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TIA Awards for Excellence

The Technology Industry Association presents Awards for Excellence each year to individuals and groups in eight categories, as well as to students from the four tertiary institutions which provide training in technology engineering in Adelaide. Awards for Excellence have been presented to the South Australian Electronics Industry since 1984 and the inclusion of the ICT sector in 2009.

2011 Annual Excellence Awards

The 2011 Annual Gala Dinner and Excellence Awards presentations was held on Friday, October 21 in the Theatre Room at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.

Sponsored by Legend Corporation.

Local South Australian companies and individuals were recognised and rewarded for their innovative endeavours and achievements over the past 12 months. Sharing in the celebration were 250 guests from industry, academia, government and associated industries who enjoyed a night of fine food and drinks along with fabulous entertainment from big band, Incredible Motown Experience.

Awards in 8 categories were presented to industry along with the recognition of our future professionals with the Student Achievement Awards from the Universities and TafeSA.

Pic left: Anthony Kittel, MD of Redarc with his team.

Topping the night with the winner of the prestigious Gold Cup was Redarc Electronics. 

Redarc has developed an in-vehicle battery charger family of products. In the development phase REDARC identified a market need where potential customers including owners of camper trailers, caravans and motor homes, boats, police vehicles and even defence vehicles were being troubled by an inability to gain the security, freedom and flexibility while travelling. Essentially they were unable to fully charge high cost auxiliary batteries when these differed in chemistry from the main battery.

The product integrates REDARC’s multi-chemistry battery charging technology and switch-mode circuitry, with the ability to deliver a very high current. The creation of the new In-vehicle Battery Charger family of products has resulted in the creation of 8 Full Time Employment positions at Redarc.

Pic above right: Peter Charlesworth, GM Minelab Electronics, sponsor of the Gold Cup with Meg Molenaar Supply Chain and Procurement Manager for Redarc.

To view all the Award Winners for 2011, please clcik here. 

See below for the 2011 Award Nomination Forms

Award Categories for 2011: 

 Please read the Information Fact Sheet before completing an 'Application / Nomination' Form

Award Nomination Information / Fact Sheet  (PDF Print Version)

Awards - Once you have downloaded the relevant Nomination Form, please save the file as your company / individual name in order to identify the nomination submission.

The TIA Gold Cup for Excellence in Innovation and Commercialisation. This perpetual Gold Cup is our most prestigious award, given since 1984. It is awarded to a company that performs best in taking an innovative idea through the product development and manufacturing cycle and on to success in National and Global markets.     Sponsored by Codan and Minelab Electronics

 Download the Gold Cup nomination form.

The TIA Award for Excellence in Innovation. $10,000 Prize This award will be presented to an individual or project team that in the view of the selection committee has conceived the best innovative product or service submitted and developed it to proof of concept. Consideration will be given to hardware, software and digital media innovations from companies of any size and will ensure that the achievements are judged against the relative investment made.   Sponsored by 

Download the Innovation Award nomination form.

The TIA Export Excellence Award. This award recognises a company that performs best in the continuous development of existing export markets and/or entry into new export markets.            Sponsored by Customs Agency Services

Download the Export Award nomination form. 

The TIA Service Excellence Award. This award recognises an organisation that has demonstrated a high level of service to the Electronics and/or ICT industry. Eligible organisations may include Business Services, Suppliers, Universities, TAFE and other Registered Training Organisations.                                 Sponsored by Enterprise Connect

 Download the Service Award nomination form.

The TIA Engineer Graduate of the Year Award. $1,000 Prize  This award recognises engineering excellence by a graduate of an electronics /ICT related degree with up to 3 years industry experience.     Sponsored by BAE Systems Australia

 Download the Graduate Award nomination form.

The TIA Award for the Support of Electronics & ICT Education for an Individual Company. This award recognises a company that has excelled in its active commitment to supporting Educational Institutions or the career path of Electronics and/or ICT Students. This may include involvement in the (ei)2 program, career promotion to high school students or providing support to educational institutions.      Sponsored by the University of South Australia

Download the Education Award nomination form.

The TIA Environmental Sustainability Award. This award recognises outstanding achievement by a company in adopting measures that minimise its environmental footprint and contribute to a more sustainable future. Sponsored by Zero Waste

Download the Environmental Sustainability Award nomination form

Download the Judging Guidelines for the Environmental Sustainability Award.

