Professional Services finalists

CMAX is Australia’s longest established independent facility for clinical trials. The company designs and delivers early phase clinical trials to global clients including pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.

CMAX supports its clients to accelerate product development through its strong industry networks and expertise. It leverages Australia’s highly efficient research approval process to deliver fast results to the highest level of safety and quality.

CMAX operates out of a custom-built, self-contained facility in the centre of Adelaide’s BioMed City. Across 31 years of operation, the company has delivered more than 800 early phase clinical trials, including more than 200 first-in human studies.

Its top export markets are the US, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Canada, India, Switzerland and Argentina.

Visit CMAX Clinical Research website.

Medical Rescue is a leading aeromedical service provider for the global travel insurance industry.

It delivers ICU-level medevac services across the Asia-Pacific to repatriate critically unwell patients to Australia. The company also provides flight nurses to transfer patients around the globe on commercial airline networks.

In addition to the international medical evacuations, the company also provide remote deployable health solutions both within Australia and Saudi Arabia.  These include remote medical facilities, ambulances and personnel for the mining and construction industries, all supported by central topside telemedicine from within Australia.

Its top export markets are Saudi Arabia, Fiji, Thailand and Indonesia.

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Novotech is a full-service clinical research organisation (CRO) and scientific advisory company with global reach. The Novotech name is trusted by biotech and small to mid-sized pharmaceutical companies, guiding drug development at every phase.

Novotech boasts a global footprint that includes 30 offices across the Asia-Pacific region, North America and Europe, and partnerships with more than 5,000 trial sites. The company provides clients with an accelerated path to bring life-changing therapies to market, by providing access to key clinical trial destinations and diverse patient populations.

Its top export markets are China, Cyprus, the US, South Korea, Taiwan, India, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines.

Visit Novotech website.

Pasture.io helps livestock farmers make data-driven grazing decisions via satellite-backed pasture measurements. Its solutions save time, improve productivity, and support sustainable farm management across the globe.

The agtech company provides a software-as-a-service platform that delivers automated pasture readings and grazing insights. Farmers can access pasture growth rates, paddock conditions, and forecasting tools without needing to walk the paddock or invest in expensive hardware.

Its top export markets are New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, Uruguay, Netherlands, the UK, Ecuador, Switzerland, Ireland and the US.

Visit Pasture.io website.

The Reeves Envico group operates in remote Pacific regions to deliver community-changing infrastructure projects. Its work spans essential access to clean water, climate-resilient buildings and urgent climate mitigation initiatives.

With nearly 40 years’ experience, its current focus includes complex water infrastructure and large civil and built environment projects. Key projects on the go include a large-scale healthcare project in Kiribati; a large maternity facility in the Solomon Islands; and a desalination plant in Tarawa.

Its top export markets are Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Fiji, Nauru, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Samoa.

Visit Reeves Envico website.

Before cloud-based storage, the world’s most valuable data was locked away on magnetic tapes. Tape Ark is the largest tape-to-cloud mass data migration company in the world.

Tape Ark helps governments, global energy companies, broadcasters, and research institutions unlock their legacy data, transforming it into an AI-ready, cloud-native asset. Tape Ark solutions empower businesses to see their past so they can thrive in the future.

In the past year, Tape Ark successfully launched a new core product, Nexus. Nexus is a cloud-based platform to manage and analyse legacy tape-based data. Its launch has initiated global interest and allowed Tape Ark to launch a global partner program.

Its top export markets are the UK and the US.

Visit Tape Ark website.

Teron Labs is an internationally renowned cyber security testing laboratory based in Canberra. It specialises in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) product testing.

Teron Labs is the only accredited Federal Information Processing (FIPS) laboratory in the Southern Hemisphere. FIPS 140 certification is a procurement requirement for US Federal Government agencies when purchasing any equipment using cryptography. Teron Labs also provides bespoke independent testing and consulting services to product vendors wishing to better understand the security of their products.

The company’s client base has grown significantly in the past year to include a number of global tech giants.

Its top export markets are the US, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Malaysia, Denmark, Finland and Spain.

Visit Teron Labs website.