Who are our killer exporters?

May 17 2012

Who are our killer exporters?

Finalists have been selected for the five categories in the BNZ Bay of Plenty ExportNZ Awards 2012.

ExportNZ BOP Executive Officer Angela Wallace says ‘there is already a buzz surrounding this year’s awards, with tickets selling out within 48 hours’ The theme Cluedo ‘Who are the Bay of Plenty’s killer exporters’ has obviously struck a chord in the export community.

Judging coordinator Hugh King says that the 2012 Export Awards ‘has again attracted a high caliber of successful BOP exporters who have survived and grown in the high dollar environment. The finalists reflect a broad portfolio of products, services, innovation and global markets. These are our tall poppies and it great to see them and their teams recognized’.

Finalists in the BNZ Bay of Plenty ExportNZ Awards are:

The United Travel Corporate Emerging Exporter of the Year Award:
• Heilala Vanilla
• Power Smart Solar
• Woods – The Creative Agency

The Page Macrae Innovation Award:
• Deepseed Ltd
• Doherty Engineered Attachments Ltd
• Te Awanui Huka Pak

The Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Export Achievement Award:
• Fraser Vickers – Beca Group Ltd
• Glenn Purcell – Automation & Electronics
• Hemi Rolleston – Te Awanui Huka Pak

ZESPRI International Service to Export Award: the winner is a secret until the awards night.

The Sharp Tudhope Exporter of the Year Award:
• Bluelab Corporation Ltd
• Doherty Engineered Attachments Ltd
• Webco Ltd

Finalists will be celebrated at a function for ExportNZ BOP members on Thursday the 24th of May at the BNZ Partners Business Centre in Tauranga.

Winners will be announced at the annual awards celebration at Baypark Function Centre in Mt Maunganui on Friday June 29, with MC for the evening Te Radar returning for the second time.

As usual the event promises be a celebration of export business success as well as a fantastically good time!

ExportNZ BOP would like to acknowledge the support of principal sponsor BNZ and our award category sponsors as well as the generous people at Braincell Creative, Family Design Company, Kale Print, NZ Trade and Enterprise, Clearcut Communications, Mills Reef, Wayne Tait Photography and Productiv.

Many thanks to our dedicated and enthusiastic team of judges:

Hugh King - King & Associates
Kelvin Trask - Productiv
Peter Luxton - Burgeon Solutions
Cate Hlavac - New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
David Lyon - Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
Graeme Boyd - Boyd Insight
Ian Macrae - Page Macrae Engineering
Kylie van Heerden - Sharp Tudhope Lawyers
Matt Crawford - ZESPRI International
Rebecca Mackenzie - BNZ
Robert Hill - KPMG
Sarah Quintal - Personnel Resources

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