Couple has a Nose for Business

VERY soon the world's most rare and pure perfume will be released - a venture that has taken a Buderim couple 22 years to complete.

Deirdre Light is the founder of Manifesto of Light International Ltd  (ASSOB: MOL), a company established to bring the world's finest essential oils to the global perfume, skin care and air diffusion markets.

Starting back in the 80s, Ms Light's partner Clive Newland a perfumer, developed a "nose" for 100% pure and natural essential oils, collecting a bank of the world's rarest blends.

This year the company will release two "world-first" and rare perfume blends.

"Our perfumes and skin care (products) are made from the finest essential oils and absolutes distilled from plants, and are complete, as nature intended us to experience them," Ms Light said.

"It takes literally tens of thousands of rose petals to make enough rose oil for just one of our rose creams. And it is all so beautifully real."

Ms Light and Mr Newland are no strangers to the industry, establishing an internationally renowned apothecary in Noosa in 1998.

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Opmantek fills Round 1

Off the back of significant customer signings in December, coupled with the acclaimed release of two new software modules, a professional investor has taken up the remaining 40% of Opmantek Limited's (ASSOB: OMK) Round 1 capital raise and a portion of Round 2, reports the Company.

Opmantek Managing Director, Danny Maher says "We've launched our commercial offerings, hired a world leading CTO and the finalisation of our Round 1 funds now allows us to undertake our key stage 1 marketing activities - that is, marketing the new commercial offerings to the10,000 existing clients."

Opmantek operates in the field of Network Management Software under a business model that leverages low cost community development to deliver their software to a global client base.

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Bantix off to a great start in 2012

The mosquito season starts in February and generally runs until the end of May in Australia so Bantix (ASSOB: BTX) are anticipating strong sales over this period.

In January Bantix supplied 20 traps fitted with our solar power system to ISS Flick for the Santos 2 Billion Curtis Island project off Gladstone. These traps are used to protect staff living quarters and provide pest activity data for environmental monitoring purposes.

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Daily deals for tradies & renovators

Trade Saver Group Limited (ASSOB: TSL) is pleased to announce that they are now in VIP mode on the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board and the first parcel of shares has already been sold.

Trade Saver is an online group-buying site targeted towards the tradesperson or renovator, selling building and trade specific services and materials at greatly reduced prices.

The Company aims to connect trades people back with their local supplier, whilst offering the smaller business the opportunity to expand to a broader market, where they can offer a better service and a higher quality product.

Features include:

- Building and trade specific services and materials are offered to those in the building industry at below average prices.

- Connecting local suppliers / small business with builders. Utilising online marketing as a tool to expand.

- Selling coupons online at discounted rates.

Trade Saver will make money by charging a percentage of every online transaction purchased.

The Company reports that they have recently engaged The MBA Partnership, an accounting firm on the Gold Coast, for all its financial and auditing requirements.

Trade Saver is also in the process of engaging a Marketing Media company. After short listing various companies within the Gold Coast and Brisbane areas, the Company will soon be announcing their first marketing and media campaign for the pre-launch date in March.

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Trade Saver Group Limited

ASSOB Pty Ltd today welcomes the Trade Saver Group (ASSOB: TSL) to the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board.

BlueMount Capital is acting as the ASSOB Sponsor in connection with the Trade Saver Group Ltd admission.


Trade Saver is an online, group-buying site, targeted towards the tradesperson or renovator, offering the best deals and the largest savings on trade products and services for all the trade industries.

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Bantix supplies mosquito traps to Richard Branson's Necker Island Resort & wins Sustainable New Enterprise Award

Bantix Worldwide Limited (ASSOB: BTX) has had a series of recent positive announcements, including orders for their Mosquito Traps from Sir Richard Branson's island resorts, which are outlined in the Company's November Update.

The Company also won the "Sustainable New Enterprise 2011" at the Australian Sustainability Awards in Melbourne

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Bantix announces revolutionary powerless refrigeration unit

Bantix Worldwide Limited (ASSOB: BTX), an Australian innovation and technology Company, reports that they have developed a powerless refrigeration unit for the portable consumer refrigeration market.

Managing Director Mr Andrew Coventry says the device is targeted at the global consumer market for convenient, portable and affordable refrigeration, such as “eskies” and other cooling boxes. The technology, which is the subject of a provisional patent application, has been perfected after many years of experimentation and is safe, convenient and environmentally friendly.

“The unit is unique in that it can operate at ambient temperatures in excess of 45C whilst maintaining a refrigerating temperature of between 0 and 5 degrees. It can also be used as a freezer and the unit is fully adjustable via an ingenious new control system that requires no electricity or batteries.”

