News — Exporter Magazine

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise has appointed Dion McGrath as its new Consulting Chef based at New Zealand Central in Shanghai, China.Dion’s role is a key part of NZTE’s wider strategy to promote New Zealand food and beverage in China, in response to Chinese consumer trends.

New Zealand manufacturer and designer of ergonomic workspace solutions Modtec Industries/Integ are excited to announce that they are now being exclusively distributed in North America by Prestige International. 

A leading technology marketing specialist says the recent dairy crisis highlights the need for the Government to better support our growing IT industry to become our principal export.

A joint venture between PrimePort Timaru and Port of Tauranga creates the opportunity to deliver huge benefits to the community and transform trading opportunities for the South Canterbury region.

Half of New Zealand exporters face business challenges because of cultural or language barriers when exporting to a market that does not speak English, according to a recent exporter survey conducted by DHL Express NZ.

The 14th annual AmCham DHL Express Success & Innovation Awards were held Thursday August 8th at the Pullman Auckland Hotel, with Greenshell New Zealand winning the Supreme Award for trade with the United States. 

A revolutionary diabetes detection system and a digital DJ software platform are among the unique range of solutions produced by the 29 finalists in this year’s 2013 New Zealand International Business Awards. 

Fonterra needs to work with the New Zealand Government in a co-ordinated way to rectify the damage to New Zealand’s brand, says a Massey University crisis communications expert.

Medical device firms have contributed more than a quarter (27 percent) of export earnings to New Zealand’s high tech manufacturing sector, according to a just-released report by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). 

Airborne Honey, New Zealand’s oldest honey brand, believes the quality control of New Zealand honey export needs to be tighter, following recent feedback from the Hong Kong Consumer Council. 

Financial services company Debitsuccess is expanding its Auckland-based operations and pursuing more international business following another strong year of growth.

The Czech New Zealand Business Association (CNZBA) was formally launched on Thursday 11th June, by New Zealand’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Honorable Murray McCully. 

Chinese businesses eyeing up trade with New Zealand are being offered a springboard to success: a Mandarin-speaking intellectual property expert with New Zealand intellectual property firm, James and Wells.

Newly formed avocado exporter AVOCO has raised its forecast for this season’s earnings in Australia and now expects to hit the $50 million mark by the end of the harvest, which starts in late August.

Now they’re drinking our organic espresso in Kuwait. Kiwi coffee company Franchise Development Ltd (FDL) has opened its first Esquires Coffee House in the Gulf state bringing the brand’s Middle East presence to 12 stores.

Greenshell New Zealand has been named New Zealand Food and Beverage Exporter of the Year at the recent hotly contested Auckland ExportNZ Awards 2013.

Merlot.aero, the New Zealand-based software company with the world’s first fully cloud-based system airline operations management system, is to open its first formal international office, on the back of the announcement of a significant multi-million dollar win in the USA.

The New Zealand maker of scales for weighing cattle and meters for measuring animal milk output – Tru-Test Group – has won the supreme award in the Air New Zealand Cargo ExportNZ Auckland Awards 2013.

New Zealand exporter confidence is up despite the strong kiwi dollar, as exporters focus on factors they can control and deploy strategies ranging from importing to focusing on the online environment.