Award Nominees

March 2008 :: Pump Technology

Pump Tehcnology provided pumps and technical services for defence, mineral processing, explosives and water treatment. Its pumps and services are developed to satisfy specific customer needs, products, technical and logistic support, quality standards and data. Pump Technology develops all of its products and services, and therefore has continuous research, development and testing programs. It is continuously searching for better ways to meets it customers needs and expectations. The company is Australian owned, and owns all IP relating to its products and technology. This allows unrestricted export which is now becoming the major business direction. Pump Technology currently exports to Indonesia, Asia, USA and Canada.
August 2007 :: Valley Produce Company

Valley Produce Company (VPC) was established by passionate, renowned Australian chef, Christopher Smith, and is one of Australia’s most recognised and respected gourmet food companies. Many ingredients are sourced from the Yarra Valley in Victoria which is renowned as one of Australia’s most prestigious food and wine regions. VPC specialises in a range of cheese condiments and infused olive oils. VPC currently supply David Jones and selected gourmet delicatessens, restaurants and food stores throughout Australia, and have expanded internationally to America, Canada, Hong Kong, England, Dubai & New Zealand.
August 2007 :: K & L Beasley Patternmakers

K&L Beasley Patternmakers are producers of wood patterns and tooling for the Plastics, Engineering, Design Engineering and Foundry Industries and have been operating in Mordialloc for the past 23 years. They are involved in the manufacture of a vast array of tooling for the Military, Domestic Plastic Products, Engineering Castings and the Automotive industry. K&L Beasley Patternmakers serves customers Australia-wide with some exports to China and India.
June 2007 :: TAS International

TAS commenced in 1968 as an engineering design and development consultancy service, engaged in tooling and special purpose machine design, and moved into manufacture of screen printing machinery in 1974. TAS has been recognized as the industry's major "innovator" in screen printing equipment solutions, The "innovations" are too numerous to list however TAS "stunned" the industry when in 1997 it became the first manufacturer to provide a 4 year guarantee; double that of any other manufacturer (and today, it is still the only manufacturer to do so).
June 2007 :: Kadac Pty Ltd

KADAC was established in 1973, and has now become one of Australia’s largest and most significant importers and distributors of natural/organic personal care products, vitamins and supplements, organic and special diet foods, beverages, confectionery, snacks and biscuits. As an importer and distributor for over 200 national and international manufacturers, KADAC’s extensive range comprises over 4,000 products, of which over 900 are certified organic. From warehouses located in Melbourne and Sydney and its Gold Coast affiliate, Complete Health Products, KADAC supplies imported products and its own brands to over 1,250 health stores, organic food retailers and pharmacies and to over 550 independent supermarkets located on the east coast. A leading supermarket chain and major interstate wholesalers are also provided with a diverse range of organic foods and natural/organic personal care products.
April 2007 :: Metaltec Precision International

Metaltec Precision International operates a high technology manufacturing facility providing a range of product solutions including design and manufacture for: tooling systems, precision engineering services, component manufacture and large scale assembly, installation and commissioning of specialised mechanical systems for infrastructure projects such as the Victorian Synchrotron. The company’s growth path has seen turnover doubled for the last three years, with strong penetration into each of the identified target markets, with exports to ten countries around the world.
April 2007 :: Farm by Nature

Farm by Nature is a Company that produces a range of functional snack foods under the Cocoa Farm and Fruit Farm brands. “Putting goodness into taste” is a slogan that Farm by Nature uses in many of its communications, and represents its market position of combining consumer trends of Health, Taste & Convenience. Its ‘wine chocolate' was a world first and through this innovation is able to target new channels in the market e.g. Wine chocolate into wine retail stores.
March 2007 :: Nexus Technologies

As a designer and manufacturer of Audio Video products for both commercial and domestic use, Nexus Technologies is leading the world with new developments in its field. Nexus was started in the back bedroom of a house in Murrumbeena but now has offices in Australia and recently in the Middle East with manufacturing facilities in Braeside. As a supplier of demonstration products to most major audio video retail outlets in Australia, Nexus has experienced significant growth over the last few years. In early 2005 Nexus released the first of its domestic range of multiroom audio video products and since then have become the leading supplier of this type of product in Australia. In mid 2006 Nexus opened an office in the Middle East and are now supplying products to the UAE and Saudi Arabia. In 2007 and beyond Nexus plans to continue its expansion into the Middle East and Europe with the rest of the world to follow.
March 2007 :: Speedshield

Automotion Control Systems is a privately owned Australian company which designs, manufactures, and distributes active intelligent vehicle control safety systems for the mobile plant and automotive industries. The major product is “Speedshield” which is the most advanced safety control system in the world today and is a Worksafe award winning product. Major organisations amongst its clients include BlueScope Steel, Woolworths, Amcor, GMH and the Transport Accident Commission. Speedshield’s Head Office is in Melbourne, with a Sales Office in Chicago, USA.
Speedshield is a catalyst for behavioural change in the workplace and road transport.