2007 Townsville Region Export & Business Excellence Awards
Winner Townsville Port Authority Regional Exporter Award
Digital Dimensions
Digital Dimensions is a multimedia production house with two main production streams: natural history and other documentaries, and high-end corporate communications. Digital Dimensions is a small unit successfully competing on the world stage, producing documentaries and factual programming that portray Australia's unique animals, resources and stunning natural beauty. Digital Dimensions also has the largest library of High Definition Indo-Pacific underwater stock vision in the world, which is sold worldwide.
W: www.digitaldimensions.com.au P: + 61 7 4771 5116
Winner Sun Metals Small Business Award
iQ Australia
Based in Townsville, iQ Australia provides immigration and visa assistance services to both individuals and businesses. iQ Australia also operates an education agency and provides employment recruitment services. iQ Australia's customers range from individual clients seeking assistance with visa applications to study, work or migrate to Australia, to businesses in the region seeking to employ staff from overseas. iQ Australia employs two registered migration agents, and is now the preferred migration service provider for businesses in the region.
P: +61 7 4771 5498
Winner Channel 7 Local News Arts Award
Digital Dimensions
Digital Dimensions is a multimedia production house with two main production streams: natural history and other documentaries, and high-end corporate communications. Digital Dimensions is a small unit successfully competing on the world stage, producing documentaries and factual programming that portray Australia's unique animals, resources and stunning natural beauty. Digital Dimensions also has the largest library of High Definition Indo-Pacific underwater stock vision in the world, which is sold worldwide.W: www.digitaldimensions.com.au P: + 61 7 4771 5116
Winner Svitzer Agribusiness Award
Honeycombes Sales and Service
Honeycombes Sales and Service is one of Queensland's largest dealers of new and used motor vehicles and agricultural machinery. Honeycombes operates a number of dealerships throughout central and northern Queensland, and is the region's authorised dealer of John Deere and Cameco agricultural machinery. Entering the export market in 2004, Honeycombes now exports used cane harvesting machinery into Thailand.
W: www.honeycombessales.com.au P: +61 7 4783 2344
Winner State Development Services Award
Pacific Marine Group Pty Ltd
Established in 1986, Pacific Marine Group (PMG) specialises in commercial diving, marine construction and engineering - including new product development - and towage and moorings. Based in Townsville, PMG has extensive experience in marine contracting and commercial diving throughout Australia and Papua New Guinea and has achieved domestic and international recognition through the supply of diving, marine and related services.
W: www.pacificmarinegroup.com.au P: +61 7 4724 2200
Winner ANZ Education Award
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 5601
Winner QANTAS Tourism Award
Sunferries Pty Ltd
Established in 1997 with one operating vessel, Sunferries has grown to now operate five high-speed vessels. Sunferries provides a link between Townsville and Magnetic Island, conducts day cruises to the Great Barrier Reef, including a scuba diving operation for both novice and experienced divers, and operates a licensed travel agency. Sunferries has become a local industry leader and a mainstay of tourist and maritime transport operations in North Queensland.
W: www.sunferries.com.au P: +61 7 4726 0800
Winner QMI Solutions Manufacturing Award
Tankhouse Group
Tankhouse Group is a Townsville-based business that develops, markets and supplies technical services for permanent stainless steel cathode technology that is used to produce high grade copper around the world. Tankhouse Group works with clients to provide an integrated process design with detailed engineering, equipment design and supply and operator training.
W: www.isaprocess.com P: +61 7 4781 8444
Winner Northern Shipping and Stevedoring Minerals and Energy Award
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
Winner QANTAS Emerging Business Award
Diva Cosmetics
Diva Cosmetics produces a range of natural, fruit and herb-based aromatherapy skin and body care products. All Diva Cosmetics products are between 95 per cent and 100 per cent plant derived and contain high-quality pure essential oils. Established nine years ago for personal use, Diva Cosmetics now exports its range of 77 products to markets such as New Zealand, Norway and Brunei.
W: www.divacosmetics.com.au P: +61 7 4779 1577
Last updated 29 April 2008