Endeavour Awards 2015 Finalists

Endeavour Awards 2015

 

Endeavour Awards

Endeavour Awards

 

As part of National Manufacturing Week, Manufacturing Monthly run the Endeavour Awards to celebrate Australian manufacturing success stories. Last year we were a finalist for the Technology Application of the Year. This year we are very excited to announce that we are finalists in two categories and in one of those, we have two separate products that are both finalists. That sounds a bit complicated. What it means is that we are listed three times as a finalist. The categories are:

 

  • Australian Industrial Product of the Year – ABB CQ930 3 phase power factor correction controller
  • Australian Industrial Product of the Year – IoT Monitoring Platform
  • IT Application of the Year – Telemetry Host IoT web platform

 

IoT of course stands the the Internet of Things.

 

The official Manufacturing Monthly announcement is at Endeavour Awards 2015 Finalists.

 

The Endeavour Awards ceremony is being held at the The Crown Casino Melbourne in the River Room on 28 May 2015. We hope to have even more good news on the night.

 

Endeavour Awards 2015 Finalist

Endeavour Awards 2015 Finalist

And we also have a couple of logos we can use to promote our finalist position, and of course, the Endeavour Awards themselves.

 

Endeavour Awards 2015 Finalists

Endeavour Awards 2015 Finalists

 

 Successful Endeavours specialise in Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development. Ray Keefe has developed market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years. This post is Copyright © 2015 Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd

Manufacturers’ Monthly Endeavour Awards 2014 Winners Announced

Manufacturers’ Monthly Endeavour Awards 2014

Last night we attended the Manufacturers’ Monthly Endeavour Awards gala dinner at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney as finalists in the Technology application of the Year category.

 

We didn’t win this year but we also didn’t know what each of our competitors had submitted until the dinner. I was very impressed.

 

Successful Endeavours - Technology Application of the Year - finalist

Technology Application of the Year – finalist – Successful Endeavours

The winner for Technology Application of the Year was Micreo for their patented microwave communications tuning technology which reduces the time and cost to tune a new microwave communications device allowing to compete internationally with a high Australian Dollar. Very well deserved.

 

The overall winner was Marand Precision Engineering who have transitioned their business away from dependency on the automotive industry and recently secured production orders for the F35 Joint Strike Fighter vertical fins.

 

And personal favourite as a musician was RODE Microphones win as Exporter of the Year.

 

It was a great night celebrating success within Australian manufacturing.

 

Here is what we went up against:

 

Technology Application of the Year - Finalists 2014

Technology Application of the Year – Finalists 2014

We’ll be back next year.

 

Successful Endeavours specialise in Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development. Ray Keefe has developed market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years. This post is Copyright © 2014 Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd

Manufacturers’ Monthly Endeavour Awards Finalists 2014

Manufacturers’ Monthly Endeavour Awards 2014

I recently spotlighted the Endeavour Awards which are held on the first evening of National Manufacturing Week. This is where we celebrate manufacturing success stories each year. What I didn’t mention at the time was that we had entered this year for the first time.

 

The awards are run by Manufacturers’ Monthly who also select the categories, finalists and ultimately the winners. They were first held in 2007. We have already been asked a few times if they were named after us. And the answer is that this is a pure coincidence. So a nice synchronicity but no relation.

 

Technology Application of the Year

We have just received the news that we are finalists in the category of Technology Application of the Year. The technology we put forward was our Production Test Technology that allows us to put in place product test end of line equipment at as little as 5% of the cost of other approaches that are more commonly used. This is one way we help Australian Electronics Manufacturers to be able to have a cost competitive product that is still Made in Australia.

 

Endeavour Awards Finalist 2014

Endeavour Awards Finalist 2014

We were already going to National Manufacturing Week to support Casey Cardinia Region who are exhibiting this year. We are exhibiting with them.

 

Casey Cardinia Region

Casey Cardinia Region

The full list of finalists is available at Endeavour Awards 2014 Finalists. There were a record 138 entries this year.

 

We won’t know the final outcome until 13th May 2014 when the Endeavour Awards Presentation Dinner is held at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney. Either way we already feel like winners.

 

Wish us luck.

 

Successful Endeavours specialise in Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development. Ray Keefe has developed market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years. This post is Copyright © 2014 Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd.

National Manufacturing Week 2014

National Manufacturing Week

Each year during National Manufacturing Week we have the opportunity to celebrate and explore Australian Manufacturing. It alternates between Sydney and Melbourne and in 2014 it is being held in Sydney from May 13-16 at the Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park.

 

National Manufacturing Week

National Manufacturing Week

From the messages in the press recently, you would think that manufacturing in Australia is dead. But the truth is a long way from that. Recent announcements from the Automotive Manufacturing sector are disappointing but that is not the only manufacturing we do here. Manufacturing is the equal third largest sector of the Australian economy and the largest sector in Victoria. The sector it is equal in size to is mining. That’s right, the same size as mining!

 

So it is worth looking after a little better than we have been.

 

It kicks off on the 13th May 2014 with the exhibition followed by a networking function and the Endeavour Awards gala dinner. This year we entered the awards so are hoping to have some news about that soon.

 

The National Manufacturing Week networking event this year is being sponsored by the Casey Cardinia Region which is where Successful Endeavours is located. This is a very progressive venture between the City of Casey and the Shire of Cardinia. and a great example of the collaboration we need to become a lot better at in Australia. We are also a member of the Casey Cardinia Business Group which is one of their strategic initiatives.

 

Casey Cardinia Region

Casey Cardinia Region

 

Casey Cardinia Business Group

Casey Cardinia Business Group

We will be going to National Manufacturing Week this year and hope you will consider it too. If you haven’t been before, you might be pleasantly surprised at both the breadth and depth of Australian Manufacturing.

 

Successful Endeavours specialise in Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development. Ray Keefe has developed market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years. This post is Copyright © 2014 Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd.

Endeavour Awards 2014

Manufacturing Monthly Awards

The Manufacturing Monthly Endeavour Awards are held each year to celebrate excellence in Australian Manufacturing. The winners are announced at a gala dinner the first evening of National Manufacturing Week.

 

Manufacturing Monthly Endeavour Awards

Endeavour Awards

Endeavour Award Categories

The categories are:

 

  • Technology Application of the Year
  • Environmental Solution of the Year
  • Safety Scheme of the Year
  • Australian Consumer/Trade Product of the Year
  • Australian Industrial Product of the Year
  • Australian Steel Innovation Award
  • Global Integration Award
  • Exporter of the Year
  • Young Manufacturer of the Year
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Most Innovative Manufacturing Company
  • Manufacturer of the Year
  • Business Transformation Award

 

Entries for this year are open until 27 February 2014 so consider entering.

 

Successful Endeavours specialise in Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development. Ray Keefe has developed market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years. This post is Copyright © 2014 Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd.