The SpectraTechnogy team is eminently qualified. The principals are the inventor, a chemist with some 50 years experience as a coatings engineer. The marketer is a businessman with close to 40 years in a variety of management roles. The commissioning of new production lines is in the hands of a technician who has devoted more than 20 years to developing and implementing new technology.

Chairman: Alan McInnes, B.Sc. - With a degree in Organic and Physical Chemistry from Sydney University, Alan has spent his entire career as a research chemist looking for ways to improve surface coatings. He invented and patented moisture-curing screen and offset printing inks and developed the Intercure™ process for the decoration of pristine glass bottles. More recently, he invented Spectraglass™ Technology for the decoration of architectural glass, then broadened the technology to include the painting of fiber cement, timber, metal and plastic products.

In order to market his technology over the years, Alan has formed several companies and sold technology licenses internationally to numerous corporations in the United States, Great Britain, Europe, Japan and Korea.

In 1985 Alan was presented with an Advance Australia Award, in company with the late Dr. Victor Chang, for 'Outstanding Contribution in Australian Product Innovation.' The following year he was invited to join the High Level Trade Mission to Japan, where he toured that country promoting Australian ideas and technology.
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Director: Graham Morrow - A Queensland native, Graham brings 38 years of business experience in sales, marketing, operational and general management to SpectraTechnology. He began his career with the rail freight company QRX selling expanded services to both existing clients and new business. Brambles Group took notice and employed Graham to implement a sales culture into their Cleanaway waste division in Brisbane. His success in this role led to a position as State Manager of Brambles' Victorian security group where he led a staff of 370 employees.

He was lured back to Queensland to become General Manager of Statewide Communications, a paging service provider and retailer of telecom equipment. When the business was sold to Voicecall, Graham moved on to form his own company, Graham Morrow & Associates Pty Ltd with offices in Brisbane and Bundaberg. For more than 10 years he advised companies on how best to manage and grow their businesses. His clients ran the gamut from professional organisations and primary producers to traded service groups, small businesses and government instrumentalities. Among the larger companies were BHP, Shell and Australia Post.

His role with us involves interfacing and building strong relationships with our stakeholders. It is up to Graham to ensure we not only maintain effective levels of service and communication to our various clients but that we also develop and implement sales tactics to meet growth targets.
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Technical Director: Arthur Bourne, B.Sc. - Our third identity, Arthur Bourne, has a degree in Industrial Chemistry from the University of New South Wales and 22 years business experience in laboratory R&D as well as technical, product and general management. While a chemist at Wattyl he formulated many commercial products now considered industry standards. As a Technical Manager, he liaised with top international companies in the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and India. In his role as Product Manager for Polycure Pty Ltd, Arthur helped lift the profile of the company from minor supplier to major player with sales climbing from $30K per month to $200K. With Bottle Magic he set up a fully operational bottle coloring plant and created almost 400 different formulations, gaining interest in his UV protective coatings from Carlsberg, Heineken and Interbrew.

Recognition of Arthur's talents and abilities has come in the form of Australian Packaging Industry Awards for Innovation in 1999 and 2001, election to the Committee of OCCAA (now SCAA), a position as lecturer at Meadowbank Technical College and numerous invitations to speak at technical conferences and seminars.

He is a clear thinker, good with people and an excellent communicator, so he should have little trouble training others to get the most from SpectraTechnology. In fact, over the years Arthur has commissioned production lines in the United States, the United Kingdom, Taiwan and Australia.
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