The Germany Trade & Invest Award for International Expansion


This award will go to the organisation that has successfully developed and implemented a strategy based on identifying opportunities and on proven domestic demand, competition and supply chain support to build and remotely manage partially owned partnerships or wholly owned subsidiary businesses outside its market of origin.

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Winner 2018

AquaBioTech Group, Malta

The AquaBioTech Group is an international research and development, engineering, technology provider and consulting company undertaking a variety of aquaculture, fisheries, marine, surveying, aquarium and aquatic environmental projects through its regional offices and partners throughout the world.

The Award for Innovation


This Award went to the organisation that can best demonstrated a recognition of the importance of innovation and a proven ability to create, nurture and develop product, service or business model innovations that substantially improve its commercial performance, operational effectiveness or prospects by bringing benefit to the organisation, its customers and other stakeholders. The application can be based on the development of a specific product or service or on the repositioning of the organisation and is not limited solely to innovations of a technological nature. (Open to private and public-sector organisations).

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Winner 2018

Aker BioMarine, Norway

Aker BioMarine are a biotech innovator and Antarctic krill-harvesting company dedicated to improving human and planetary health. Their core business consists of harvesting, production, sales and marketing of krill-based products, developing and selling unique food and nutritional supplements for humans and powerful ingredients for fish and animal feed. 
 
 
 
 

The Digital Technology Award


The judges made this award to the organisation that best demonstrated that it has substantially improved its operational performance in terms of workflow effectiveness, customer experience management, increased turnover and improved margins or cost control through an innovation in their use and application of digital technologies either developed in house or sourced from an external supplier. (Open to private and public-sector organisations).

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Winner 2018

Prepaid Financial Services, United Kingdom

Prepaid Financial Services is a leading provider of sophisticated payment technology solutions powering the prepaid cards business in the EEA, offering comprehensive e-money and banking innovations that sets them apart from the rest of their sector. 

 

The Workplace and People Development Award


The award will go to the organisation that in the view of the judges best demonstrates that its human resource is truly engaged with the aims of the organisation through an holistic values based strategy that seeks to sustain organisational performance improvement through investment in the recruitment, personal and skills development and motivation of every individual employee. (Open to private and public-sector organisations)

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Winner 2018

Neylons Facility Management, Republic of Ireland

Neylons Facility Management is an Irish owned, family-run business located in Loughrea, County Galway and is an established national provider of contract facility management services.
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Award for Growth Strategy of the Year


This Award will go to the organisation that best demonstrates an international organic growth strategy (i.e. excluding results solely from merger and acquisition activity) that has achieved outstanding levels of sales, profit and market share improvement by means which include international expansion, new products and services introduction, new market creation, the development or expansion of product and service ranges or forward or backward integration in their supply chain.

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The Social Responsibility and Environmental Awareness Award


The judges will look for evidence of a clearly expressed and widely communicated strategy, mainly focussing on actions which demonstrate a responsibility to prevent the social and natural environments in which they operate from anthropogenic damage. The actions should seek to calculate risk and proactively drive improvement from a commercial, environmental, and social responsibility perspective which goes beyond the legislative requirements of their sector. (Open to private and public-sector organisations)

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Winner 2018

Groupe SEB, France

Groupe SEB is a world-leader in Small Domestic Equipment. This sector covers cookware and small electrical appliances accounting respectively for approximately 30% and 70% of its sales. Its mission is making consumers’ everyday lives easier and more enjoyable and contributing to better living all around the world.
 
 
 
 
 

The Inflexion European Entrepreneur of the Year Award


The judges will make the award to the individual/s who demonstrates vision, a persevering approach to enterprise expansion that places them at the heart of the business by identifying opportunity, understanding objectives, formulating ideas and making decisions and acting as an inspiration to others to achieve greater business success.

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The Business of the Year Award with Turnover of €0-25m


These awards will go to the outstanding companies that best demonstrate exceptional financial returns, strong growth and innovation strategies, and market leadership in its sector. Judges will look for evidence of inventiveness, ethical credentials, good stakeholder relationships and long term planning balanced by the flexibility to deliver consistent results in dynamic market conditions. *Businesses that compete in a turnover bracket may exceed the bracket within the year they are awarded

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Winner 2018

beMatrix Roeselare, Belgium

beMatrix, with its head office in Roeselare (Belgium), is a designer and manufacturer of modular solutions for stand building, events and displays. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Business of the Year Award with Turnover of €26-150m


These awards will go to the outstanding companies that best demonstrate exceptional financial returns, strong growth and innovation strategies, and market leadership in its sector. Judges will look for evidence of inventiveness, ethical credentials, good stakeholder relationships and long term planning balanced by the flexibility to deliver consistent results in dynamic market conditions.*Businesses that compete in a turnover bracket may exceed the bracket within the year they are awarded

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Winner 2018

Bonum, Norway

Bonum is a real estate developer located in Oslo. The company’s main operating function is to acquire develop and sell attractive real estate projects as well as provide project development and management services. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Business of the Year Award with Turnover of €150m or higher


These awards will go to the outstanding companies that best demonstrate exceptional financial returns, strong growth and innovation strategies, and market leadership in its sector. Judges will look for evidence of inventiveness, ethical credentials, good stakeholder relationships and long term planning balanced by the flexibility to deliver consistent results in dynamic market conditions.

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Winner 2018

Tomra Systems ASA, Norway

TOMRA creates sensor-based solutions for optimal resource productivity, specifically in the Food Recycling and Mining industries, helping their customers increase their financial results and reduce their environmental impact.
 
 
 
 
 
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