
IMW President Brad Miller
British Columbia-based IMW Industries was recently named BC Export Award’s 2009 Exporter of the Year, rising to the fore despite challenging global economic conditions. IMW’s clean technology expertise and ongoing success in the global CNG marketplace has earned it top recognition among its peers. It’s success comes mainly from the supply of CNG systems to fuelling station operators and commercial fleets across more than 25 countries worldwide. In April this year, they signed an agreement with China Gas to build 120 large-scale CNG stations, using their specialized non-lubricated compressor systems.
This is not the first time IMW has been acknowledged for business excellence. In 2004 and 2007 they received the BC Export Award in the Manufactured Products category. This year, they took the manufacturing award again as well as the overall title Exporter of the Year.
The Exporter of the Year Award recognizes the BC exporter who has excelled in international exports and made significant contributions to the development of the BC economy. “It’s very gratifying to be recognized this way,” said IMW sales and business development manager Steve Steinebach. “We’ve all been working hard and we had our fingers crossed.”
IMW systems provide clean, low-cost compressed natural gas (CNG) to vehicle and industrial operators, allowing them to drastically reduce fuel costs and cut carbon emissions by 25% or more.