SA cleans up at the Australian Export Awards

South Australian exporters have taken out some of the country's top honours at the Australian Export Awards held in Canberra.

MyVenue, whose point-of-sale technology is used at some of the biggest sports and entertainment arenas and stadiums across the world, won the Technologies Exporter Award at the 63rd Australian Export Awards last night, their third national export award in four years.

Founded in 2020, the company’s rapid success has seen it expand into the United States, featuring in more than 250+ venues worldwide, including Dodger Stadium, Hard Rock Stadium, State Farm Stadium, Rogers Place, and Lumen Field.

MyVenue won the Emerging Exporter Award in 2022 and the Small Business Award in 2023.

The company also partnered with the South Australian Government earlier this year in a program to support South Australia’s other emerging sports technology companies as a ‘mentor’ company.

Riverland-based almond producer, Almondco Australia, another previous winner, took home the Regional Exporter Award, having won the title two times previously - in 2011 and 2016.

Aboriginal-owned premium wine company, Munda Wines, founded by Wirangu and Kokatha man Pauly Vandenbergh, won the inaugural First Nations Exporter Award at the national ceremony in Canberra last night. The wine company recently participated in World Expo Osaka in Japan, supported by the Department of State Development.

CMAX, one of Australia’s largest and most experienced clinical medical trial providers, based in Adelaide, won the Professional Services Export Award.

Other companies that were nominated for national awards, after winning their cateogries in the South Australian Premier’s Business and Export Awards, included: