U.E.B. wins award
U.E.B. Industries, Ltd, has I won an export award which I the American Chamber of ’Commerce in New Zealand ■ established recently as a ■ contribution to the success of Export Year. The company was selected [from more than 100 exhib- : itors who took part in the [recent New Zealand trade fair to Los Angeles, including all New Zealand’s, carpet manufacturers. U.E.B’s stand at the exhibition featured all-wool carpet designed specially for the United States market. Mr H. A. Purcell, execu-; tive manager of the American Chamber of Commerce: in New Zealand, said in Wellington that a selection panel from the Los Angeles I area Chamber of Commerce! and Industry chose the
si U.E.B. display as being the libest in meeting the criteria f;for the award. i "The selection panel had t regard for products which < make use of indigenous resources, both material and limanpower, and which indic- - ate a high potential for expansion and long term viaLbility. ■ i “We also asked that they si should take into account of .{the development potential of • the products, their accept- ; ability and appeal to the i American market, the value added content both tn re- •[ sources and manpower, and ■i their presentation and proqmotion,” said Mr Purcell. '{ The chamber will present '{the award to U.E.B. at a {’function in Auckland in NoJivember. It provides for an
; executive of the company to I {make a two-week visit to! {the United States for further! investigation of the American market directed towards! improving export knowledge available to New Zealand’ exporters. U.E.B. has also been closedy associated with the granting of an award “for creativity and excellence in [design” from the American [Society of Interior Designers. The society made the award to a carpet exhibition held in Washington by the [Wool Bureau, the American [branch of the International Wool Secretariat. The dis-! [play included a variety of [all-wool carpets which’ U.E.B. is marketing in the! ■United States.
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