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October 2003
EXPORT AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Burnie underground mining equipment designer and manufacturer Caterpillar Elphinstone Pty Ltd has received the prestigious 2003 Minister’s Tasmanian Exporter of the Year Award. The award was presented by Deputy Premier Paul Lennon at the 2003 Tasmanian Export Awards gala dinner last Friday. Mr Lennon congratulated Caterpillar Elphinstone Managing Director Mr Andrew Ransley and his staff. "Caterpillar Elphinstone has grown from a one-man business in 1975 to its current turnover of more than A$145 million." The company also received the GERLING NCM Large Advanced Manufacturer Award at Friday evening's presentation. Other 2003 Tasmanian Export Awards winners were:
The winners have qualified as finalists in the Australian Export Awards, which will be presented on 12 November at a ceremony in Sydney. All state and territory export award winners automatically qualify as national finalists. Austrade helps Australian companies win overseas business for their products and services. Austrade is represented in 105 locations in 58 countries including an extensive domestic network throughout Australia. One of the many Austrade services on offer is its visits to businesses by their industry specialist Business Development Managers and Trade Commissioners from overseas offices. The Department of Economic Development works closely with Austrade and facilitates visits of incoming Austrade staff. If you wish to meet with an Austrade officer from a particular country please contact Martin Turmine on 6233 5795 or Martin.Turmine@development.tas.gov.au. Austrade staff who will be visiting Tasmania in the near future include:
Back to top Economic Development’s Lisa Denny recently visited Singapore to coincide with the launch of the Amazing Australia – Fine Food and Wine from the Southern Regions Cold Storage Supermarket promotion in which eight Tasmanian companies are participating. The visit was extremely successful with Cold Storage appointing a Tasmanian Category Manager to source Tasmanian product for the Cold Storage supermarket chain in Singapore and Malaysia. Five additional companies had product selected to participate in the promotion and Economic Development will be leading a trade mission to Singapore to coincide with a Gourmet Tasmania promotion in November. Cold Storage has expressed considerable interest in sourcing Tasmanian wine for their Jason’s Wine Cellar. If you are interested in presenting product to the wine buyers or receiving further information, please contact Lisa Denny on 6233 5902 or Lisa.Denny@development.tas.gov.au.
Left: DFI Group CEO Ron Faldo and Mike Moingard, Regional Executive General Manager of Austrade, officially opening the Amazing Australia promotion. Right: Economic Development’s Lisa Denny undertaking in-store tastings during the promotion. Economic Development recently hosted a lunch at the Crown Towers in Melbourne for three Harvey Nichols buyers (Fresh Food, Grocery and Wine) participating in a mission to Australia co-ordinated by Austrade London. The lunch featured fresh Tasmanian produce and wines and enabled seven Tasmanian food companies and seven wine companies to showcase their products and conduct tastings. The objective of the buyers visit was to source food products for a Harvey Nichols Australian-themed in-store/restaurant promotion in September 2004. This promotion will take place in each of the five Harvey Nichols Food Markets (London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh) as well as the Harvey Nichols in-store and stand alone UK restaurants. The planned 2004 event is a result of a similar, very successful promotion at Harvey Nichols stores in 2002. More than 200 Australian food and wine products were showcased and the majority were listed in Harvey Nichols stores. Initial indications are extremely positive and orders for Tasmanian products are expected. Tasmanian Craft Fair buyer visit Economic Development will be hosting four gallery and giftware buyers from New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria during the Tasmanian Craft Fair in November. The buyers will visit the craft fair in Deloraine and meet a number of Tasmanian artists and craftspeople during visits to studios, Salamanca Market and a showcasing luncheon with a view to sourcing Tasmanian products for their galleries and boutiques. For more information, please contact Lisa Denny on 6233 5902 or Lisa.Denny@development.tas.gov.au. ICT Market Development Program: United States Four Tasmanian-based information communications technology (ICT) companies are participating on a trade delegation that will visit Silicon Valley and attend the ANZA Technology Network Conference in the United States. The event is the only US conference that exclusively showcases Australian and New Zealand technology companies and aims to provide a springboard into the US market. The visit is for Tasmanian ICT companies currently active in export or seeking to develop new international market partnerships and business. The visit aims to assist company efforts to investigate the US market potential for their products and services, understand current and future market issues, opportunities and trends, and meet qualified prospective distributors, agents and customers for their products or services with a view to developing a business relationship. For further information, contact Mark Warrener on 6233 5879 or Mark.Warrener@development.tas.gov.au. e-Learning market development mission: United Kingdom Economic Development is seeking expressions of interest from Tasmanian ICT companies interested in participating in a Market Development Mission targeted at the United Kingdom