2007 Export Awards winners & finalists
Queensland Exporter of the Year Award
Sponsored by The Courier-Mail
Winner: NOJA Power Switchgear Pty Ltd
NOJA Power is a company of electrical engineers and contractors that research, develop, design, manufacture and supply low and medium-voltage switchgear. These products are exported globally from their Brisbane manufacturing headquarters, and are in service in 42 countries on every continent. NOJA Power employs a diverse range of highly skilled people to create and manufacture products, who are also able to provide after-sale service and support in a variety of languages. Continued investment in research and development to create leading-edge technology is behind NOJA Power's success.
W: www.nojapower.com.au P: +61 7 3907 8777
Regional Exporter of the Year Award
Sponsored by Austrade
Winner: Russell Mineral Equipment Pty Ltd
Russell Mineral Equipment (RME) is a specialist mining technology company spanning the complete vertical integration of problem identification, design, manufacture and global distribution of special-purpose, machine-based systems and solutions. Established in 1987, RME has successfully grown a strong reputation world-wide as the preferred supplier of mineral grinding mill relining technologies. Originally a largely domestic supplier, RME now exports over 80 per cent of all mill relining systems to markets including North and South America, Africa and Asia.
W: www.rmeaus.com P: +61 7 4698 9100
Finalist: Pacific Seeds Pty Ltd
Finalist: Xstrata Mt Isa Mines
Agribusiness Award
Sponsored by the Port of Brisbane Corporation
Winner: Pacific Seeds Pty Ltd
Pacific Seeds has been an agricultural seed market leader for over 45 years. Pacific Seeds provides a wide range of seed and seed technology solutions to customers, fulfilling the needs of farmers, industry and food manufacturers. Exports include grain and forage sorghum seed, corn, sunflower, canola and pearl millet, and many varieties are market leaders in their crop type. Exporting across the world, primary markets lie in South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
W: www.pacificseeds.com.au P: +61 7 4690 2666
Finalist: Botanical Food Company Pty Ltd
Finalist: Bundaberg Brewed Drinks Pty Ltd
Arts, Entertainment and Design Award
Sponsored by Pacific Film and Television Commission
Winner: Cutting Edge Post Pty Ltd
Cutting Edge provides world class post production services to the Australian and international film and television industries. Cutting Edge is responsible for turning raw film into feature films, television series, reality television programs or television advertisements through a series of highly technical and creative processes. Established in 1992, Cutting Edge is now the largest post production facility in Queensland, and has gained an international reputation for being one of the most dynamic and diversified post production facilities in the world.
W: www.cuttingedge.com.au P: +61 7 3013 6222
Finalist: Warner Roadshow Studios
Finalist: Digital Dimensions
Education Award
Sponsored by Royal Brisbane International College
Winner: James Cook University
James Cook University (JCU) creates knowledge through research and disseminates that knowledge via teaching. The University contributes significant amounts of social, economic and intellectual capital to the State and the regions of Cairns and Townsville. As a leading research university, JCU provides excellent facilities and highly qualified and dedicated teaching staff. Much research is focused on the industries and environs of northern Australia in particular marine biology, tropical environmental studies, earth sciences, engineering, tropical health and tourism.
W: www.jcu.edu.au P: +61 7 4781 4111
Finalist: Education Queensland International
Finalist: Gold Coast Institute of TAFE
Emerging Exporter Award
Sponsored by Australia TradeCoast
Winner: Vigil Systems Pty Ltd
Vigil Systems develops, sells and supports technologies for training professional vehicle drivers in the transportation, mining, fire and emergency response and aviation industries. Vigil Systems training technologies are designed to improve safety and manage risk of professional drivers, as well as to help in the understanding of driver behaviour. Vigil Systems programs have been used to train thousands of drivers across Australia, North America and Asia.
W: www.vigilsystems.com.au P: +61 7 3018 0478
Finalist: Envirosax Pty Ltd
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Finalist: Firewire Ltd
Information and Communications Technology Award
Sponsored by EFIC (Export Finance and Insurance Corporation)
Winner: Mincom Ltd
Mincom is Australia's largest commercial software exporter and a leading global software solutions and services provider to asset-intensive areas including mining, utilities, transportation, defence and government. For nearly 30 years, Mincom has been providing world-class enterprise resource planning and asset management software solutions to organisations that manage and operate complex capital infrastructure. With a global reputation for technical excellence, Mincom has more than 1 300 staff in 18 offices across Australia, North and South America, South East Asia, Africa and Europe, and customers in more than 40 countries.
