Finalists announced for NZ Innovators Awards

Media Release Embargoed until 10TH SEPTEMBER 2014
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
NEW ZEALAND INNOVATORS AWARDS

What do operating tables, honey harvesters, needle free injections, light aircraft tracking systems and a rocket into outer space all have in common? They are all New Zealand Innovations!
Finalists were announced today for the 2014 New Zealand Innovators Awards.

This year has seen some of the most inspiring entries, from across a broad range of industries. Entries increased a staggering 60% on last year indicating that “innovation and commercialisation in New Zealand is alive and well,” says New Zealand Innovation Council CEO Louise Webster.

“We are seeing more and more businesses in New Zealand with a global outlook, that are seeking global opportunities, collaborating with global partners and commercialising technologies across multiple industries and sectors,” says Webster.

The Awards are an initiative of the New Zealand Innovation Council and are strongly supported by foundation sponsors Bayer New Zealand, Idealog and Ideas Accelerator Ltd.

Bayer New Zealand Managing Director Holger Detje, says the aim has always been to recognise great kiwi talent and the commercialisation of New Zealand products and services.

Other award sponsors include James & Wells, 3M, Alcatel Lucent, Datamine, NZ Trade and Enterprise, AUT University, Yealands Wine Group, Tangible Media, Dominion Breweries, Radio Live and Waterfront Auckland.

The winners of the New Zealand Innovators Awards 2014 will be announced at the awards ceremony and cocktail evening held at SHED10 on Wednesday October 15. For more information or to purchase tickets to the awards event, go to www.innovators.org.nz.

The 2014 New Zealand Innovators Awards finalists are:
Innovation in Agriculture & Environment
Sponsored by Bayer New Zealand
• DTexH2o Ltd - Dairy shed in-line electronic water detector
• exSITEz Ltd – GEMnetics
• Fortitude Textiles Ltd - Fortitude Performance Textile
• Gallagher Group Ltd - Ring Top Post
• Plant & Food Research - Breeding bees for varroa control
• Polymer Systems - DairyFlo Soft Plastic Milking Liners and Equipment
• Revolutionary Beekeeping Ltd
• Scott Technology Ltd - Automated Lamb Boning Room
• Snap Information Technologies - Electronic Monitoring for Sustainable Fisheries Management
• Supreme Biotechnologies Ltd - Supreme Biotechnologies

Innovation in Design & Engineering
Sponsored by James & Wells
• BCS Group - BAGgate Self Service Bag Drop (SSBD)
• Gallagher Group Ltd - Gallagher T20 Terminal
• I Measure U Ltd
• Kaynemaile Ltd - Kaynemaile Seamless Mesh
• Milmeq Ltd - Milmeq MFAST
• Pacific Aerospace Ltd - P-750 XSTOL MkIII World's Most Versatile Utility Aircraft
• Rack Studs Ltd - Rackstuds
• Rinnai - Market Leading Rinnai NEO Gas Fireplace
• Rocket Lab Ltd - Electron Launch Vehicle
• Solar Bright Ltd - PATeye

Innovation in Financial & Professional Services
Sponsored by Ideas Accelerator
• AIG Insurance New Zealand Ltd – NOVI
• Buddle Findlay - Startup Company Initiative
• Kiwibank - Home Hunter
• KlickEx
• Nomos – NomosOne
• StarShipIt
• Thankyou Payroll
• Unleashed Software
• Wanganui Digital Leaders Forum - 100% Connected Whanganui

Innovation in Health & Science
Sponsored by New Zealand Innovation Council
• Auckland District Health Board - Hidden Hospital
• AUT University - Stroke Riskometer App
• Enztec - Quad Sparing Knee Replacement Instrument Range
• I Measure U Ltd
• Oncall Health - Smartpage
• The Mind Lab by Unitec
• Parthemore Pulley System
• Photonic Innovations Ltd - Next Generation Gas Detectors
• University of Auckland - No more needles

