friday, June 09, 2006 Steritech CEO George West Appointed to iiA Board It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Mr George West, CEO of Steritech Pty Ltd, to the Board of the International Irradiation Association (iiA)...... Thursday, May 25, 2006 New ISO Standards for Gamma Processing In April 2006, Standards Australia published the new ISO Standards for Gamma Processing and Validations. The new standards offer significant benefits to customers who require validations with Gamma Irradiation......... Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Document & Archive Protection Steritech recently undertook an exercise to contact as many local councils as possible to offer their Gamma Irradiation service for disinfestation, decontamination and sterilisation of historical archives..... Friday, March 31, 2006 Radiation treatment of engineering plastics Steritech has been exploring the concept of using Gamma Irradiation to upgrade the properties of engineering plastics...... Monday, March 06, 2006 IMRP 2006 Steritech joined the rest of the Radiation community at the 14th International Meeting on Radiation processing, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia..... Wednesday, January 11, 2006 Expansion plans Due to unprecedented demand for sterilised products using Ethylene Oxide (EtO), Steritech CEO Mr George West, has released a letter explaining Steritech's immediate plans for expansion to cope with the increased throughput..... Thursday, November 10, 2005 Meet The Team - Moira McKenna, PA to the CEO Moira is a welcome addition to the Steritech “family”, having started with us on 24th October 2005. Moira is PA to the CEO, Mr George West and will also provide secretarial support for the Victoria General Manager and Company Accountant. Thursday, November 03, 2005 Steritech expands Ethylene Oxide capacity to meet growth in demand Steritech has confirmed its mission to provide sterilisation capacity to meet growing customer demand, particularly in medical custom procedural kits, by purchasing two large ETO chambers previously operated by Custom Sterilisers Pty Ltd. Tuesday, October 25, 2005 MIAA Golf Day 2005 On Wednesday 19th October, the Medical industry Association of Australia (MIAA) held its annual members golf day at Avondale Golf Club NSW. Monday, September 05, 2005 Meet The Team - Jamie Crighton NSW Sales Executive Jamie has been at Steritech for almost 4 years now. As well as looking after New South Wales, Jamie ensures strong relationships are kept with all interstate customers who use the NSW plant. Thursday, August 11, 2005 Steritech Brochure A downloadable pdf version of the Steritech brochure is now available online. Wednesday, August 10, 2005 US Implements ISPM15 - Notice to Industry On September 16,2005, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin enforcement of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) import regulation for wood packaging material (WPM). Thursday, June 02, 2005 Meet the Team - Gary Crawford - Operations Supervisor Narangba Gary is one of the original (4) staff members employed at the Narangba Plant in April 2003. Sunday, May 29, 2005 Steritech Staff Celebrating Long Service Steritech would like to congratulate and thank the following staff members for their long service to Steritech. Thursday, May 12, 2005 Heat Treatment for Sterilisation and Decontamination Steritech has recently been approached to utilise its Heat Treatment facility to help sterilise hair products that have been contaminated with a water-borne bacteria. Thursday, May 12, 2005 The Worlds Ugliest Dolls!!! A Brazilian visitor to Australia recently declared some "frog dolls" to Australian Quarantine as they contained straw, sand stuffing, soil and plant material. Thursday, May 05, 2005 Steritech becomes ISPM15 Accredited On Wednesday 27th April 2005, Steritech Pty Ltd, Wetherill Park NSW facility, became the second ISPM15 certified treatment provider in Australia and the only one in New South Wales. Tuesday, May 03, 2005 Meet the Team - Keith Rivett - Quality Assurance Officer Victoria Keith has been working at Steritech for 10 years now. Keith looks after the day to day Quality Assurance duties and maintains the Quality System for both our Gamma Irradiation and EtO facilities. Sunday, May 01, 2005 Steritech Customer Golf Day - Kingston Links On Thursday 14th April, Steritech held its annual Golf Day at Kingston Links, Victoria, which brings many of our customers together for a bit of fun and a chance to network with other companies. Tuesday, April 12, 2005 Steritech Increases Cobalt In March, Steritech increased its cobalt 60 in its Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane plants. Tuesday, April 12, 2005 Meet the Team - Alan Smith - Storeman NSW Each month, Steritech will be introducing a member of the Steritech team so you, our customer, can get to know us all. Thursday, February 03, 2005 Legionnaires Disease – The Disease and the Cure As you may have seen in the media recently, Potting Mix has been getting a lot of negative exposure. This is mainly due to the deaths of people who have contracted Legionnaires Disease after using Potting Mix. Wednesday, December 01, 2004 EtO – What can and Cannot be Treated? Since August 2003, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) have restricted the use of Ethylene Oxide Gas as shown Wednesday, September 01, 2004 The Olympics Arrives at Steritech Steritech was the exclusive treatment company used for the Quarantine treatment of the wreaths and flowers given to our winning Olympians. Sunday, January 11, 2004 Cross Linking – Increase the strength of your plastics Cross-Linking can be used to increase the strength of plastics and to increase resistance to higher temperatures. Friday, January 09, 2004 Wetherill Park Heat Box Commissioned Steritech, Wetherill Park has built a Heat Box which enables the faster processing of medical goods. The process involves heating goods up to a specified temperature, rather than utilizing valuable time heating within the Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Chamber itself. Thursday, January 09, 2003 Narangba Irradiation plant Operational Steritech, Narangba Qld has been operational since August 2003. The Irradiation plant is a state-of-the-art Pallet Irradiator which allows the sterilisation and decontamination of goods delivered on pallets.