It was a great honour to represent South Australia in the 2005 Telstra & Australian Governments' Small Business Awards and we take this opportunity to congratulate Whitech who were the overall winners. REDARC would like to congratulate all of the other finalists and category winners at the 2005 Telstra Australian Small Business Awards.

2005 Telstra Australian Small Business  of the year

Whitech
Whitech is an Australian company that develops and markets a range of photographic kiosks and point of sale software solutions to retail outlets. Whitech products are now being sold in many countries around the world and have established offices in the USA and UK Whitech's photographic kiosk software is also sold through their partners, Fujifilm Australia, Konica Minolta and Kodak Australasia. 
www.whitechsolutions.com

National Category Winners

Research One Pty Ltd (ACT)
Research One Pty Ltd provides customised legal research, writing and analysis solutions to lawyers and government legal departments in Australia and overseas. The business saves clients time, resources and money by using its global network of research specialists connected by the Internet. Services include drafting legal submissions, compiling legislative histories and searching databases, libraries and archives.
www.research-one.com.au

Ripe Maternity Wear (VIC)
Ripe Maternity Wear was established by two friends in 1996 to manufacture contemporary maternity clothes. The business currently supplies to more than 400 wholesale accounts worldwide and their clothes are sold in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Hong Kong and Scandinavian countries. Ripe Maternity Wear recently opened its first retail outlet.
www.ripe.com.au

SRK Consulting (WA)
SRK Consulting provides consultancy services in the mining and exploration industries in Australia and worldwide. Services range from exploration, resource estimation, mine planning, geotechnical engineering, environmental and geological support. The company has offices in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney and has a resource base of more than 500 consultants spanning six continents.
www.srk.com.au

Trailers 2000 Pty. Ltd. (QLD)
Trailers 2000 Pty. Ltd. is Queensland's largest manufacturer of box trailers with the capacity to produce 4,000 trailers per year. The business has grown from a husband and wife team operating from home to today employing 28 people. Trailers 2000 is based at Beerwah with offices in Brisbane, Mackay and the Gold Coast and has an extensive network of agents throughout Queensland and northern New South Wales.
www.trailers2000.com.au

Finalists - ACT

THE hairdressing
THE hairdressing is an award-winning boutique hair salon located in James Court at the edge of Civic. The business prides itself on providing a pleasant and rewarding work environment for staff and since opening in 1999 has only had one staff member leave for other employment. THE hairdressing uses an external consultant to undertake market research to better understand the market and its clients and refine its business processes.

Achieve, Corp.
Achieve, Corp. specialises in providing accounting, salary packaging, financial planning and payroll administration services specifically to the IT industry - either contractors running their own company or those employed on a contract basis. The business was started by a husband and wife team in 2003 and today employs 23 team members servicing 480 clients. Achieve, Corp. is located in Canberra and Adelaide with plans for a national roll out of offices.
www.achievecorp.com.au

ZOO
ZOO is Canberra's largest design, interactive, advertising and marketing agency. It offers services in graphic design, typesetting, print production, advertising, promotional campaigns, displays and signage, website development, public relations and event management. ZOO was created in 2002 from the rebranding of five design and marketing businesses and today employs 55 staff.
www.zooz.com.au

Finalists - NSW

The Pharmaceutical Locum Company P/L
The Pharmaceutical Locum Company P/L provides community and hospital pharmacies in every state of Australia with locum and permanent pharmacists. For the past three years, the business has won the contract to provide emergency locums to rural and remote areas where there are acute shortages of professional pharmacy services. The Pharmaceutical Locum Company is celebrating its twentieth year in business.
www.locumco.com.au

Provecta Process Automation Pty Ltd
Provecta Process Automation Pty Ltd is an electrical engineering company specialising in industrial automation and control systems for the power generation and related industries. The business commenced operations in 2003 with a team of four and currently employs 16 staff. Provecta Process Automation has worked on projects for the state's fossil fuel power stations, Toshiba, and the University of New South Wales.
www.provecta.com.au 

InfoComp Pty Ltd
InfoComp Pty Ltd is a supplier of software platforms for the wealth management sector. Its products include an administration platform, an electronic messaging application and a registry processing system for membership-based organisations. InfoComp was established in 1988 and has offices in Sydney, Wollongong and London. Clients include Macquarie Bank, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Perpetual Wealth Management and JP Morgan Investor Services.
www.infocomp.com

