2007 Western Australian Industry & Export Award Winners

Industry Awards

C. Y. O'Connor Award for Excellence in Engineering and Technology

GRD Minproc

GRD Minproc is a leading independent Australian engineering construction business providing high value services and specialising in the design, procurement and construction of mineral resource and waste-to-resources projects.

A globally diverse company, GRD Minproc has extensive experience in nickel, uranium, copper, gold and resource recovery from waste with which the company is building a reputation for delivering smart, high value outcomes for clients.

Marketing and Design Excellence Award

Gold Corporation

The historic Perth Mint, operated by Gold Corporation, is dedicated to adding value to Australia’s precious metals before export and generating consumer interest in, and demand for, precious metals worldwide.

Since 1986 it has sold more than 17.6 million coins and contributed valuable foreign earnings to Western Australia through the export of approximately 15 million coins valued at an estimated $3 billion.

Innovation Excellence Award

CustomVis (CLVR Pty Ltd)

CustomVis develops and manufactures laser systems for refractive surgery of the eye. It is currently the only company in the world marketing a solid state laser to perform this surgery. Solid state is widely accepted as the next generation technology for this industry that will eventually replace all the gas excimer lasers currently used for this purpose.

Special Commendation

Smart Burn Pty Ltd

Smart Burn Pty Ltd is focused on protecting the Australian atmosphere by reducing smoke haze and particulate emissions from domestic wood heaters.

SmartBurn was invented based on technology to improve combustion at reduced temperature, producing greater heat whilst using less fuel. The fully patented, unique SmartBurn empowers ordinary Australians to reduceatmospheric emissions from their own environment.

Export Categories

Emerging Exporter Award

CustomVis (CLVR Pty Ltd)

Small Business Export Award

MetroCount

Microcom Pty Ltd trading as MetroCount is the world leader in design and manufacture of portable traffic monitoring equipment and software.

Exported to over 75 countries and with thousands of units in use world-wide, MetroCount’s very popular 5600 Series Vehicle Classifier uses simple rubber pneumatic tube combined with sophisticated software to give traffic engineers unmatched versatility with invaluable road statistics.

Small to Medium Manufacturer Export Award

Divex Asia Pacific Pty Ltd

Divex Asia Pacific is recognised throughout the Asia Pacific region as being the reliable source for the highest quality, safest and most up-to-date underwater technology in the military and commercial sectors. With recent export contracts to supply deep saturation diving systems and re-breather technology, Divex has established itself as a successful Australian exporter.

Large Advanced Manufacturers Export Award

Gold Corporation

Agribusiness Export Award

Craig Mostyn Group

After more than 80 years in business, the Craig Mostyn Group is a successful and diversified food, agribusiness and logistics company serving customers and suppliers in over 60 countries around the world.

In January 2006, the company moved its head office from Sydney to Fremantle, recognising that 60 per cent of Group sales are generated in Western Australia out of $335 million in total sales.

Information and Communications Technology Export Award

Fundi Software

Fundi Software is a Western Australian software product development company established in 1982. Fundi Software specialises in developing software to help manage high-volume, mission-critical database and transaction processing systems on IBM mainframe computers.

The majority of Fundi Software's customers are Global 2000 enterprises, including banks, financial services institutions, manufacturers, airlines, telecommunications and government agencies.

Minerals and Energy Industry Export Award

GMA Garnet PTY LTD

Over the past 15 years, GMA GARNET Pty Ltd has developed a global market for its product in the sand-blast and high pressure water jet cutting applications. Today, GMA GARNET is the worldwide market leader for industrial garnet abrasives.

The company mines and processes high quality industrial garnet in the Mid-West and distributes its products through a network of dedicated and professional group distribution companies and independent distributors worldwide.

Services Export Award

ThinkSmart Limited

ThinkSmart is a leading international financial services company focused on the delivery of B2B finance products through the retail environment. The business currently operates with market leading retailers and financial institutions in Europe and Australia where it has built a reputation for processing high volumes of low value business finance transactions both quickly and efficiently.

Education Export Award

Risktec Australasia

Incident and emergency response professionals Risktec Australasia has continued to grow with the company now recognised as the premium global supplier of emergency management training during 2007/07 in the oil and gas sector.

Shortly after inception, the Risktec Australasia Management team committed to the development of a world-class training facility in Jakarta, Indonesia, and then a further three in Azerbaijan, Perth and Singapore.

Premier’s Award for Excellence

GRD Minproc

Hall of Fame

Rio Tinto Iron Ore

Rio Tinto’s iron ore product group (RTIO) is the world’s second largest producer of iron ore. RTIO exports to steel mills in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Europe, North and South America, and represents a quarter of global seaborne traded iron ore. RTIO is the market leader in China, the largest and fastest growing market for iron ore.

RTIO’s operations in Western Australia include Hamerlsey Iron, Robe River Iron Associates, HIsmelt Corporation and the support companies Pilbara Iron and RTIO Expansion Projects.

Globally their operations and future developments include Iron Ore Company Canada; Corumba, Brazil, Simandou Guinea; and Orissa, India.