The 2007 New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Export Award winners were announced at an Awards Ceremony in Auckland on Thursday 15 November.
Seven companies were awarded the accolade of the Exporter of the Year in their sector category. One of those winners – IBEX Group of Companies – was named the 2007 DHL Supreme Exporter of the Year. The awards were sponsored by DHL.
The winners were selected from 23 New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Export Award Finalists.
IBEX Group of Companies, Auckland
IBEX was established in 1983 by CEO Jonathan Engle’s father Raph. The initial business developed from imports and distribution of agency lines and complementary consumables for abattoirs in the New Zealand meat industry.
Image: Jonathan Engle, CEO, IBEX
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Agritech, Life Sciences and Biotechnology Exporter of the Year AwardNew Zealand Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Palmerston North
It’s exciting times for Manawatu biotechnology business New Zealand Pharmaceuticals (NZP), with new products and markets set to continue and accelerate its rapid export growth of the past four years and enhance its already impressive international track record.
Image: Richard Garland, NZP, CEO talking with one of the lab staff
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Creative Exporter of the Yearphil&teds Most Excellent Buggy Company Ltd, Wellington
World-beating designs combined with quality and a quirky attitude has taken Wellington business phil&teds from a struggling engineering company to an export juggernaut - with exports of its innovative baby goods growing by 82 percent to over $30 million last year.
Image: phil&teds staff engaged in buggy design.
Food and Beverage Exporter of the YearYarrows (The Bakers) Limited Manaia, South Taranaki
Located in the small Taranaki township of Manaia and into its third generation of family management, Yarrows (The Bakers) Limited operates round the clock, exporting six to eight containers of products to clients across the globe every day of the week.
Information, Communications and Technology Exporter of the YearEndace, Auckland
New Zealand technology company Endace has gone from start-up to US$17 million in annual sales in five years, to become a world leader in network monitoring, latency measurement and application acceleration solutions.
Image: Mike Riley, CEO, Endace
Specialised Manufacturing Exporter of the YearIBEX Group of Companies, Auckland
A decision by IBEX Group to take control of its own destiny has seen this specialist manufacturer and technology provider grow turnover by 2500 percent in three years, almost all in exports.
Services Exporter of the Year AwardLes Mills International
Putting fun into working out is proving to be a profitable business for Les Mills International (LMI), with around 5 million people in 11,000 fitness clubs in more than 70 countries jamming, punching, stepping and pumping to its LES MILLS™ exercise-to-music programmes weekly.
LMI’s goal is to become one of the world’s top five health and fitness brands, as recognisable as Nike or Adidas. It’s a goal the Auckland firm is on track to achieve by 2015 says CEO Jill Tattersall, as it expands its global reach and adds to its product range.
Image: Les Mills puts fun into working out
Education Exporter of the Year AwardBIOZONE International Ltd, Hamilton
A teacher’s decision to unleash his entrepreneurial side 20 years ago resulted in BIOZONE International, today a highly successful niche publisher, selling exciting and effective high school biology resources all over the globe.
Image: Richard Allan, Managing Director, BIOZONE
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The 2007 DHL Export Award finalists were:
For more information on this year’s Export Awards finalists see the media release.
The Export Awards are proudly sponsored by DHL
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