Finalists - NT

Air & Gas Systems Pty Ltd
Air & Gas Systems Pty Ltd is a diving equipment service centre for the mining, offshore oil and gas, defence, government and marine industries. The business has expertise in a variety of products and services including breathing apparatus equipment and air compressors, cylinder testing, filtration drying and cooling equipment, pressure gauge calibration and gas detection monitoring. Air & Gas Systems is certified by the Royal Australian Navy as a registered naval hyperbaric repairer.
www.airandgassystems.com.au

BHE Pty Ltd T/As Basil Hall Editions
BHE Pty Ltd T/As Basil Hall Editions is a professional print edition workshop which creates hand-printed limited editions of art work. Types of printmaking include etching, silkscreen printing, lino and wood-cut printing and stone or plate lithography. The business collaborates with individual artists, Indigenous communities and gallery publishers. Basil Hall Editions is one of only three workshops in Australia with the expertise to make prints with Indigenous artists.
www.basilhalleditions.com.au

Northpharm Pty Ltd
Northpharm Pty Ltd provides pharmacy services to institutional clients and Remote Area Aboriginal Health. Clients range from the UN in East Timor to oil rigs, remote cattle stations and doctors clinics. In addition, the business is the Territory's supplier of generic medicines to retail pharmacies and hospitals, acting as the distribution manager for Australia's principle generic medication company. Northpharm is based at the Royal Darwin Hospital.

Colemans Printing
Colemans Printing has been in operation since 1954. Although devastated by Cyclone Tracey and a major fire in 1988, the commercial printing business today boasts nearly $10 million worth of the most modern printing equipment and owns associate digital, pre-press and offset companies. Colemans Printing has recently become a third generation business, with the founder's grandsons taking over the business from their father in June this year.
www.colemanprint.com.au

Finalists - QLD

Daintree Rainforest Environmental Centre Pty Ltd
The Daintree Rainforest Environmental Centre Pty Ltd is an award-winning eco-tourism venture showcasing what is thought to be the oldest rainforest in the world. Located 120 kilometres north of Cairns, the centre provides access to the World Heritage rainforest with an aerial walkway, elevated boardwalks, multi-lingual guided tours and bush trails. The 23-metre high canopy tower is a highlight of a visit to the centre, providing an insight into the rainforest's canopy.
www.daintree-rec.com.au

Freeman Productions (Australia) Pty Ltd
Freeman Productions (Australia) Pty Ltd is a multi-award winning project management consultancy established in 1998 which specialises in the production of customised calendars. The business creates calendars for corporate clients who use them as client gifts, and has distributed over 1.1 million calendars Australia wide with a 100% on-time delivery track record.  The majority of Freeman Productions’ clients come from within the pharmaceutical industry, and includes The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Guardian Pharmacies Australia and Australian Pharmaceutical Industries.  They also have a standard range of calendars which they sell by brochure to the business community.
www.freemanprod.com.au  

GroundProbe Pty Ltd
GroundProbe Pty Ltd provides sensor technologies to the international mining, geotechnical and civil engineering sectors. Its slope stability radar provides online monitoring of mine faces, enabling mining companies to predict and manage slope failure. GroundProbe has exported this product and provided support services to mine sites in South Africa, Zambia, Indonesia and the USA. The business is headquartered in Brisbane with additional offices in Perth and Johannesburg.
www.groundprobe.com

Finalists - SA

Tonkin Consulting
Tonkin Consulting is an engineering consultancy operating in the fields of civil, structural, water resources, stormwater management, traffic, transportation, environmental and automotive engineering. The business undertakes projects throughout Australia and the Pacific region for federal, state and local governments as well as statutory authorities and private organisations. Tonkin Consulting was established in 1955 and today has offices in Adelaide and Mt Gambier.
www.tonkin.com.au

Nicknack Creative Pty Ltd
Nicknack Creative Pty Ltd specialises in large-scale graphic design for retail spaces. In addition the business offers services in product and packaging design, brand identity, advertising and website design. Clients range from local wineries to global brands such as Nike. Nicknack was commissioned by Nike to design in-store promotional material for a major new product line which resulted in their work being adopted as the global design direction for the product.

