Seeley International wins highly coveted Business SA Export Awards
Announcement posted by Leverage PR 27 Oct 2017
The Seeley International success story has reached new heights after winning the 2017 Department of Manufacturing Export Award during the Business SA awards dinner last night at the Adelaide Convention Centre. The multi-award winning Australian manufacturer was also crowned with a further honour and was awarded the Qatar Airways Exporter of the Year at the Business SA 2017 Export Awards dinner.
These prestigious accolades enable Seeley International to become a national finalist in the Australian Export Awards, where it will compete for an Australian Industry Award, including the coveted Australian Exporter of the Year Award.
Seeley International Executive Chairman, Mr Frank Seeley AM FAICD, said developing highly-innovative and super energy-efficient heating and cooling solutions for local and export markets underpins the manufacturers strategic goal of becoming a billion-dollar company.
“As a local employer, we’re thrilled that our efforts have been recognised by these award wins, and we are delighted to be recognised on national and international levels from our global base at Lonsdale - here in South Australia, where the Seeley International story began so many years ago,” Mr Seeley said.
“Our success shows that South Australian manufacturers can lead the world, if they live and breathe innovation, automate like there’s no tomorrow, and offer energy efficient products that more than deliver on consumer demand.”
Mr Seeley said export activities had been a key focus for Seeley International for over thirty years – starting with taking the world's first all-plastic portable evaporative air conditioner to Iraq, before expanding to USA and then Europe. Seeley International now exports to more than 120 countries around the world through a network of exclusive distributors and strategic industry alliances, and has branch offices in the USA, UK, France, Italy and South Africa.
“To push the envelope even further, we recently unveiled our ground-breaking Climate Wizard CW3 Dual System. This revolutionary heating and cooling product embraces the award-winning pedigree of Climate Wizard technology. It is unique in the way it heats and cools a home – to the point where it creates a brand new category of air conditioning at half the running cost of a reverse cycle system performing the same duty,” Mr Seeley said.
“Seeley International's dedication to innovation through the highest standards of research, engineering and manufacturing, as well as an unwavering commitment to customer service excellence, all combine to deliver the best possible heating and cooling systems delivering above and beyond the expectations of energy-conscious and consumers,” Mr Seeley said.
“More than a quarter of a million commercial/industrial Breezair units have now been installed worldwide, and demand continues to grow – across Europe, the Americas and rest of the world,” he said.
“Investment in research and development is what keeps us well ahead of all competitors, and is why we can lay claim to having 11 world first products since we began in the early 1970s.”
“That sort of global success doesn’t happen by chance– and winning the 2017 Business SA Exporter Award reflects strong commitment from a hard-working team which without doubt, is the best in the business,” added Mr Seeley.
Committed to the development of all business across South Australia, Seeley International this year also became a sponsor of the inaugural Design for Export Awards, Best Design Strategy Award, which was won by Rising Sun Pictures.
About the Business SA Export Awards
The Awards celebrate exporting excellence in South Australia by recognising the most dynamic and innovative businesses in the State. Through showcasing South Australia’s most successful exporters, these awards inspire greater involvement in exporting and recognise these outstanding businesses that call South Australia home.
The Awards operate as a two-tier process - with exporters who achieve State distinction then automatically progressing as finalists in the 55th Australian Export Awards to compete for an Australian industry award, including the coveted Australian Exporter of the Year, announced on 5th December 2017.
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About Seeley International
Seeley International is Australia’s largest air conditioning manufacturer and is market leader in the design and manufacture of ducted and portable heating and cooling products for the domestic, commercial and industrial markets in Australia.
Renowned for its innovation, Seeley International’s brands include Breezair, Braemar, Climate Wizard, Convair, Coolair, Braemar, AIRA and Coolerado. Based in Adelaide’s south - and with factories in Adelaide (evaporative coolers) and Albury (gas heaters, refrigerated and commercial cooling) - the company was founded in 1972 by Frank Seeley AM, who remains Executive Chairman.