Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gambling machine manufacturer, which has its administrative centre in the Sydney suburb of North Ryde, although the majority of its research and development is also done at its North Ryde site. It has marketing and development offices in South Africa, Russia and the United States. Aristocrat is the largest…
Ardent Leisure (formerly Macquarie Leisure Trust)
Ardent Leisure (formerly Macquarie Leisure Trust) is an Australian-based leisure company which owns and operates a leisure portfolio of over 100 assets across Australia, New Zealand and the United States. It is most known for its operation of the Dreamworld theme park and the WhiteWater World water park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Traded…
Arc Exploration Limited
Arc Exploration Limited (ASX code: ARX) is an Australian publicly listed company focused on gold exploration in Indonesia. It was formed in 1983 and has three major projects currently underway: Trenggalek; Bima The project in Bima is resisted by the local population. Human rights violations have been reported and in protests in December 2011 several…
APN Outdoor
APN Outdoor (originally standing for Australian Provincial Newspapers) is an Australian outdoor advertising company based in Sydney, Australia. The company was founded by APN News & Media in 2004 when it consolidated the operations of its acquired outdoor ad firms Cody, Australian Posters and Buspak. The company was acquired by JCDecaux in 2018. Industry: Advertising…
APA Group (Formerly Australian Pipeline Trust)
APA Group is a company in Australia which owns and operates natural gas and electricity assets. It is Australia’s largest natural gas infrastructure business. It is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Pipelines owned or operated by APA Group include: SEAGas pipeline Riverland Pipeline QSN Link (Moomba connection to Queensland) Orbost Gas Plant Electricity transmission…
Ansell Limited
Ansell Limited is an Australian company, which manufactures protective industrial and medical gloves. It was previously well known as a condom manufacturer but sold that division in 2017. Traded as: ASX: ANN Industry: Manufacturing Founded: 1929; 91 years ago (as Dunlop Perdriau Ltd.) Founder: Eric Norman Ansell Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia Products: Latex gloves, Personal protective…
Ampol Limited (previously branded as Caltex Australia)
Ampol Limited (ASX: ALD), previously branded as Caltex Australia, is an Australian petroleum company, with headquarters in Sydney, New South Wales. It was first incorporated in 1936 in New South Wales to market petrol for its chain of service stations. In 1995, Ampol merged with Caltex to form Australian Petroleum, which in 1997 became simply…
AMP Limited
AMP Limited is a financial services company in Australia and New Zealand providing superannuation and investment products, financial advice and banking products including home loans and savings accounts. AMP shares are included in the Australian Securities Exchange’s S&P/ASX 50 index. Its headquarters is in Sydney, Australia. The Australian Mutual Provident Society was formed in 1849…
Amcor plc
Amcor plc is a UK-domiciled packaging company. It develops and produces flexible packaging, rigid containers, specialty cartons, closures and services for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical-device, home and personal-care, and other products. Amcor is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: AMCR). Amcor merged with Bemis and became Amcor plc. It maintains dual headquarters in…
Alumina Limited
Alumina Limited is a public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). It was formed in 2003 in a demerger from Western Mining Corporation, and is one of the top 100 companies on the ASX (by market capitalization). Alumina’s only business activity is as the owner of a 40% share in a joint venture…
Altium Limited (formerly known as Protel until 2001)
Altium Limited (formerly known as Protel until 2001) is an American, Australian-domiciled owned public software company that provides PC-based electronics design software for engineers who design printed circuit boards. Founded as Protel Systems Pty Ltd in Tasmania, Australia in 1985, Altium now has regional headquarters in the United States, Australia, China, Europe, and Japan, with…
ALS Limited
ALS Limited (ASX: ALQ) is a company headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, which provides testing, inspection, certification, and verification services out of over 370 sites across 65 countries. In 2012, the company was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame. Traded as: ASX: ALQ Industry: Testing Services Founded: 1863 Headquarters: Brisbane, Australia Services: Testing,…