Site Academy
Site Academy is a nationally accredited Registered Training Organisation specialising in hospitality training. It offers bachelor, diploma and certificate courses and has affiliations with national and international educational institutions. The academy's Advance Diploma program has achieved a 100 per cent graduate employment rate. Established in 2001, student enrolments are expected to reach 750 by next year.
www.site.edu.au

REDARC Electronics Pty Ltd
REDARC Electronics Pty Ltd designs and manufactures automotive electronic products for the trucking and automotive industries. Their products convert voltage and provide standardisation for trucks manufactured in different countries. Clients include Volvo, Mercedes Benz, Iveco and Repco Limited. Established in 1979, REDARC Electronics  has been named in BRW's Fast 100 list for the past four years and Deloitte Technology's Fast 50 list.
www.redarc.com.au

Finalists - TAS

Impact Solutions International Pty Ltd
Impact Solutions International Pty Ltd is a management consultancy providing leadership and organisational cultural development programs. Each year team members research the world's best practice in adult learning, human change, leadership and organisational improvement techniques in order to best serve clients in the resources, finance and education sectors. Based in Hobart, Impact Solutions International commenced business in 1997.
www.impactsolutions.com.au

Keith Ives Logistics Pty Ltd
Keith Ives Logistics Pty Ltd commenced business as a transport and freight forwarding business in 1999. Since then, the business has purchased a customs brokerage and 30 trucks. It now offers freight forwarding, customs clearance, a quarantine service, transport facilities and handles local, interstate and international consignments. In addition, the business sells and hires shipping containers.
www.kilogistics.com.au

Aus-Tech Composites Pty Ltd
Aus-Tech Composites Pty Ltd is a family-owned business which was established in 2002 to supply composite components to the wind turbine market. The business initially secured a supply agreement with one of the world's largest manufacturers of wind turbines and today manufactures for state, interstate and international sites. Aus-Tech Composites has recently diversified its operations to manufacture panels, doorsteps and wheel arches for caravans.
www.atcomposites.com.au

Finalists - VIC

Production Parts Pty. Ltd
Production Parts Pty. Ltd services large manufacturing businesses with precision components tooling and design for national and international defence and aerospace industries. Typical manufacturing projects include aerospace and aircraft components and spare parts, aircraft and airframe structural components and machining and precision manufacture of defence components for decoys, missiles, land vehicles and sea-going vessels.
www.productionparts.com.au

Sync International Pty Ltd
Sync International Pty Ltd is an internet-based software developer which enables clients to extend their information technology reach to include mobile workers, thus resulting in increased productivity for businesses. Sync International hosts, supports, maintains and develops software applications as a fully inclusive internet service for a monthly subscription fee. The Melbourne-based business has offices in the United Kingdom and the USA.
www.syncint.com

Country Life Bakery
Country Life Bakery bakes bread loaves, rolls and pita breads under the Country Life, Early Harvest and Flinders Bread brands. The bakery caters to the health and gourmet market segment. Since 1989 the family-owned and operated business has grown from a staff of 15 and 50 customers, to today employing 88 people with a national distribution to major and independent supermarkets and health stores.
www.countrylifebakery.com.au

Waivestar Group
Waivestar Group specialises in communications management, with services including printing, database mailing, promotional concepts and merchandising, design and distribution. In addition, the business provides a warehousing system, storing clients' archive records. Waivestar's e-business solutions enable clients to manage their communications on-line. Plans are underway to establish facilities in Sydney and Brisbane.
www.waivestar.com.au

Finalists - WA

Agmaster
Agmaster is a manufacturing company which develops, produces and supplies seeding systems to broad acre farmers across Australia. Its unique No-Till seeding system creates minimal disturbance to the soil. Established in 1994, Agmaster has grown from a two-man operation to a staff of 14. Over the last three years, Agmaster has invested substantially in automated machinery and now boasts some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the Collie region.
www.agmaster.com.au

Flying Flowers
Flying Flowers is a flower mail-order company, delivering flowers predominantly to the UK. Orders are received by telephone, fax, email or the internet and are sent via computer to one of seven overseas agents. Products range from fresh flower arrangements to dried Australian wildflowers to Australian-themed hampers and wines. The business has a database of 40,000 customers and has dispatched almost 28,000 orders in the past 12 months.
www.flyingflowers.com.au 

Commtech Wireless Pty Ltd
Commtech Wireless Pty Ltd designs and manufactures wireless messaging systems for the healthcare, aged care, hospitality, industrial, emergency services and commercial messaging industries. The business produces wireless messaging infrastructure, alarm monitoring units, software and hardware messaging products as well as pagers and transmitters. Products are exported to more than 50 countries with clients including the US Army and Navy and the Saudi Ministry of Health.
www.commtechwireless.com