Export Awards for 2010 
Exporter of the Year Award Goes To the Irish Dairy Board





LtoR: Minister Batt O'Keeffe. Mr. Kevin Lane, Chief Executive, Irish Dairy Board, Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, President, Irish Exporters Association.

The Irish Dairy Board, with headquarters in Dublin, won the Irish Exporters Association’s overall Exporter of the Year Award 2010 at a dinner at the Concert Hall at the RDS in Dublin (25/11/2010). Minister Batt O'Keeffe T.D. was guest speaker at the ceremony and presented the awards.

The Irish Dairy Board was presented with the Exporter of the Year Award 2010 after winning in the Food and Drink Exporter Award category earlier in the evening. The Award in the Food and Drink Category was presented in recognition of the export achievements of companies in that sector. The Irish Dairy Board then went on to win the Exporter of the Year Award 2010 for its impressive performance in export markets with its iconic brand ‘Kerrygold’. Kerrygold is a premium international brand and recognised as such throughout the world. The Irish Dairy Board last year exported some €780 million of its products to some 90 countries and is the single largest exporter of Irish diary products accounting for 60% of all Irish diary exports.

Mr Mark Fitzgerald, President of the Irish Exporters Association, speaking at the Awards Ceremony said that Irish exporters are bucking the trend of retrenchment and contraction during the current economic downturn. “They are proving that with the right strategy and vision that growth can still be achieved,” said Mr Fitzgerald. Mr Fitzgerald congratulated all the exporters who took part in the Export Industry Awards 2010 and said that they reflected the sense of ‘can do’ that exporters have shown during the current recession.

Sector Category Winners
The Irish Exporters Association’s Export Industry Awards are broken down into a number of key sector categories. The winners in each category then go forward for the Exporter of the Year Award. Following are the nominees and winners in each sector.

Emerging Exporter Award 2010, sponsored by the County and City Enterprise Boards, recognises exceptional performance by small Irish businesses in developing export activity. The nominees for this category were: Hot Irishman Ltd., Carlow; 3envent, trading as Atacama International, Dublin; Greenstake, Dublin and JM Foodservices Ltd., Navan, Co. Meath. The winner was Hot Irishman Ltd. for its range of authentic and innovative Irish spirit brands covering Irish Coffee Liqueurs, Irish Whiskey and Irish Cream Liqueurs that are being successfully exported.


LtoR: Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, President , IEA, Mr. Michael Kelly, Carlow CEB, Minister Batt O'Keeffe
Mr. Bernard Walsh, Hot Irishman Ltd., Mr. Greg Swift, County and City Enterprise Board(Category Sponsor)

Multinational Exporter Award 2010, sponsored by IDA Ireland, recognises the exceptional performance of multinational companies in contributing to Ireland’s impressive export performance. Nominees were: Essco Collins Ltd., Kilkishen, Co. Clare; Boston Scientific Ireland Ltd., Galway and EMC, Ovens, Co. Cork. The winner was Boston Scientific Ireland Ltd. which employs almost 5,000 people at its facilities in Galway, Clonmel and Cork producing a range of medical devices which advance the practice of less-invasive medicine.


LtoR: Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, President, IEA, Minister Batt O'KeeffeT.D., Mr. Colin Heffernan,
Boston Scientific Galway, Mr. John O'Brien, IDA Ireland( Category Sponsor)

Life Sciences Ireland Exporter Award 2010, sponsored by Kuehne & Nagel, recognises the achievements of companies in the pharmaceutical, medical devices and allied sectors. Nominees were: Boston Scientific Ireland Ltd., Galway; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Manufacturing Ltd., Swords, Co. Dublin and TopChem Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Ballymote, Co. Sligo. The winner was Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Manufacturing Ltd. for its range of health-care equipment which is used in the diagnosis of medical conditions and is exported to 48 different countries. .


LtoR: Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, President, IEA, Minister Batt O'KeeffeT.D. Mr. Patrick Redmond, Siemens
Healthcare, Mr. Marcus Bennett, Kuehne+ Nagel( Category Spnosor)

Services Export Award 2010, sponsored by Enterprise Ireland, recognises the efforts of Irish companies in securing and building new export markets for internationally traded services. The nominees were: Anecto Ltd., Galway; Eolas International Research, Little Island, Co. Cork and PM Group, Tallaght, Co. Dublin. The winner was PM Group for the provision of architectural, engineering, project management and technical services to 30 countries.


LtoR: Mr. Mark Fitzgerad, President , IEA, Mr. John Egan, PM Group, Minister Batt O'Keeffe T.D., Mr. Frank Kennedy
PM Group, Mr. Frank Ryan, Enterprise Ireland (Category Sponsor)

Manufacturing Exporter Award 2010, sponsored by Enterprise Ireland, recognises the achievements of manufacturing companies in securing and building new export markets. Nominees were: NDV, Cork; TopChem Pharmaceuticals, Ballymote, Co. Sligo and Trustwater, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. The winner was Trustwater for its innovative cleaning and sanitising product selling in Europe, China and North and South America.


