Friday, December 01, 2006

New Zealand Apitherapy Firm Wins Export Award

Comvita Just The Bees' Knees
By Graham Skellern, Bay of Plenty Times (New Zealand), 12/1/2006

NATURAL healthcare company Comvita has won a New Zealand export award for the third time in four years.

The Paengaroa-based business that manufactures and retails natural health products was last night named the agritechnology, life sciences and biotechnology exporter of the year at a gala dinner in Auckland…

The company's bee-based products were targeted at the premium end of the market and designed to meet the diverse requirements of Asian and Western customers.

Comvita has also introduced a new manuka honey-based product and for the first time in the last financial year its export earnings exceeded New Zealand sales…

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