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May 22, 2012
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It started in a bedroom eight years ago on a
shoestring budget of $10 – now Optimizer HQ has become the company with
the second-youngest chief executive to be listed on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange behind Puma’s Jochen Zeitz. Established in 2003 as a web development company, it later moved into the software-as-a-service space with its flagship product being an email
marketing solution. Among its clients are Harvard
University, Burger King, Pfizer, Footlocker, New Zealand Police and New Zealand Post.
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The Waikato
Innovation Park is on the hunt for companies that want to research and develop new spray-dried
food products. Its $11 million
product development spray dryer facility will open for business in a matter of months and chief executive Derek
Fairweather said it offered opportunities for anyone ready to scale up a new
spray-dried product to commercial production. It will initially focus on manufacturing
whole milk powders and later expand to include infant formula and fruit and vegetable powders.
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New Zealand’s own Stabicraft Marine has just
delivered nine custom boats to Alaska, where they’ll be used to monitor
gillnetting, by commercial fishermen and the number of fish and birds
caught. The 659 Wheel House boats were especially ordered by
Alaska’s National Marine Fisheries Service and Saltwater Inc to conduct
research on fish and wildlife for the Department of Fish and
Game. Stabicraft, as a non-American manufacturer, came under
intense scrutiny to ensure the vessels met strict design and performance requirements.
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The Ministry of Science and Innovation is set to invest up to
$59.5 million in research, its first major investment round. Funding is intended to support the whole
continuum of research, from discovery through to application, in six different fields. MacDiarmid Institute director Kathryn McGrath said this marked the
first significant contestable funding round in more than two and a half
years from MSI or its predecessor, the Foundation for Research and Technology.
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New Zealand’s own Saint Clair and Brancott Estate
labels have been awarded the title of Top White Wine in the “new world”,
sharing the spot with one South African wine. German publisher Meininger compiles the list of the top 100 wines
each year, based on sales, image, marketing, authenticity, and design.
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Six finalists are in the running to win $10,000 as
part of BNZ’s Start-Up Alley, recognising new and innovative web
ventures in New Zealand. The Alley is part of Wellington’s Webstock conference to be held next month from February 15-16. Much like Dragons’ Den, in order to win the prize finalists must pitch their idea in front of a live audience and a panel of judges.
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Ricoh and Intel have been named top performers in
the global IT industry for sustainability by influential German rating
agency Oekom Research. They’re the best of a dismal lot – while Ricoh and Intel both scored B+ grades, the average score was a D+. Oekom reached its judgement after studying more than 200 IT companies worldwide on a host of criteria, including working
conditions in the supply chain; return, recycling and re-use of products;
and information provided to customers on potential energy savings.
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BusinessNZ and Pure Advantage have both taken to the Herald in recent months to espouse their respective points of view on eco-responsibility. Which would be the right path to take? Bryan Walker weighs in.
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