Since the first public display of Sipahh™ milk flavouring straws in Australia in September 2005, the Unistraw™ Delivery System has attracted a huge response from consumers, retailers, industry professionals, manufacturers, brand owners, and the media – and has won an incredible five international awards recognising the innovation it has delivered to the food and beverage industry:

2007
• Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2007 Martin Chimes; CEO; Unistraw International Limited has won the Ernst & Young Eastern Region Entrepreneur of the Year for Retail, Consumer and Industrial Products.

• Unistraw wins AMP Innovation Award 2007 Unistraw International Limited announced as winner of the prestigious AMP Innovation Award at the 2007 Telstra NSW Business Awards.

2006
• Sweetie: Product of the Show at ISM 2006, the world’s largest confectionary & biscuits trade show (Germany)

• Retailers Choice Award at the FMI Show 2006, the largest food & beverage show in North America (USA)

• Food Industry Innovation Award 2006, awarded by the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology

2005

• Best New Retail Product at Fine Food 2005, the largest food & beverage trade show in Australia

• Official selection to the TASTE_05 innovation and trend showcase at Anuga 2005, the world’s largest food & beverage trade show (Germany)

MEDIA & INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

• Highly Commended School Milk Initiative at the 2007 World Dairy Innovation Awards

• One of the 50 great ideas for the 21st Century, profiled by influential British newspaper, The Independent.

• One of the Top 10 innovations of 2006 listed by leading market research firm Datamonitor

• One of the Top 10 food & beverage business ideas in 2006 listed by Springwise, the online magazine that collects information about the most promising business ventures, ideas and concepts from more than 8000 contributors in 70 countries.