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FARZANA AHMAD re orts

An Indian migrant father-andson duo from Geelong, Abhay and Ishan Sinha have bagged the egional ort ard at this year s ustralian ort ards for their medical device manufacturing and e orting usiness are ssentials.

The inhas hard or and dedication has seen the com any hich once su lied reusable blankets to just one hospital, blossom into a leading manufacturer and distri utor of arming de ices to medical facilities in over 60 countries including ermany e ealand a an and anada.

“My father Abhay Sinha and I purchased this business in 2011,” Ishan Sinha told Indian Link. t that time it as a much smaller and business, floundering and mo ing to ards administration.

The main product at Care Essentials is the atient arming ystem hich includes ocoon lan ets and arming machines. These are used in operating theatres around the orld for tem erature management during surgeries. They re ent and treat hy othermia inhi it infection and uic en the reco ery rocess after rocedures.

shan e lained that ith the use of arming lan ets ost o erati e reco ery has become faster, substantially decreasing the duration of hos ital stay for atients. This helps in reducing stress on the hospital system and decreases the financial cost to the atients.

Care Essentials produces 6 types of machines and different ty es of lan ets.

Ishan explained, “Each market can have different rigorous standards ut since e manufacture the machines and blankets in ustralia e can e fle i le to meet our customers needs and their urisdictions.

The com any as nominated for the a ard y an em loyee and shan admitted he as leasantly sur rised at ha ing on. i en the high cali re of the com etitors as not e ecting to come out ahead he re ealed.

e ac no ledged the i otal role Austrade is playing in boosting local usinesses. ustrade has een a great hel for our usiness. e enefit from the ree Trade greements in arious countries e e ort to. e ha e also een the reci ients of the Export Market Development Grants hich allo s us to attend im ortant mar eting e hi itions hich are great platforms to introduce our products and sign on international customers.

In return, Care Essentials provides jobs for local people from Geelong and has raised the Australian profile as a manufacturer on the international stage. The ustralian ort ards ere launched in 1963 and are the longest running usiness a ards rogram in the country. This year s e ent recognised excellence in thirteen categories including E-commerce, Sustainability, Technology and nno ation and nternational health. inners ere selected on the asis of their international gro th mar eting and financial strategies measured against other contenders. The ustralian Trade n estment ommission ( ustrade) and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and ndustry ( ) ty ically colla orate ith all the tates and Territories ho each run their inde endent e ort a ards rogram. ocal inners are then entered into the national a ards hich is su orted y leading corporations, industry groups and e ort facilitators. nding on a reflecti e note he offered a ord of ad ice to his community. e come from a culture that places a lot of importance on education and encourages hard or . ustralia is full of o ortunities for anyone illing to or hard. t is uite clear that shan ractises hat he reaches.

Co-presented by Austrade and Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the arliament ouse the a ards ere held in an erra on ecem er.

The Sinhas arrived in this country from ndia t enty years ago.

Ishan disclosed that his company employs eo le in ustralia and a in ndia. is com any s re enue is currently gro ing at 30% and exports account for 65% of total re enue.