Optimus Group provides end-to-end automotive services: they source, import/export, ship and deliver vehicles; handle inspection, quarantine, compliance and logistics; offer retail and wholesale vehicle financing; and manage vehicle retailing, distribution, and post-sale servicing. Martin McCullough is a director and Head of Logistics at Optimus Group (since June 2015). He also serves as a director of Dolphin Shipping New Zealand Ltd. (from 2012) and Fasttrack Automotive Compliance 2006 Ltd. (from 2016), which are part of Optimus’s wider logistics and compliance operations.

Foresta NZ Ltd is an innovative resource, energy and biotechnology sector company positioning itself to become a leading global supplier of natural and renewable pine chemicals and torrefied wood pellets which are a drop-in coal replacement. Foresta is in the process of establishing its first plant in New Zealand, which will use proprietary technology to extract natural pine chemicals, where they displace the need for petroleum-based chemicals and manufacture torrefied “black” wood pellets that can be used as a substitute for coal in commercial and industrial uses, including electricity generation.

Take a look at some of the photos from the recent conference.

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Beca is one of Asia Pacific’s largest independent advisory, design and engineering consultancies. After a century of operation, the company has grown from a family-owned business to become one of the most progressive, client-centric professional services consultancies in the Asia Pacific region. With more than 4,000 employees in 24 offices around the world Beca has delivered projects in more than 70 countries. https://www.beca.com/
Beca welcomed JNZBC members to a tour of its new global headquarters in the Innovation Precinct, Wynyard Quarter. Dr David Carter and a number of the company's leaders spoke about Beca's work in Primary Industry, Renewable Energy, Maori Business, and the Aerospace sector.

Carbona is a project enabler that uses proven technology solutions from its Austrian parent company, Polytechnik, to transform biomass into a renewable energy source. Carbona provides processing solutions to produce torrefied biomass as a 'drop-in' fuel, seamlessly replacing coal in boiler plants and carbonised products like biocoal and biochar for carbon capture, soil improvement, animal health, filtration, cement and steelmaking. Carbona’s full-service offering covers all phases of a torrefaction or carbonisation project, from feasibility studies to identify the best biomass residue and ensuring sustainability. We customise processing solutions for optimal conversion and compliance, and strategically design the facilities’ logistics for efficiency and the lowest environmental impact.