coinciding with the British Education Technology exhibition (BETT) to be held in London England from 7 to 10 January 2004. This program is designed for Tasmanian companies, currently active in export or seeking to develop new international market partnerships and business. The program aims to assist efforts to investigate the UK market potential for products and services, understand current and future market issues and trends, meet prospective distributors, agents and customers view to developing a business relationship, and provide an opportunity view competitive products and services at an international trade exhibition. Specific activities include pre-mission business culture and market information workshops, a networking function in London, attendance at BETT, tailored business matching and a post-BETT regional market visit. For further information and to receive an expression of interest form, please contact Mark Warrener on 6233 5879 or Mark.Warrener@development.tas.gov.au. Tasmanian grouping to exhibit at Cebit Australia 2004, Sydney Economic Development is seeking expressions of interest from Tasmanian ICT companies interested in exhibiting as part of a Tasmanian grouping at Cebit Australia 2004 to be held in Darling Harbour, Sydney, from 4 to 6 May 2004. Cebit Australia 2004, Australasia's leading exhibition for information and communications technology is targeted at IT professionals, executives and IT managers, telecommunications professionals, channel representatives (dealers, distributors and resellers), system integrators and purchasing consultants, corporate buyers, SME owners and managers. Specific activities include:
For further information and to receive an expression of interest form, please contact Mark Warrener on 6233 5879 or Mark.Warrener@development.tas.gov.au. INDUSTRY NEWS Panacottas and summer puddings to the Melbourne Cup and Australian Open Andre Richardson from Island Berries Tasmania will have his award-winning chocolate-rum panacottas served at the Melbourne Cup this November and during other Spring Carnival events at Flemington. He will also have his food service summer puddings and award-winning blueberry sauce served during the Australian Open in January 2004. New freighting opportunity for Tasmanian companies Willard Estate Logistics Services, located in Northern Tasmania, provides a consolidation service direct ex-Tasmania to Singapore for ambient LCL (less than a container load) exporters. Willard Estate has established a relationship with an agent in Singapore that can tranship cargoes to all destinations worldwide via Singapore. Willard Estate Logistics Services can assist in LCL, FCL, break bulk or over dimensional export. They can also assist with LCL, FCL, break bulk or over dimensional import, customs clearance requirements, external audits of supply chain requirements, marine insurance, documentation requirements, general (dry) airfreight and ship chartering. For more information, please contact Brett Charlton or Debi Beever at Willard Estate Logistics Services on +61 3 6394 7772 or email logistics@willardestate.com. Shellfish grader ‘revolutionary’ Stainless Engineering and Design is set to revolutionise the shellfish processing industry and become a major export success. The company has invented an electronic oyster grader using video-imaging technology - a world first for the shellfish processing industry, which currently relies on hand grading. The machine needs only one operator and can perform the work of 13 hand graders to a high standard, with accuracy to two millimetres. Two graders are in operation in Tasmania and eight orders have been received by Stainless Engineering and Design. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES Chain awareness for small and medium enterprises Developing whole of chain strategies is vital to business success. The National Food Industry Strategy (NFIS) is holding a seminar to explain why you need a value chain strategy and how it can help your bottom-line. BRIEF NEWS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES Starting and operating your own business can be stimulating, exciting and very rewarding. Private enterprise can offer almost limitless possibilities for personal and business achievement. Economic Development offers a range of guides for people starting and developing small businesses in Tasmania. For more information, please visit the Economic Development website at www.development.tas.gov.au/startbus.html. Austrade receives many inquires for Australian products and services from its offices around the world. If you are interested in reviewing their active inquiry list, please visit the Austrade web site. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade travel advisories are the Australian Government’s advice to its citizens regarding the perceived travel risks and precautions that individuals should exercise. More information can be found on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website. Gerling NCM provides competitive finance and insurance services to Australian exporters and Australian companies investing in new projects overseas. For more information, visit the Gerling NCM website. AusIndustry, the Commonwealth Government's business agency within the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, provides a range of incentives for Australian businesses to foster investment and become more innovative and internationally competitive. AusIndustry's products cover a range of industry sectors and business needs. They are delivered in the form of grants, tax concessions, duty concessions and access to venture capital. For more information, visit the AusIndustry website at www.ausindustry.gov.au.
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