b" hesays. You just keep going. Thats what Over the course of 100 years, you cantpossiblymakes people resilient; learning from your the only way. mistakes as well. get it right 100 per cent ofThe joint venture Johnsons started in Ningbo, the time. And sometimesChina in 2009 presented this type of learning opportunity. We set up a small office with two learning the hard way is people and we were importing oaten hay from Australia for dairy cows across China, explains Denis. Unfortunately, that all went sideways in 2020 during Covid, but you never know what might happen in the future.Our investments paid for itself, plus a littlebit more. But for now, weve parked it. Well just have to wait and see what happenswhen and if China starts accepting imports from Australia again, says Denis. The dairy industry in China is one of the biggest in the world, so it was actually quite a successful venture while it lasted.Any business that's been around fora century has experienced its fair share ofups and down, but back in 2009, Denis could not have imagined the downs that were to come in the next few years and how they might affect him.JOHNSONS100 YEARS IN THE MAKINGINNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY 69"