Imake - Air New Zealand Cargo Auckland Export Awards Winner

Kiwi Company Imake Ltd
Air New Zealand Cargo Auckland Export Awards Winner

Small Kiwi company, Imake Ltd, has won the BDO Food & Beverage Exporter of the Year Award at the Air New Zealand Cargo Auckland Export Awards.

The winners were announced at the awards ceremony last night, held at The Langham, Auckland.

Imake was one of 25 finalists in seven categories. There were three other finalists in the BDO Food & Beverage category.

Imake was presented the award by Robert Foster, Partner, of BDO, for its export sales in DIY food and beverage brands; Mad Millie, Mangrove Jack’s, Still Spirits and its newest – Grainfather.

These brands allow people to make handcrafted cheese, sausages, cider, beer, spirits and more at home.

Imake launched its newest brand, Grainfather, into the US market over the weekend at the AHA National Homebrew Conference.

It enters this market following successful launches in New Zealand, Australia, UK and Europe in less than a year.

This brand is taking on the brewing industry and redefining homebrew as something that can achieve craft beer status all over the world. Demand for this grows as the craft beer craze takes the world by storm.

Imake’s humble start began in a single homebrew store in Petone, Wellington over 20 years ago.

Led by Kiwi Peter Eastwood, it has since grown into a wholesaler, distributor and retailer and moved to Auckland. Now based in Albany, Auckland, Imake has a second office in Brisbane, Australia and warehouses in the UK and US.

Imake uses a mixture of its own warehouses plus distributors to ensure a global coverage. Australia, USA and UK are Imake’s biggest export markets respectively.

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