New Industries Fund: 2018 WA Innovator of the Year winners & finalists

The finalists of the 2018 program were showcased at the ceremony using videos of their innovations.
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2018 WA Innovator of the Year winners

Mitsubishi Corporation Overall Winner: Udrew - Interactive Building and Instant Approvals System

Udrew provides the tools for homeowners and contractors without any technical skill or experience to instantly design, engineer, manage and approve their own custom-building project from start to finish through syncing directly with local government and national building regulations.

udrew.com.au

Mitsubishi Corporation Emerging Innovation Category: UWA - The Noisy Guts Projects

A smart belt which non-invasively diagnoses and monitors common gut disorders.

marshallcentre.uwa.edu.au/research/the-noisy-guts-project

Mitsubishi Corporation Growth Category: Chemo @ home - Administering Chemotherapy to Cancer Patients - in their home

Moving chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatment from hospitals to the community, across Australia.

chemoathome.com.au

Woodside Oil and Gas Encouragement Award Winner

Company Innovation
Balconi Pty Ltd Balconi Smart Torch - Global Live

South32 Technology & Innovation Encouragement Award

Company Innovation
TOKN Trading Pty Ltd TOKN - enabling legacy systems to be used off mobile devices

Business News 'Great for the State' Encouragement Award

School Innovation
Advanced Transmission Systems Holdings Ltd Universal Continuously Variable Transmission

DXC Digital Innovation Encouragement Award

School Innovation
Indicina Pty Ltd SWAN Systems - Scheduling Water and Nutrients

WA Young Innovator of the Year

School Innovation
Sacred Heart College AusTrailia

2018 WA Innovator of the Year finalists

Emerging Innovation Category Finalist: Advanced Transmission Systems Holdings - Universal Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT)

An ultra-narrow stepless transmission featuring very high gear ratios and ranges, offers the opportunity to drastically improve the performance of many vehicle and industry equipmnet technologies.

CVT was the winner of the 2018 Business News 'Great for the State' Encouragement Award.

advancedtransmissionsystems.com

Emerging Innovation Category Finalist: East Metropolitan Health Service - Putting on a New Thinking Cap

The Royal Perth Hospital team have developed a construct comprised of stem cells and smart 3D printed biomaterials to allow patients to regrow their own bone.

rph.wa.gov.au

Emerging Innovation Category Finalist: OncoRes Medical - MRprobe - An Intraoperative Medical Imaging Device

OncoRes Medical provides surgeons with a high resolution, handheld imaging probe to dramatically increase surgical accuracy and effectively remove tumour during surgery. The technology can substantially improve patient outcomes in breast-conserving surgery and beyond.

oncoresmedical.com

Growth Category Finalist: Definitiv International - Definitiv

Built for people who employ people, Definitiv is a flexible payroll and HR software for medium to large enterprises. 100 per cent cloud based, Definitiv simplifies people management into one platform.

definitiv.com.au

Growth Category Finalist: Coplin Corp - KodeKLIX

KodeKLIX is a STEM curriculum aligned teaching system developed through the collaboration of Australian engineering and education professionals. KodeKLIX was created with the vision to educate our younger generation for the world of tomorrow through an engaging and fun-to-use platform.

kodeklix.com

Woodside Oil and Gas Encouragement Award finalists

Company Innovation
Balconi Pty Ltd Balconi Smart Torch - Global Live
University of Western Australia Mobile NMR Water Analyzer
The University Of Western Australia Avoiding Hydrocarbon Freeze-out during LNG Production
TOKN Trading Pty Ltd TOKN - enabling legacy systems to be used off mobile devices

South32 Technology & Innovation Encouragement finalists

Company Innovation
TOKN Trading Pty Ltd TOKN - enabling legacy systems to be used off mobile devices
Definitiv International Pty Ltd Definitiv
Sustainable Platform Pty Ltd Sustainable Platform
Work Metrics Pty Ltd Workplace AI

DXC Digital Innovation Encouragement Award finalists

Company Innovation
Indicina Pty Ltd SWAN Systems - Scheduling Water and Nutrients
Formalytics Holdings Pty Ltd MyKicks by Formalytics
Balconi Pty Ltd Balconi Smart Torch - Global Live
udrew Pty Ltd Automated construction planning and approvals

Business News 'Great for the State' Encouragement Award finalists

Company Innovation
Advanced Transmission Systems Holdings Ltd Universal Continuously Variable Transmission
The University of Western Australia The Noisy Guts Project
Recce Pharmaceuticals Ltd New class of broad spectrum antibiotics tackling global superbug threat
OncoRes Medical Pty Ltd Micro-elastography: imaging touch on the micro-scale

WA Young Innovator of the Year finalists

Company Innovation
Sacred Heart College AusTrailia
Como Secondary College Skill Box
Cecil Andrews College PLASTIGO

2018 WA Innovator of the Year semi-finalists

Mitsubishi Corporation Emerging Innovation Category

Company Innovation
Resonance Health Ltd FerriSmart
What the Doctor Said Pty Ltd What the Doctor Said
Balconi Pty Ltd Balconi Smart Torch - Global Live
Glenrowan Enterprises Pty Ltd Goodfit - Feet sizing
Formalytics Holdings Pty Ltd MyKicks by Formalytics

Mitsubishi Corporation Growth Category

Company Innovation
Industrial Automation Group SmartPark Control for Local Governments
Sustainable Platform Pty Ltd Sustainable Platform
M3B LABS PTY LTD Jugglr - empowering local mums to work on their own terms