W: www.mincom.com P: +61 7 3303 3333
Finalist: Runge Ltd
Finalist: Intellection Pty Ltd
Large Advanced Manufacturer Award
Sponsored by HSBC Bank Australia Limited
Winner: Xstrata Technology Pty Ltd
Xstrata Technology develops, markets and supports technologies for the global mining, mineral processing and metals refining industries. Originally developed for use in Xstrata's own Australian operations, these technologies are now used in the designing and manufacturing of smelters, refineries, grinding mills, and floatation installations for export markets around the world including countries such as Kazakhstan, China, South Africa and the Philippines.
W: www.xstratatech.com P: +61 7 3115 5300
Finalist: Industrea Ltd
Finalist: Heat and Control Pty Ltd
Minerals and Energy Award
Sponsored by Santos
Winner: Xstrata Mount Isa Mines
Xstrata Mount Isa Mines processes and mines copper and zinc ore from the Mount Isa, Ernest Henry, George Fisher and Black Star ore bodies. Mining is both underground and open-cut, producing copper cathode and concentrate, zinc concentrate, crude lead and tankhouse slimes. Xstrata Mount Isa Mines exports globally with particular emphasis in Asia and Europe.
W: www.xstrata.com P: +61 7 4744 2011
Finalist: BHP Cannington Mine
Finalist: Sun Metals Corporation Pty Ltd
Services Award
Sponsored by the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Winner: Runge Ltd
Runge has been providing mine planning and mine business planning services to the mining industry worldwide for more than 30 years. Runge develops software for mine planning, optimisation, management decision support and financial analysis, and provides technical training courses to the mining industry. Maintaining 15 offices across 10 countries, Runge services enable mining houses to improve operations and better compete in an ever-changing international environment.
W: www.runge.com P: +61 7 3100 7200
Finalist: Ingeus Ltd
Finalist: JKTech Pty Ltd
Small to Medium Manufacturer Award
Sponsored by QMI Solutions
Winner: NOJA Power Switchgear Pty Ltd
NOJA Power is a company of electrical engineers and contractors that research, develop, design, manufacture and supply low and medium-voltage switchgear. These products are exported globally from their Brisbane manufacturing headquarters, and are in service in 42 countries on every continent. NOJA Power employs a diverse range of highly skilled people to create and manufacture products, who are also able to provide after-sale service and support in a variety of languages. Continued investment in research and development to create leading-edge technology is behind NOJA Power's success.
W: www.nojapower.com.au P: +61 7 3907 8777
Finalist: Russell Mineral Equipment Pty Ltd
Finalist: Intellection Pty Ltd
Small Business Award
Sponsored by Trade Queensland, Queensland Government
Winner: Callidan Instruments
Callidan Instruments is an advanced manufacturing technology company that develops, manufactures and markets state-of-the-art moisture analysers. This product is used to improve plant efficiency and product quality in many industries by providing real time information on the moisture content of the material being processed. Established in 2004, Callidan Instruments' is located in Mackay and exports to markets across the world including the United States, China and Brazil.
W: www.callidan.com P: +61 7 4955 5966
Finalist: Auran Games
Finalist: Vigil Systems Pty Ltd
Sports, Events and Tourism Award
Sponsored by Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Winner: Magic Millions Sales Pty Ltd
Magic Millions Sales is a thoroughbred horse auctioneering, sales and event hosting company. Magic Millions primary business is thoroughbred horse auctions. The company conducts over 20 auctions each year both nationally and internationally. Best known as the host of the annual Magic Millions Sales and Racing Carnival in January, and the June Magic Millions National Sales, both held on the Gold Coast, Magic Millions Sales and Races are now held in some of the most beautiful locations in the world.
W: www.magicmillions.com.au P: +61 7 5504 1200
Finalist: Fantasea Cruises Pty Ltd
Finalist: Fraser Island Company
The Premier's Special Award
Winner: The Late Honourable Tom Burns AO
Dermot McManus Award
Winner: Intellection Pty Ltd
Intellection provides global customers with integrated solutions and services for the automated, quantitative analysis of minerals, rocks, metals and other compounds, based on technology pioneered by the CSIRO. Intellection products and services, known as QEM*SEM (Quantitative Evaluation of Materials by Scanning Electron Microscopy) are currently focusing on the mining, oil and gas sectors. Intellection has a number of major global clients that have recognised the strategic importance of investing in this technology.
W: www.intellection.com.au P: +61 7 3512 9100
Richard Joel Young Export Entrepreneur Award
Winner: Mr Mark Bathie, Bathie Enterprises Pty Ltd trading as CVSDude.
CVSDude is a global leader in providing business-to-business online code hosting and application development tools, enabling simultaneous work by employees in multiple locations. Since 2002, CVSDude has provided highly secure data storage solutions to individual users and companies in more than 110 countries. CVSDude is passionate about improving the software development process, enabling customers to achieve rapid growth without data loss or hardware limitations.
W: cvsdude.com P: +61 7 3217 8737
Last updated 29 April 2008
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