“Consumers will no longer have to lug heavy, ineffective and space robbing ice in their cooling units and put up with soggy perishables and damp unhygienic conditions to store food and other sensitive items. In fact, not only is it a major step forward in technology and convenience for the market, it is more cost effective than ice” says Mr Coventry.

In other news, Mr Coventry has also announced that M-Tech International Pty Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Bantix, has been successful in receiving an order to supply Sir Richard Branson’s Make Peace Island with mosquito traps to protect their guests. Furthermore, two resorts in Port Macquarie have also ordered the industry leading traps after successful testing, reports the Company.

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Manifesto of Light launch new ultra natural market

Manifesto of Light International Limited (ASSOB: MOL), the brainchild of businesswoman Deirdre Light and perfumer Clive Newland, will offer limited edition "ultra natural" perfumes in bejewelled vials, the first to sell for $100,000 to an exclusive invitation-only clientele, as part of its range.

The Company has appointed Melbourne based Wayne Reid OBE, a Hall of Fame Wimbledon tennis player and Director of former luxury store Georges of Melbourne, to chair the Board. The last twenty years has seen him working in Hong Kong and Europe, in the international finance area, reports the Company.

Reid is joined by ex Sydney based Graeme Johnson, whose 25 years in finance include appointments with the Macquarie Group and as Westpac Head of Group Finance.

The Company states that advisory Board Chairman, Paul Dunn, known globally as the marketing "Wizard of Wow" and chairman of the social change organization, Buy1Give1, has also joined the Company.

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Manifesto of Light International

ASSOB Pty Ltd today welcomes Manifesto of Light International (ASSOB: MOL) to the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board.

BlueMount Capital is acting as the ASSOB Sponsor in connection with the Manifesto of Light International Ltd admission.


Manifesto of Light intends to bring essential oils to the global perfume and skin care market. At the core of the Company sits its high grade essential oil bank; the basis for perfume blends, skin care products and environmental blends.
 

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Omega-3 could prevent & treat nerve damage

According to Qponics Limited (ASSOB: QPO) research released on the 11th January from Queen Mary University of London suggests that EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids found in fish and algal oil, could play a significant role in speeding recovery from nerve damage caused by accident or injury.

The study in mice focused on peripheral nerve cells, which transmit signals between the brain and the rest of the body. However, despite advances in surgical techniques, patients usually only have good recovery when their injury is minor.

Researchers simulated the type of damage caused by accident or injury, by either stretching nerve cells or starving them of oxygen, which killed a significant number of nerve cells. Increasing omega-3 fatty acid levels in cells gave them significant protection and decreased cell death. They also found that a high level of omega-3 fatty acids helped mice to recover from nerve injury more quickly and that their muscles were less likely to waste following nerve damage.

Qponics is actively developing a novel aquaponic system to grow algae for the production of algal oil high in EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids.

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Qponics appoints new Director

Melbourne-based Dr Anthony Filippis, has joined the Board of Qponics Limited (ASSOB: QPO) as a Non-Executive Director.

Anthony is an experienced biotechnology business executive with specialist knowledge in business and corporate development. He is Co-Founder and Partner at Afandin Pty Ltd, a biotechnology-focused corporate advisory firm, specialising in assisting life science companies with their corporate strategy, business and corporate development and capital raising processes.

Anthony has held a number of senior executive roles within ASX-listed and private biotechnology companies. As Head of Corporate Development at Meditech Research Limited, he was involved in the successful completion of Australia's first merger deal between two publicly traded biotechnology companies - Meditech Research Limited and Alchemia Limited. Previously, Anthony held positions at management consulting firm KPMG and the Victorian State Government’s biotechnology commercialisation team, reports the Company.

Anthony holds a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Melbourne and an MBA from La Trobe University.

Mr Geoff Wilson, co-founder of Qponics, has retired as a Director of Qponics and will remain on the Qponics team as a communications consultant.

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Opmantek release new software

Network management software Company Opmantek Limited (ASSOB: OMK) has released a candidate release of its popular NMIS version 8 software. Candidate software is Opmantek’s final stage before general release and comes after significant field-testing. 

NMIS version 8 has proven popular with the user community and Opmantek is keen to market the version 8 “add on” modules and commercial services to the 10,000 organisations that use NMIS globally. 

Opmantek Managing Director, Danny Maher says “the board is very pleased with the progress of the technology under the direction of Keith Sinclair who was recently appointed as CTO. The personalised workspace in the new User Interface and the addition of the commercial modules are seeing new customers drawn to the product, as well as existing customers motivated to upgrade.”

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