The TIA President's Award for Best Media Story. This award will be presented to an individual who has provided best media story related to the electronics and/or ICT industry. The winning story will be selected from the TIA collection of articles for the current year. Submissions are not required.

The Student of the Year Awards. These awards are determined by each of the educational institution for excellence in the final year project. UniSA, Adelaide Uni, Flinders Uni & TAFE SA.                         Sponsored by Madderns, Braemac SA , Entech Electronics and Redarc Electronics    

For more information on applying for an award, please contact Jayne Osborne, TIA Marketing Manager on 8272 5222 or  

 2010 TIA Excellence Awards

The Technology Industry Association held its Annual Gala Dinner and Excellence Awards on Friday, October 29 at the Stamford Grand Hotel with around 250 guests in attendance. Sponsored by Legend Corporation.

The event was staged on an Olympic theme to represent the same attributes of determination, persistence, effort and sacrifice achievers in business share with that of an elite athlete. The night opened up with a simulated ‘Opening Ceremony’ with outgoing TIA President, Peter Charlesworth from Minelab Electronics carrying an Olympic Torch to the stage and in a symbolic gesture, passing the reigns to the newly elected President, Alan Thomas from DWS Advanced Business Solutions.

In tune with the Olympic theme, a four time Olympian and legend on the basketball court, Phil Smyth was the special guest speaker. With some entertaining stories of his experiences at the Olympics, Phil reminded all that it’s about hard work and dedication to make it to the top.

The winner of the Prestigous Gold Cup was Maptek Pty Ltd for their Maptek I-Site 8800 Laser Scanner which is their second generation scanner, building on the success of the 4400 Laser Scanner released in 2004. The world class specifications, functionality and ease of use are the major reasons for the success of the Maptek I-Site 8800 in the marketplace. The original idea was to create a Time Of Flight range-finding system that incorporated panoramic imaging, survey grade telescope, levelling sensor and inbuilt battery.  This concept takes into account the requirement of surveyors and other real world users.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Pictured: Mark Pfitzner (Maptek) and Mike Heard (MD Codan Group) sponsor of the Gold Cup 

To view the 2010 Award Winners and Photos please clcik here 

Bob Johnson, Maptek Chairman speaks about what winning the Gold Cup in 2010 has meant to Maptek and is encouraging others to apply for this prestigious award and the other Excellence Awards.

Please click on the image to view the video.

2009 Excellence Awards and Dinner

The 2009 Gala Dinner and Excellence Awards were held on October 8, 2009 at the Adelaide Hilton, Victoria Square. This event was a glitz and glamour 'Hollywood Style', like being at our own Oscars. High class entertainment featured throughout the evening that added to the excitement of this prestigious event.

The Hollywood theme performances throughout the night provided top class entertainment to the audience showcasing the TIA's awards celebration. The entertainment was supplied by a local Adelaide company 'Essential Talent'.

The winner of the prestigious TIA Gold Cup for Excellence in Engineering and Commercialisation was awarded to REDARC Electronics.  The Gold Cup is the most prestigious TIA award and is given to a company that performs best in taking an innovative idea through product development and onto global markets.

Pictured: Mike Heard, CEO of Codan Group of Companies (sponosr of the Gold Cup) and Anthony Kittel, MD of Redarc.

REDARC Electronics won the Gold Cup for their Smart Start battery charging suite of products. Consisting of a choice of four vehicle battery related products, REDARC have completely designed and manufactured the products at their Londsdale based Innovation Centre. Currently working with a French company regarding distribution of Smart Start battery chargers, REDARC aims to tap into the lucrative European motor home market that boasts more than half a million caravan related vehicles.

 To view all the 2009 Excellence Award Winners, please click here.

Awards History:

To identify and reward excellence, the Technology Industry Association and its predecessor has made awards for excellence since 1984.

The Technology Industry Association (TIA) believes that excellent performance by individuals, groups of individuals and organisations should be:

• identified
• rewarded and
• publicly applauded.

TIA believes that excellence must be present at both the individual and the corporate level:

• Individual performance in the creation of an innovative idea and the engineering of the idea to 'proof of concept' stage.
• Total company performance in the commercialisation of the idea into a product, process or service which produces a profitable return to the company.

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