Manufacturers’ Monthly is delighted to announce that our finalists for the 11th annual Endeavour Awards have been selected, from a record field of candidates.
Since launching the 2014 awards in October last year, we’ve been chuffed to see the nominations come in, as a trickle at first then a wave in the couple of weeks before the cut-off.
We can say with quite a bit of delight that we ended up with 138 of your entries – by far the biggest number in the awards’ 11-year history and very nearly TWICE the amount of entries as last year.
To continue using the editorial “we” for a little while longer, we have to re-state our belief in the importance of the awards. There’s obviously a lot of coverage around high-profile factory closure announcements in the mainstream media, but what are put forward much more rarely are the success stories that are out there in abundance.
The Endeavour Awards are always an antidote to the bad news, and are there to celebrate our industry’s many and diverse successes. Among the 138 entries – all of them from companies that should be very, very proud of themselves – we have finalists doing great things, making products including everything from aortic stent grafts to milk powder to unmanned aerial vehicles to much, much more.
The thing they all have in common is excellence.
Without any further throat clearing, here is a list of the finalists. Again, we congratulate each and every one of you for what you do every day and for helping put together the strongest field ever in the history of the Endeavour Awards.
You will be contacted individually with further congratulations and invitations to the May 13 gala awards dinner.
Australian Consumer/Trade Product of the Year
Waringah Plastics
SmartRider
Black Widow Enterprises
Seeley International
Hoshizaki Lancer
Ferndale Confectionery
Australian Industrial Product of the Year Award
CKAS Mechatronics
Actron Engineering
Enware
Leussink / Soto Consulting Group (joint project)
K-TIG (Keyhole TIG Limited)
Liquip
Cyber Technology
Technofast Industries
Australian Steel Innovation of the Year Award
Technofast Industries
Modular Wall Systems
RPC Technologies
K-TIG (Keyhole TIG Limited)
Business Transformation Award
Smart Fabrication
FPC Food Plastics
Juicy Isle
Kez's Kitchen
Doric
Environmental Solutions Award
Longwarry Food Park
ZF Boge Elastmetall Australia
B.-d. Farm Paris Creek
Air Springs Supply
Cribbing and Matting Co
CSR Bricks and Roofing
Keech Australia
Leussink Global Worming
Exporter of the Year Award
Longwarry Food Park
Cook Medical Australia
Micreo
RØDE Microphones
Archer Enterprises
ICT International
Marand Precision Engineering
Enware
Global Integration of the Year Award
Cablex
Micreo
Marand Precision Engineering
RPC Technologies
Most Innovative Company Award
Woods Furniture
ModWood Technologies
Cyber Technology
Keech Australia
Seeley International
Austube Mills
Mexx Engineering
Sevaan Group
Safety Scheme of the Year Award
Konecranes
EHI Australia
Hydratight
Branach Manufacturing
Cribbing and Matting Co
Hydratight
BOC
Technology Application of the Year Award
Successful Endeavours
Temando
Michael Hill International
Downer Rail
Micreo
Cyber Technology
Orora St Regis Bates
Advanced Manufacturing CRC & Amaero Engineering Pty Ltd
Young Manufacturer of the Year Award
Keiran Sproule – Sevaan Group
Philip Wysocki – ANCA
Joshua Portlock – Cyber Technology
Daniel Hodges – Austube Mills
Emin Boynukisa – Cablex
Andrew Beal – Hydrix Services
Lifetime Achievement
Rakesh Aggarwal – Longwarry Food Park
George Hellyer – AW Bell
Mike Rich – Attaché Software
Tony Carolan – Marand Precision Engineering
John Guest – Jubilee Springs
