Ross George, Managing director of Austeng receiving his induction certificate from the Hon. Martin Pakula, Minister for Industry and Trade.

Austeng’s outstanding reputation and track record in the industry was recently recognised when it was inducted into the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame at an awards ceremony held on Monday 11th May, 2009 at Crown Palladium, Southbank.

The Victorian Government established the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame in June 2001 to celebrate manufacturing excellence in Victoria. The Hall of Fame showcases locally based manufacturers whose innovative and sophisticated solutions to manufacturing challenges are world class.

In partnership with the Manufacturing Industry Consultative Council and the Victorian government selects individuals and organisations that have made outstanding contributions to sustained manufacturing excellence for inclusion in the Manufacturing Hall of Fame.

David Peart, Executive Officer of the Geelong Manufacturing Council, commented that “To be recognised as among the best in Victoria is a significant achievement, so we congratulate Austeng for this latest success”.

Ross George, managing director of Austeng said that “he can attribute a large part of Austeng’s success over the years to the employees ability to accept the challenge of both constant innovation of flexibility”.

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Austeng was proud to receive the 2007 Geelong Advertiser Business Excellence Award in the category of "Manufacturing and/or Export" in addition to its 2006 Geelong Advertiser Business Excellence Award in the category of "Innovation in Research"

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"The Year 2000 Import Replacement Outstanding Achievement Award" was sponsored by the Industrial Supplies Office Victoria (I.S.O). At the time, I.S.O. Chairman Bob Herbert stated that -

"The award recognised the company's innovative approach and ability to successfully and quickly identify a client's problem and develop an engineering solution to projects that would otherwise go overseas."