Nominations called for Defence Industry Excellence Awards
Wednesday 23 March, 2005
The New Zealand Defence Force and the Ministry of Defence are calling for nominations for the Defence Industry Awards of Excellence.
The awards recognise and reward exceptional service delivered to the New Zealand Defence Force and Ministry of Defence by New Zealand and Australian companies.
The criteria against which organisations are judged include:
- Level of excellence in provision of goods or services to defence,
- Degree of innovation demonstrated in providing the goods or services,
- Excellence on an ongoing basis, and
- Successful development of wider markets.
Companies may be nominated by themselves, Industry organisations, the Ministry of Defence or NZDF units. The cut off date for nominations is Friday 20 May, 2005.
There are two tiers to the award, one for major capital projects, the other for minor projects or supply of ongoing goods or services. In the past awards have been won by manufacturing and service companies, and for contracts ranging from major civil engineering projects to clothing suppliers and a travel agent.
The awards will be presented at the Defence Industry Forum held in Wellington in October.
ENDS
Details of the awards can be found at www.defence.govt.nz/Industry/nz-def-ind-awards.shtml. Further information may be obtained from Chris Paice, Ministry of Defence, PO Box 5347, Wellington; email chris.paice@defence.govt.nz.
2004 Winners:
Opus International Consultants Limited/ McMillan and Lockwood Construction, Palmerston North. Joint award for design and construction of the LAV Hangars at Linton Camp.
Motor Sport Apparel Ltd, Levin for their approach to a major emergency in the supply of protective clothing for the Army, and general excellence in the supply of military clothing.
Certificates of Commendation were awarded to:
- Safe Air Ltd, Blenheim
- Gino’s Hydraulics Ltd, Christchurch
- G.H. Varley Ltd., Newcastle, NSW, Australia
2003 Winners:
- Fulton Hogan/ Higgins Joint Venture, Palmerston North for the reconstruction of the Ohakea Runway.
- Covertex Ltd, Auckland for design and construction of an inflatable hangar for use on RNZAF deployments.
- Highly Commended Certificates were awarded to:
- Serco Project Engineering Ltd, Trentham
- Crean Foodservices Ltd, Auckland
- Motor Sport Apparel Ltd, Levin
- Ordnance Development Ltd, Wanganui.
A special certificate was awarded to Stephen Parsons House of Travel, Palmerston North for travel services provided to NZDF personnel on deployment.
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