Final line up named for Bay's export awards

The finalists have been announced in the BNZ Bay of Plenty Export Awards 2013.

They are are:

United Travel Business "Emerging Exporter of the Year" award:

Ballance Agri-Nutrients (Tauranga)

Surtees Boats (Whakatane)

Switchkites (Kawerau)

Page Macrae Engineering "Innovation in Export" award:

LeftBrain Group (Tauranga)

Switchkites (Kawerau)

The Tree Lab (Rotorua)

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic "Export Achievement" award:

Bruce Ennis, Cargo Handling Equipment Manager - Page Macrae Engineering (Tauranga)

Chris Winslade, VP Sales and Marketing - Bluelab Corporation (Tauranga)

Kylie van Heerden, Partner - Sharp Tudhope Lawyers (Tauranga)

Comvita Compliance Team - Comvita New Zealand (Paengaroa)

Sharp Tudhope Lawyers "Exporter of the Year" award:

Doherty Engineered Attachments (Tauranga)

Page Macrae Engineering (Tauranga)

Waiariki Institute of Technology (Rotorua)

The winners will be announced at an awards night in Mt Maunganui on June 28. The Rotorua Daily Post will have more on our local finalists over the coming weeks.