More than 400 business leaders from across the North celebrated the 28th Annual Northern Ontario Business Awards on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 at the Comfort Suites and Quattro Conference Centre in Sault Ste. Marie.
One of the largest annual gatherings of its kind in Northern Ontario, NOBA first launched in 1986, with this year's event co-hosted by Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Debbie Amaroso and Northern Ontario Business publisher Patricia Mills.
The winners include:
Company of the Year 1-15 Employees
Winner: Lucky 13 (North Bay)
Sponsored by: Northern Credit Union
Company of the Year 16-50 Employees
Winner: JD Aero Technical Inc. (Sault Ste. Marie)
Sponsored by: OLG
Company of the Year 51+ Employees
Winner: Villeneuve Construction (Hearst)
Sponsored by: Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal
Entrepreneur of the Year
Winner: Justus Veldman, Riversedge Developments (Sault Ste. Marie)
Sponsored by: KIA
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Winner: Jennifer Taback, Design de Plume (Sudbury)
Sponsored by: CIBC
Innovation Award
Winner: iRing Inc. (North Bay)
Sponsored by: TransCanada
First Nations Business Award of Excellence
Winner: Data Cabling (DC) Communications (Sault Ste. Marie)
Sponsored by: Ontario Power Generation
Entrepreneurial Community of the Year
Winner: Downtown Village Development Corp (Sudbury)
Sponsored by: Air Canada
Judges' Choice Award
Winner: S&T Group (Sault Ste. Marie)
Sponsored by: Porter Airlines
Export Award
Winner: Symboticware Inc. (Sudbury)
Sponsored by: EDC
Union Gas Essay Scholarship
Winner: Emily Soares (Sault Ste. Marie)
Sponsored by: Union Gas
This year’s judges were: Mark Barsanti, Dealer (owner) – Canadian Tire Associate Store (Sault Ste. Marie), Laurie Bissonette, Partner – Audit (Sudbury), Barb Courte, President – Northstar Drilling Ltd/Cobra Diamond Drilling Ltd. (Thunder Bay), Luc Stang, President and CEO – Gin-Cor Industries (Mattawa), and the Union Gas Essay Scholarship Judge, John Martella, District Manager for GFL Environmental East Corporation (Sault Ste. Marie).
The 29th Annual Northern Ontario Business Awards 2015 will be held in Thunder Bay. The networking reception will be held at Bight Restaurant on September 30th and the Gala Awards and Dinner at the Valhalla Inn on October 1st, 2015.
For more information on NOBA, contact Kimberley Wahamaa, Operations Manager at 705-673-5705 or 1-800-757-2766 Ext. 320 or email inquiries to kimberley@nob.on.ca.
