Taree’s Steber International’s export sales have grown by 900 per cent, from $100,000 to $1 million, in the last 12 to 24 months, and are estimated to exceed $3 million in 2017.
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This jaw-dropping statistic is one of the reasons the company won the 2017 Excellence in Export category at the NSW Business Chamber Mid North Coast Regional Business Awards in Port Macquarie.
They followed up the win by taking out the top honour of the night, being named 2017 Mid North Coast Regional Business of the Year.
Colin Steber was on hand to accept the awards.
“I actually thought we would take out innovation and not export, I thought we were going to do very well with our innovative product. We were unsuccessful there and we got the export. So you never know,” Mr Steber said.
Mr Steber said he did not expect to take out the big award, and didn’t have a speech prepared.
He was just as happy for the other Manning Valley winners.
“Taree took out seven of the 13 awards. We had a very big show from there,” he said.
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Valley Industries also bagged two wins – the new Excellence in Social Enterprise Award for the Valley Cafe, and 2017 Business Leader for CEO Trent Jennison. Mr Jennison has been with Valley Industries for six years, and during his stewardship the not-for-profit business has expanded to encompass 13 distinct business units with a growth of 40 per cent.
Flow Bar of Old Bar took out Excellence in Small Business, which recognises a business with less than 20 full-time employees that has attained significant growth in the previous 24 months. Flow Bar has achieved a growth of 71% in that period.
Edstein Creative, with a history dating back 121 years, were the winners in the Excellence in Business category for their continual search for excellence.
Taree’s Australian Rail Technology brought home the Excellence in Innovation award. Their innovation involves the design of a new generation of train drivers’ desks.
State winners will be announced at the NSW Business Chamber State Awards State Gala Dinner on Friday November 17, 2017 in Sydney.
Julia Driscoll
Julia Driscoll has worked as a journalist for the Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Times for seven years. She values the deep connection with community that being a rural and regional journalist brings. Career highlights have involved environmental stories - bringing the plight of the little known endangered Manning River helmeted turtle to the attention of the public, resulting in wide-spread knowledge in the community and conservation action; and breaking the news of the Manning River ceasing to run for the first time in recorded history.
Julia Driscoll has worked as a journalist for the Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Times for seven years. She values the deep connection with community that being a rural and regional journalist brings. Career highlights have involved environmental stories - bringing the plight of the little known endangered Manning River helmeted turtle to the attention of the public, resulting in wide-spread knowledge in the community and conservation action; and breaking the news of the Manning River ceasing to run for the first time in recorded history.
