August 2025
Company News
Pedra Project - SamTrack
The SamTrack trial at US Pedra, Brazil, implemented in conjunction with CETEC, our Brazilian partners, has performed exceptionally well, exceeding the initial requirements of Consecana (State of Sao Paulo Sugarcane, Sugar and Ethanol Growers Council). In light of the success, a further SamTrack system has now been installed at US Cedro Mill in preparation for the Brazilian crushing season.
Visit from CETEC
Dorival and Douglas from CETEC made the long trip from Ribeirão Preto, Brazil to present a paper at the ASSCT conference. During their week in Brisbane, they spent a day at the Mirrabooka office to discuss current and future projects and to meet all of the Mirrabooka team members.
Dorival, Gary, Paul and Douglas at the Mirrabooka office
Product News
SamTrack
At the start of August, CETEC attended the Fermentec Annual Event in Brazil. This is a technological trade show for companies to exhibit their products and innovations in the agricultural, industrial and quality control areas. This was a two-day event that included lectures and an exhibition for approximately 100 mills.
CETEC promoted SamTrack with several initiatives:
- A booth highlighting SamTrack
- A 15 minute lecture, including testimony from US Pedra’s Quality Manager
- Brochure
- Custom SamTrack t-shirt for the CETEC team
We extend our thanks to Dorival, Douglas and the whole CETEC team for the hard work they have put in to promote SamTrack.
CETEC Team
Dorival's technical lecture, including video showing SamTrack in operation at US Pedra
AWCS R4
Our fully web based Automatic Weighing Control Station R4 package has now been rolled out to a number of client sites. This is the fourth generation release which incorporates all of the features of the previous version, and it can now be run on your favourite web browser. Although the functionality remains similar, under the hood, this new version includes features that provide increased flexibility and reliability. Support for high resolution displays and touch screens has now been added.
AWCS mimic
Input Load Screen
Project News
We are in the early stages of developing Optical Camera Recognition, number plate recognition using a camera positioned at the tip. We have a camera in the office for testing, and will provide further updates as the project progresses.
July 2024
Company News
Partnership with CETEC Brazil
Mirrabooka is happy to announce its partnership with CETEC Brazil. CETEC is a reseller and integrator of analytical systems in a number of industries, and has been providing laboratory solutions to the sugar industry in Brazil for over 30 years. By utilising CETEC’s local knowledge and skilled staff, Mirrabooka’s Sample Tracking system and potentially other packages will be introduced to the Brazilian sugar industry.
Mirrabooka directors Gary McNair and Paul McNair travelled to Brazil in May. During their two week stay, they spent time at the CETEC office in Ribeirao Preto meeting with staff, and also visiting Usina de Pedra mill, the first Brazilian mill site to trial the Sample Tracking system during this crushing season.
The visit to Brazil was extremely beneficial for all parties, and throughout their stay, Gary and Paul were shown great courtesy by all.
Gary and Paul at the CETEC office with Dorival, Douglas and Vinicius
Media
ASSCT Conference 2017
Mirrabooka's manufacturing director, Gary McNair, has co-written two white papers in conjunction with Paul Nicholl and Martyn Ryan of Isis Central Mill. These were presented during the 2017 ASSCT Conference in Cairns.
Electronic Cane Consignment at Isis Mill
This paper, co-authored with Paul Nicholl, discusses how Electronic Cane Consignment is now a critical link in the delivery of cane from the field to the factory, resulting in improved factory efficiency. This paper has since been published in the June 2018 Volume of the
Isis Rail Yard Handling System
The second paper, co-authored with Martyn Ryan, discusses the Full Yard System implementation at Isis Mill.
