12 July 2011 – A company responsible for speeding up insurance claims and repairs for cyclone and flood-affected Queenslanders has been named the state’s ‘Business of the Year’.
Stream Group Aust Pty Ltd, which provides assessing and repair management services for insurance companies in Australia and New Zealand, managed more than 15,000 claims in the first three months of 2011, equal to its total activity the previous year.
22 July 2011 – The Adelaide Hills pioneer of miniature jars of jams now exported to 25 countries has been named the Telstra South Australian Business of the Year.
A family-owned manufacturer and exporter of custom-made agricultural machinery that began 20 years ago in a farm workshop has won top honours in the 2010 Telstra South Australian Business Awards.
Kelly Engineering has evolved from a machine-repairing hobby business in the Southern Flinders Ranges into an award-winning supplier of innovative farm machinery to markets in North America, Denmark, South Africa and New Zealand.
A privately-owned distributor of diagnostic pathology and medical research solutions that is growing at five times the industry rate has won top honours in the 2010 Telstra Queensland Business Awards.
Abacus ALS, formed by a merger of Abacus Diagnostics and Australian Laboratory Services in 2007, provides internationally-manufactured products for clinical diagnostics in critical care, allergy and autoimmunity, bone and mineral testing, infectious serology and life science.
“Abacus ALS should feel a great sense of pride because the calibre of the 19 finalists in this year’s Awards was very impressive, reflecting the strength of Australia’s small and medium business sector,”
Telstra Business Group Managing Director and Ambassador of the Telstra Business Awards, Ms Deena Shiff
The East Brisbane business was announced Telstra Queensland Business of the Year tonight at the 18th Telstra Queensland Business Awards after earlier winning the Panasonic Australia Medium Business Award.
Ms Shiff, said that all Queensland winners of the five Awards categories were chosen from hotly-contested fields and all had sound business strategies to continue their current growth.
Abacus Diagnostics was founded by Bruce Evans in 1998 after he identified a gap for an Australian-owned distributor of in vitro diagnostic pathology and research products in a market dominated by a few multinational companies.
A breakthrough for the business was winning a tender to provide blood gas instrumentation with PathWest Laboratories WA in 2006. Strong growth followed the 2007 acquisition of Australian Laboratory Services and the successful integration and rebranding to Abacus ALS.
From a one-person operation working out of a home study, the company now has offices in four Australian States and New Zealand and its customers include public and private laboratories, blood services and university research departments.
“Judges said Abacus ALS is a great business demonstrating excellence across all its core functions with clear strategies for achievement and a culture of strong and passionate employee engagement. It is growing ahead of its rivals in an environment and industry of substantial competitiveness and focus on procurement-driven decisions. It has an independent corporate advisory board that ensures ongoing professional governance for the business.”
Managing Director and Ambassador of the Telstra Business Awards, Ms Deena Shiff
Steve Rust said Abacus ALS was a very worthy winner of the Panasonic Australia Medium Business Award and must be commended for their efforts and creativity behind their business achievements.
“Panasonic applauds the innovative spirit, customer focus and openness to new business opportunities that Abacus ALS has demonstrated. At Panasonic we believe that an intense focus on customers is vital for success in today’s business environment.”
Steve Rust Panasonic Australia Managing Director Steve Rust
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A Deakin business that provides information security consulting and testing services for government and commercial clients has won top honours in the 2010 Telstra ACT Business Awards.
stratsec has grown from a three-person start-up in 2004 to a market-leading business with 40 employees and offices throughout Australia and in Singapore.
The business was announced as the Telstra ACT Business of the Year on the 6th July at the 18th Telstra ACT Business Awards after earlier winning the Panasonic Australia Medium Business Award.
