Australian Export Awards
The 2010 Australian Marine Industry Export Awards run by the Australian International Marine Export Group (AIMEX) were announced last Thursday. Anchoring system builder Muir Engineering received the award for Best Marine Industry Export Performance, for a large exporter. John Muir was awarded the Marine Industry Export Champion acknowledgement.
Judges were impressed by the high calibre and broad range of businesses that entered and stated it was difficult choosing the winners given all were high achievers within the global marine export market. “The 2010 entries need special congratulations for their achievements in what has been a very difficult export market” said awards judge Bob Basham, Director, R.W. Basham. All 21 entrants should be commended as they are all running successful exporting businesses. AIMEX Chief Executive MaryAnne Edwards said “The number and calibre of entries and the strong sponsorship support these inaugural awards attracted is testament to the high profile and credibility that AIMEX has achieved within the marine export sector.” In total eight awards were handed out.