Hire and Rental News - May 2018

10 HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • MAY 2018 “First prize is a trip for two to Thailand including a visit to Honda’s manufacturing facility, valued at $10,000. Second prize is exclusive access to business and product development mentors, valued at $5,000 and third prize is Honda products up to $3,000," Erkan said. Full eligibility and key criteria are at: www. hondainnovation. com.au Entries opened 1 March 2018 and close 31 October 2018. Winners will be announced in December 2018 at the 2018 Honda Innovation awards ceremony. Contact: 03 9270 1128 or visit website: www.honda.com.au INDUSTRY NEWS Winners will receive a trip for two to Thailand and one-on-one time with a business consultant and application engineer to develop the winning product. National Sales Manager for Honda OEM, Erkan Bagdadi said the competition underpins the company’s commitment to produce quality products and back Australian businesses. “We’re asking people to get creative, not be bound by preconceived ideas and develop an innovative and unique Australian product which is powered by a Honda engine,” Erkan said. “It’s also a great way for our customers to show us how our engines are turning their dreams into a reality like previous innovation competition winner, Atom Industries – Drillmaster.” The Drillmaster became the world’s first 4-stroke engine powered drill with automatic reverse gear which safeguards the operator against injury by reducing the likelihood of the auger snapping. Based on product uniqueness, marketability, quality, production capability and aesthetics, entries will be judged by Phillip Bourke, International Operations at Austrade and leading Honda Engineers and technical staff. Honda powers Australian innovation dreams with competition Honda has launched its 2018 Australian innovation competition to stimulate new product development in Australia, grow local businesses and help the winners scale their inventions in Australia and overseas. The company has also recently launched its Variable Speed Limit Sign (VSLS), which is ideal for areas requiring temporary speed limit zones and is effective in reducing motorists’ speed when approaching roadworks and temporary speed restricted areas. This device will assist road traffic management activities and help improve motorist, road worker and pedestrian safety. It will also include the brand-new Travel Time feature available to customers with the VMS range. The Travel Time option makes use of the GPS location of each Data Sign-VMS and obtains and displays the time it takes to travel to the next Data Sign-VMS or another stated location. Time travel data is updated every five minutes and is obtained from Google’s Distance Matrix (as used on Google Maps). Contact: 1300 850 785 or visit: www.datasigns.com New site, assembly plant plus new features for Data Signs Honda John Notaras – ATOM Industries with engine drill Data Signs has opened its fourth owned site for Sales and Service and its second assembly plant in Australia in Welshpool Perth, WA (66 Dowd St, Welshpool).