Innovation in Hospitality, Food & Beverage
Sponsored by Yealands Wine Group NZ
• Expander Ltd - Green Codes
• Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd - Functional Whey WPC550
• Fonterra Research and Development Centre - Noble Reduced Fat Cheddar
• Hamburger Holder Ltd
• My Food Bag Ltd
• Previously Unavailable - Stolen Coffee & Cigarettes Spiced Rum

Innovation in Information Communications Technology & Cloud Solutions
Sponsored by Alcatel Lucent
Aura RedEye Security Ltd
• Career Engagement Group - Fuel50 Career Path Software
• I Measure U Ltd
• Spider Tracks Ltd
• Storypark Ltd
• STQRY NZ Ltd
• Straker Translations
• Wellington Drive Technologies Ltd - SCS Connect
• WhereScape Ltd - WhereScape Data Warehouse Automation

Innovation in Marketing & Communications
Sponsored by Datamine
• Creative Hype - Promotion Sports Helmets
• ecostore Company Ltd
• EFTPlus
• Invivo Wines - Southern Hemisphere meets Norton Hemisphere!
• Metrotile / Tilcor Roofing Systems
• Previously Unavailable - Stolen Coffee & Cigarettes Spiced Rum
• Quantec Ltd - Epiology Skincare
• Smile Dealers - Photo Marketing
• Team #TheShoulderTap

Innovation in Media, Music & Entertainment
Sponsored by RadioLIVE
• 8i Ltd - 8iVR
• Creative Hype - Promotion Sports Helmets
• Kiwa Digital Ltd
• Little Lot
• OneMusic
• STQRY NZ Ltd

Innovation in Sustainability & Clean-tech
Sponsored by Waterfront Auckland
• Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles - EVolocity
• ecostore Company Ltd
• Flick Electric Co
• Foodstuffs NZ - Foodstuffs New Waste Management Plan
• Hydroworks Ltd - Isolated governing of Pelton turbines using cut in deflectors
• Kaynemaile Ltd - Kaynemaile Seamless Mesh
• Precision Seafood Harvesting
• Scott Biosystems Ltd - Spin Separator System
• Wellington Drive Technologies Ltd - SCS Connect

Emerging New Zealand Innovator
Sponsored by AUT University
• Gallagher Group Ltd - Ring Top Post
• Gallagher Group Ltd - Gallagher T20 Terminal
• Kaynemaile Ltd - Kaynemaile Seamless Mesh
• KlickEx
• Rack Studs Ltd - Rackstuds
• Smile Dealers - Photo Marketing
• Solar Bright Ltd - PATeye

Most Inspiring Individual
Sponsored by New Zealand Innovation Council
• Frances Valintine - The Mind Lab by Unitec
• Lorraine Parthemore - Parthemore Pulley System
• Peter Beck - Rocket Lab Ltd, Electron Launch Vehicle
• Robert Bell - KlickEx
• Valery Feigin - AUT University, Stroke Riskometer App

Export Innovator of the Year
Sponsored by New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE)
• BCS Group - BAGgate Self Service Bag Drop (SSBD)
• Enztec - Quad Sparing Knee Replacement Instrument Range
• Gallagher Group Ltd - Gallagher T20 Terminal
• Gallagher Group Ltd - Ring Top Post
• KlickEx
• Milmeq Ltd - Milmeq MFAST
• Rinnai - Market Leading Rinnai NEO Gas Fireplace
• Spider Tracks Ltd

Innovation Excellence in Research
Sponsored by 3M
• Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development - Biological Indicators of Risk and Opportunity in Early Pregnancy
• I Measure U Ltd
• Parthemore Pulley System
• Plant & Food Research - Breeding bees for varroa control
• Precision Seafood Harvesting
• Rocket Lab Ltd - Electron Launch Vehicle
• StretchSense Ltd - Stretch Sensors for the Field
• University of Auckland - No more needles

Excellence in Social Innovation
Sponsored by Tangible Media
• Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles - EVolocity
• Generation Zero - Building a Movement Towards A Low Carbon Future
• Little Lot
• Storypark Ltd
• Team #TheShoulderTap
• Thankyou Payroll
• The Mind Lab by Unitec
• Wanganui Digital Leaders Forum - 100% Connected Whanganui


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