fi innovations was thrilled to win the Innovation category in the 2018 Export Southland awards. The winners were announced at a gala dinner in Invercargill on 21 September.

More about Export Southland

This year, we’ve begun exporting our custom polyurethane handles to the Bell Bay smelter in Tasmania. Because they are non-conductive, they use them on the tools that sample the molten aluminium. In addition, urethane’s shock-absorbing qualities make our handles ideal for manipulating the long, heavy tools that remove ‘crud’ from the pots.

More later about our urethane range.

In the ‘export’ space, you could also count fi assisting companies who export locally-made products, such as manufacturing composite parts for Stabicraft and foam-filling their buoyancy pontoons. In addition, we’ve helped food exporters such as Fonterra, Blue River Dairy and Alliance by maintaining and improving their production facilities.