Recognition well deserved

Highlights

VIC - Telstra Australian Business Awards

2005 Overall Victorian Winner

Production Parts Pty. Ltd

Production Parts Pty. Ltd services large manufacturing businesses with precision components tooling and design for national and international defence and aerospace industries. Typical manufacturing projects include aerospace and aircraft components and spare parts, aircraft and airframe structural components and machining and precision manufacture of defence components for decoys, missiles, land vehicles and sea-going vessels.

2005 Australian Government Micro-Business Award

Sync International Pty Ltd

Sync International Pty Ltd is an internet-based software developer which enables clients to extend their information technology reach to include mobile workers, thus resulting in increased productivity for businesses. Sync International hosts, supports, maintains and develops software applications as a fully inclusive internet service for a monthly subscription fee. The Melbourne-based business has offices in the United Kingdom and the USA.

2005 MYOB Business Award

Ripe Maternity Wear

Ripe Maternity Wear was established by two friends in 1996 to manufacture contemporary maternity clothes. The business currently supplies to more than 400 wholesale accounts worldwide and their clothes are sold in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Hong Kong and Scandinavian countries. Ripe Maternity Wear recently opened its first retail outlet.

2005 Panasonic Australia Business Award

Production Parts Pty. Ltd

Production Parts Pty. Ltd services large manufacturing businesses with precision components tooling and design for national and international defence and aerospace industries. Typical manufacturing projects include aerospace and aircraft components and spare parts, aircraft and airframe structural components and machining and precision manufacture of defence components for decoys, missiles, land vehicles and sea-going vessels.

2005 AMP Business Award

Country Life Bakery

Country Life Bakery bakes bread loaves, rolls and pita breads under the Country Life, Early Harvest and Flinders Bread brands. The bakery caters to the health and gourmet market segment. Since 1989 the family-owned and operated business has grown from a staff of 15 and 50 customers, to today employing 88 people with a national distribution to major and independent supermarkets and health stores.

2004 Overall Victorian Winner

APS Plastics Pty Ltd

APS Plastics Pty Ltd (APS) is a design and engineering company and has been responsible for the design of many high profile products, from the Willow cooler to safety binding used on snow-boards. The business was also involved in the design and engineering of Camatic's innovative 'Matrix' seating used at the Portugal 'Stadium of Light' and the MCG extension. The company has also recently designed a world first revolutionary new medical device (the Unitract retractable syringe).

2004 Australian Government Micro-Business Award

Osborn Sloan & Associates

Osborn Sloan & Associates provides diagnostic, rehabilitative and educational programs to clients with hearing loss and brain injuries. Their services allow clients to rehabilitate within the community. The business was started as a home-based sole practice more than nine years ago when its initial owner was undergoing a period of back injury rehabilitation and today operates out of a practice in Kew.

2004 MYOB Business Award

APS Plastics Pty Ltd

APS Plastics Pty Ltd (APS) is a design and engineering company and has been responsible for the design of many high profile products, from the Willow cooler to safety binding used on snow-boards. The business was also involved in the design and engineering of Camatic's innovative 'Matrix' seating used at the Portugal 'Stadium of Light' and the MCG extension. The company has also recently designed a world first revolutionary new medical device (the Unitract retractable syringe).

2004 Panasonic Australia Business Award

PageUp Pty Ltd

PageUp is a software development and application service provider specialising in recruitment systems. The businessÆ signature product, PageUp People, is an online recruitment system and has screened over a million candidates for organisations such as Coles Myer, BHP Billiton, Macquarie Bank and Flight Centre.

2004 AMP Business Award

Hitwise Pty Ltd

Hitwise was formed in 1997 to measure website visitor numbers. Today, Hitwise provides daily rankings of websites in more than 160 industry and interest categories as well as online tools that track competing websites and internet usage patterns. The business has more than 700 clients worldwide and offices in Melbourne, San Francisco and New York.

2004 Victorian Government Special Premier's Award

The Marengo Holiday Park

The Marengo Holiday Park provides beach front caravan and camping sites to visitors on the Great Ocean Road and overlooks the Hayley Reef Marine Sanctuary, home to a colony of Australian fur seals. The park offers four-star, self-contained cabin accommodation and powered and unpowered sites. It is popular with families, couples and retirees from Australia and overseas.

2004 Victorian Government Indigenous Certificate of Excellence

Oz Native Tiles

Ceramic tiles provide the innovative medium for the beautiful indigenous tribal designs of Oz Native Tiles. During its three years of operations, Oz Native Tiles has been the main supplier of ceramic tiles for the Victorian Aboriginal Housing Board and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Housing. Oz Native Tiles has also participated in a number of exhibitions and is developing further its interstate expansion.

2003 Overall Victorian Winner

Gippsland Aeronautics

Gippsland Aeronautics commenced operations at the Latrobe Regional Airport in Morwell in the 1970s as an aircraft maintenance and modification business. The business now specialises in aircraft design and manufacturing after developing a two and eight-seater aircraft in the early 1990's. The certified aircraft are now exported to more than seven countries

2003 Commonwealth Government Micro-Business Award

Ocean Grove Animal Hospital

Ocean Grove Animal Hospital is a veterinary practice providing care for domestic pets in Ocean Grove and the surrounding townships. The practice provides a range of services from consultations and routine vaccinations to grooming, hydrobaths, animal weight control programs and puppy classes. Ocean Grove Animal Hospital has more than 3,000 pets on file.

2003 MYOB Business Award

AusRegistry Group

AusRegistry Group owns the license to manage the registry for Australian commercial, government and education domain names. The company provides the domain names to registrars who sell them to the public. AusRegistry Group also offers web hosting, database development and systems consulting services. The company is based in Melbourne and has a second office in Hong Kong.

2003 Panasonic Australia Business Award

Athlegen Pty Ltd

Athlegen manufactures and markets treatment tables for the beauty, sporting and healthcare industries. The business aims to ensure practitioners are not at physical risk when providing remedial therapies. Athlegen first manufactured its treatment tables out of a shed in Adelaide. Today the business has offices in five capital cities and agents in more than 15 countries.

2003 Cisco Systems Business Award

Gippsland Aeronautics

Gippsland Aeronautics commenced operations at the Latrobe Regional Airport in Morwell in the 1970s as an aircraft maintenance and modification business. The business now specialises in aircraft design and manufacturing after developing a two and eight-seater aircraft in the early 1990's. The certified aircraft are now exported to more than seven countries.

2003 Victoria's Premiers Award for regional small businesses

Offshore Containers International Pty Ltd

Offshore Containers International designs and manufactures specialised, industry certified transport containers used in the offshore oil and gas industries. The containers are built to ensure workplace safety, come in a range of sizes and are available for sale or rent. The business is based in Sale and has field offices in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.


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