Pulse Data International Supreme Winner at AMCHAM Business Awards

Pulse Data International Ltd, took top honours at the influential fourth American Chamber of Commerce Business Awards in Auckland last night.

Prime Minister Helen Clark, business leaders, diplomats and several current and former political leaders attended the annual gala awards, which celebrate entrepreneurship, new ideas and achievement in building business and trade between New Zealand and the United States.

Pulse Data International beat off a diverse and dynamic line up of finalists to carry off the supreme prize, demonstrating to judges “commitment to innovation, passion for business success, a structured approach to developing market opportunities in the United States and a record of corporate citizenship”. As well as being named the supreme winner Pulse Data was also awarded Exporter of the Year to the USA for Services and Technology.

"We are thrilled to have been named the supreme winner of the American Chamber of Commerce Business Awards" said Greg Thompson, Pulse Data’s Business Development Manager. "The United States is our biggest market,  so for our efforts to be recognised and acknowledged at this level is a wonderful achievement and one the company is particularly proud of.”

“A key role for AmCham is to strengthen and promote bilateral understanding and relationships and we see an urgent need for the New Zealand and US governments to demonstrate ongoing commitment to forging a bilateral free trade agreement in the future,” said Michael Stanley, President of AmCham in New Zealand which has been promoting trade, investment and tourism with the USA for 38 years and represents members with sales in excess of $50 billion.

Mr Stanley said Pulse Data International, which exports 80 per cent of its unique range of BrailleNote, VoiceNote and SmartView video magnifier products to the United States, had made the investment and built the strategic relationships to carve out a niche for its highly innovative products to exemplify export success, particularly in the United States”.