LtoR: Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, President, IEA, Mr. Edmond O'Reilly, CEO, Trustwater,
Minister Batt O'Keeffe, Mr. Michael Campion, Trustwater, Mr. Frank Ryan, Enterprise Ireland.

Software Exporter Award 2010, sponsored by Enterprise Ireland, recognises the achievements of software companies in securing and building new export markets. The nominees for this category were: Card Commerce, and Openet of Dublin and VoiceSage, Cork. The winner was Openet for its success in providing subscriber optimization software to tier one communications and media service providers throughout the world.


Lto R: Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, President IEA, Mr. Alan McNamee, Openet, Mr. Niall Byrne ,
Openet, Minister Batt O'Keeffe T.D., Mr. Frank Ryan, Enterprise Ireland.(Category Sponsor)

Seafood Exporter Award 2010, sponsored by Bord Biá, recognises companies in the seafood sector that have made significant progress in securing and building export markets for Irish seafood. Nominees were: Kenmare Salmon Co. Ltd., Kush Seafarms Ltd., both of Kenmare, Co. Kerry and Marine Harvest, Fanad, Co. Donegal. The winner was Marine Harvest an indigenous fully-integrated salmon breeding, farming and processing operation exporting its premium products in Europe and North America.


LtoR: Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, President , IEA, Mr. Jan Feenstra, Marine Harvest,
Minister Batt O'Keeffe T.D., Mr. Michael Murphy, Bord Bia( Category Sponsor)

Irish Food and Drink Export Award 2010, sponsored by Bord Biá, recognises achievements in the food and drink sectors. The nominees were: Aran Candy Ltd., Dublin; Butlers Chocolates Ltd., Dublin and the Irish Dairy Board. The winner was the Irish Dairy Board which last year had export sales in excess of €780 million. The Irish Dairy Board went on to win the Exporter of the Year Award for 2010.


LtoR: Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, IEA President, Mr. Fran Dodd, Irish Dairy Board, Minister Batt O'KeeffeT.D.
Mr. John Jordan, Irish Dairy Board, Mr. Michael Murphy, Bord Bia(Category Sponsor)

Innovation Exporter Award 2010, sponsored by KPMG, recognises companies that have made a significant innovative contribution to exporting as a result of a new technology, product or service, or a new use for an existing product. The nominees were: Dabl Ltd., Blackrock, Co. Dublin; Glanbia – Dairy Ingredients Ltd., Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny; Irish Dairy Board, Dublin and Irish Dog Foods Ltd., Naas, Co. Kildare. The winner was Glanbia – Dairy Ingredients Ltd. for its success in developing and marketing Solmiko, a range of spray dried milk protein concentrates which is manufactured using fresh ultrafiltered skim milk.


LtoR: Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, President, IEA, Minister Batt O'Keeffe T.D. Mr. Jim Bergain, Glanbia
Mr. Terence O'Rourke, KPMG( Category Sponsor)

Deep Sea Shipping Company of the Year Award 2010, sponsored by the Port of Cork, recognises the strategically important role of deep sea shipping to our island economy. The nominees were all Dublin based companies: APL Ltd., CMA-CGM Shipping Ireland Ltd. and Maersk Line. The winner was CMA-CGM Shipping Ireland Ltd. for providing global container shipping solutions for companies in all sectors.


Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, IEA President, Minister Batt O'Keeffe T.D., Mr. Alan Horner, CMA CGM
Mr. Brendan Keating, Port of Cork( Category Sponsor)

Short Sea Shipping Company of the Year Award 2010, sponsored by the Irish Maritime Development Office, recognises the strategically important role of short sea shipping to our economy. Nominees were: CLdN Coblefret Group; Eucon Shipping and Transport Ltd. and Samskip MCL all based in Dublin and Stena Line of Dun Laoghaire. The winner was CLdN Coblefret Group which offers a range of transport options to Irish exporters selling to Europe.


Lto R: Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, IEA Mr. John Coleman, CLdN Coblefret, Minister Batt O'Keeffe T.D. Mr. Michael Cigrang
CLdN Coblefret Group, Mr. Rory McGuire, IMDO (Category Sponsor)

Logistics Company of the Year Award 2010, sponsored by Dublin Port Company, recognises the importance of logistics and supply chain management firms to the exporting effort of companies trading internationally from Ireland. Nominees were: Eucon Shipping and Transport Ltd., International Warehousing and Transport – IWT and Kuehne & Nagel all based in Dublin. The winner was Kuehne & Nagel which offers Irish exporters a full scope of forwarding and logistics services from eight strategic locations in Ireland.



Lto R: Mr. Mark Fitzgerald, IEA President, Mr. Marcus Bennett, Kuehne+ Nagel, Minister Batt O'Keeffe, T.D.
Mr. David Sadlier, Kuehne + Nagel, Mr. Eamon O'Reilly, Dublin Port ( Category Sponsor)

Sponsorship
The Irish Exporters Association gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship of Bord Biá, County and City Enterprise Boards, Dublin Port Company, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, the Irish Maritime Development Office, KPMG, Kuehne & Nagel and the Port of Cork Company