Family-owned research and development company, Star Scientific moved into the former Krone factory at Berkeley Vale in December and has installed a purpose-built 1.5-megawatt turbine from Siemens, which they hope to have spinning by the end of this year, powered by hydrogen via the HERO® catalyst." Star Scientific have developed a breakthrough catalyst for converting hydrogen into heat without combustion the Hydrogen Energy Release Optimiser, or "HERO®". Test unit...

Belle Property's Killcare and Terrigal franchisee Cathy Baker has now expanded with the Belle Property franchise extending from Magenta in the north of the Central Coast to Pearl Beach in the south. As Principal of Belle Property Central Coast Ms. Baker advises that she has acquired larger premises in Pine Tree Lane, Terrigal which will become their Head Office. Peter Kunov who joined Ms. Baker in March last year has been appointed General Manager. Full story in CCBR ...

Its been a long time since any significant company chose to locate on the Central Coast so CCBR is proud to bring you the story of hydrogen research company Star Scientific locating to our region. Star Scientific are a long established research and development organisation and will have around 100 people working at the former Krone facility at Berkeley Vale. As is often the case the senior people at Star Scientific have a connection with the Central Coast and Newcastle.  Finding th...

Central Coast Leagues Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Edward Camilleri to the role of Chief Executive Officer. Mr Camilleri comes to the Club after 28 years in the role of CEO at Revesby Workers Club. During his tenure, he supervised a large-scale multimillion-dollar redevelopment and successfully led Revesby Workers to become one of the top five clubs in NSW and established long term, generational income streams for club stakeholders. Full story in CCBR ...

Peter Hocking was just 27 when he created a startup building telecommunications network infrastructure in 1998. The ambitious businessman turned over an impressive $250k in his first year. Through smart leadership and strategic decision-making, that start-up evolved into Syscon, a Level 1 Accredited Service Provider (ASP) that delivers turnkey electrical infrastructure solutions for private and government clients and is looking at a turnover of $15 million this year.
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