2009 New Exporter Award
Winner: K2 Stone Quarries Inc.
K2 Stone Quarries Inc.is the premier producer and distributor of Natural Metamorphic Slate Building Stone in Western Canada. They offer thin stone veneers, wall stones, and a full line of landscaping stone. From the Ocean Pearl quarry on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, their stone is an all-natural metamorphic slate, unique in the world.
Finalist: Envireau Technologies Inc.
EnvirEau Technologies Inc. manufactures and markets unique mineral-based environmental protection products which provide solutions for controlling organisms that can cause water-borne disease in humans, livestock and plants. EnvirEau's environment-friendly water protection technology has numerous applications primarily for the control of water-borne biological contamination.
Finalist: Inproheat Industries Ltd.
Inproheat Industries Ltd. is an OEM designer and manufacturer of environmentally compliant submerged combustion systems (SUBCOM ®), coffee oxidizing equipment, air heating equipment and heat-treat furnaces. They also supply a wide range of other fine products used in the foundry, mining, and manufacturing sectors. Inproheat Industries Ltd. was recognized as the finalist of the Manufactured Products category at the 2002 BC Export Awards.