GNS is now based in Avalon and CEO Alex Malahoff sees the move as the start of a new era for earth sciences. -------------------- IT MAY be New Zealand's smallest Crown Research Institute, but GNS Science packs a lot of brain power into its new premises in Lower Hutt.

By DYKES MERVYN EXPORTS from a $10-million factory being built alongside the New Zealand Pharmaceuticals plant at Linton could boost the company's earnings by 50 percent.