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ECONOMIC RENEWAL AGENCY--EXPORT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS ----------------------------------------------------------------- EDITORS: THE FOLLOWING NEWS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 7:3O P.M. TONIGHT, FRIDAY JUNE 14, 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Nova Scotia Economic Renewal Agency honoured 10 of Nova Scotia's leading exporters at the annual dinner of the Nova Scotia division of the Alliance of Manufacturers and Exporters Canada (a partnership between the former Canadian Manufacturers' Association and the Canadian Exporters' Association), Friday. Presenting the annual export achievement awards at Inn on the Lake, Waverley, Economic Renewal Minister Robert Harrison said the recipients of this year's awards reflect the diversity of the Nova Scotia economy. ATheir areas of expertise range from exporting seaweed to selling rail cars,@ Mr. Harrison said. AThey share success in selling Nova Scotia quality to the rest of the world. Nova Scotia companies are looking to trade with the world and that means jobs at home.@ Based on reported export sales for 1995, the awards were presented to: -Acadian Seaplants Ltd., a company based in Dartmouth, with plants in Yarmouth, Toney River, Port Saxon and Charlesville. The company was established in 1961 and is now a major producer of seaweed extracts which it exports world wide. Total exports in 1995 for value added products were $6,500,000 not including unprocessed seaweed. Acadian Seaplants received the award for new markets; in 1995 it entered the Japanese market with a line of cultivated edible seaweeds. -Composites Atlantic is located in Lunenburg. The company started in 1987 and now employs 45 people. It is a Nova Scotia ISO 9000 company. It produces plastic composite products, including thermoplastic, filament wound and pressure vessels. A member of the Nova Scotia Aerospace Association, Composites Atlantic received the award for new product. The company exported over $3 million in advanced composites and aircraft parts including a unique aircraft de-icer. -de Romilly & de Romilly, a Halifax based company was established in 1993 and employs three people. It provides consultants and professional services in areas of environmental law and policy, national parks management, oil spill contingency planning, environmental management systems, ISO 14000 implementation, labour law, etc. It is the recipient of the export of services award; the company having successfully secured four service contracts in the highly competitive international financial institution market. (Fiji, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago). -Habitations International (Interhabs Ltd.), with a head office in Halifax, and a plant in Hubbards was established in 1975. This company employs 25, producing prefabricated houses and buildings. Habitations received the award for increased sales under $2 million. The company has exported for 15 years. In 1995 it reported a seven-fold increase over 1994 with sales as far away as Korea. -Stora Forest Industries Ltd. Located in Point Tupper and established in 1959, Stora presently employs 850 people. The company produces paper, newsprint, woodpulp of paper grade. Stora received the largest increase in export sales award. In 1995, it reported an increase in Export sales in excess of $100 million. The company received an award in 1994 for Long Time Exporter. -Trentonworks Ltd.,located in Trenton, was established in 1913. The company is ISO 9000 registered. It produces rail cars as well as general/specialty metal fabricated products and employs 500. Trentonworks received the long time exporter award. It has exported for more than 25 years, with its biggest market in the United States, valued at about $40 million. It also has markets in Argentina, Norway and Taiwan. -Julimar Lumber Company Ltd., Brookfield, Colchester County. Established in 1993 specifically to supply Nova Scotia lumber to the Middle East. It employs 60 people. It is the recipient of the increased sales over $2 million award. Julimar's 1995 sales were $5 million, compared with $400,000 in 1994. Markets: Dubai, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. -King Metal Fabricators Ltd. of Dartmouth was established in 1986 and now employs nine people. King Metal produces ornamental and speciality metal products. In 1990, it developed the Myers waste oil storage system for the storage of waste petroleum products, which has been accepted by the U.S. government and resulted in a 3 year contract. The resulting sale of 45 of these units has firmly established King Metal as an exporter. It received the increased sales under $500,000 award. -Pelagos Atlantic Ltd., Dartmouth was established in 1995. Pelagos provides services in seafloor mapping, geophysical and oceanographic Services, Windows-based real-time navigation, integration and vessel management. The company has seven employees. It received the first time export of services award. The company exported to three diverse markets -the Cameroon, the U.S. and Europe. Products are as diverse as marine surveys and positioning seabed mapping and software. -Pure Energy Battery Corp., was established in Amherst in 1994. The company produces a range of rechargeable alkaline batteries and battery chargers. It was give the first time exporter award and its products were sent to Germany, Spain, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Malaysia. Total exports were $761,600. -30- Contact: Steve Fairbairn 902-424-5836 Cell: 902-497-4475 jlw June 14, 1996 5:15 p.m.