Our President, Phil Barry has recently been on radio and TV discussing the Government proposed scraping of the five cent piece. He was interviewed by the ABC and commercial radio stations in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania.

A successful Golf Day was held last month at Camden Lakeside Country Club. It was good to see so many members and staff there and a special thanks to the interstate members who attended; Nick Aronis & Terry Burns.

Our Corporate Golf Day will be held on Tuesday 15th, November 2011 at the Riverside Oaks Golf Club. More details to come.

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MEI has expanded support services for its Conlux line, which includes NBM-3000 Series bill validators and CCM5G Series coin changers.

Full-line operators, bottlers and vending machine manufacturers who use Conlux products can now have them serviced at 36 MEI Authorised Service Centers, Staffed by Conlux-certified technicians and located across the U.S Canada and Mexico.

Atlanta - Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. beat analysts' fourth-quarter expectations, delivering net income of $158 million, compared with a loss in the 2006 quarter of $1.71 billion. Full year 2007 net income rose 8.5% to $711 million.

PURCHASE, NY - PepsiCo continued its strong momentum in the fourth quarter of 2007, with net revenue up 17% to $12.35 billion from $10.57 million. higher costs led to a slight decline in income to $1.26 billion from $1.83 billion during last year's comparable quarter. For the year, net revenue increased 12% from $35.14 billion to $39.47 billion year over year. net income of $5.66 billion was in line with last year's $5.64 billion.

The snack and drink giant grew worldwide revenue 12% for the full year, driven by snack volume growth of 6% and beverage gains of 4%.

Stamford, CT - Crane Co. said merchandising systems performance, strengthened by acquisitions, has had a favorable impact on fourth quarter net income of $45.2 million, which was up from $38 million in the 2006 quarter. Sales increased $84.3 million, or 15%, including core business growth of $43.2 million (8%), sales from acquired businesses of $16.3 million (3%) and favorable foreign currency translation of $24.8 million (4%).