Natural Products Industry Set To Recognise Its Leaders

MEDIA RELEASE
25 February 2011

Natural Products Industry Set To Recognise Its Leaders

The Natural Products Industry has announced a call for entries to the New Zealand Natural Products Industry Awards. The awards are to be held at the 10th Annual Industry Summit in Nelson from 14th – 15th April which is attracting key international and local speakers including:

Len Monheit – New Hope Natural Media President and Editor, and Global Supply Network Executive Director, advising on identifying and overcoming international challenges.

Dr Yoichiro Shindo – of Itochu, discussing Japanese Marketing opportunities and partnerships.

Peri Drysdale –Founder of Untouched World™ – how to take your kiwi brand to the world.

Professor Shaun Holt – Medical advisor and researcher taking a look at Natural Products: what works and what doesn’t.
Executive Director of Natural Products NZ, Michelle Palmer, explains the growing economic importance of the natural products sector.

“The natural products industry is thriving in New Zealand and is an increasingly significant contributor to export earnings with an estimated value of $1billion in 2009. That makes natural products a larger industry than the New Zealand wool industry ($500million) and is potentially larger than the NZ wine industry in 2010.

“Recognising the people and companies who are breaking new ground is an important part of developing this industry even further.

“The two day summit offers an excellent opportunity for the industry to network and learn from leaders in their fields on topics from marketing to science, and the industry will be out in force at the event,” says Ms Palmer.

Nominations for the national industry awards close on 9th March 2011. The awards ceremony will be held on 14th April, 2011. To register for the Summit or find out how to enter the Awards visit: www.naturalproductsnz.org
The NZ Natural Products Summit is produced by Natural Products New Zealand with support from New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, and James & Wells Intellectual Property.

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