Austmine member Runge is vying for recognition in this month’s Australian National Export Awards after taking out the Premier of Queensland Export Award in the services category.
The leading mining software and consulting services company was named at the end of October as one of Queensland’s top export firms, a year after being recognised by the Queensland Government as the state’s Smartest Company.
The National Export Awards reward outstanding export achievement in a services industries such as consulting, finance, insurance, legal, health, community and engineering.
Runge has remained at the forefront of new technologies and software development for more than 30 years and now boasts 15 offices globally, spread through North America, Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia.
Business development manager Pat Williams said Runge epitomised a “smart” company with its innovative approach to developing and selling software for mine planning and management, the provision of technical training courses, its investment in research and development, and its worldclass consulting skills and expertise.
With customer mines scattered in remote locations around the world, Runge has developed techniques to maintain contact and foster business ties with miners from Alaska through Sweden and to outback Australia.
Williams said Runge had embraced Webex technology to meet clients online – using a rich set of interactive, multimedia features for meetings. “This means we have been able to provide software demonstrations to many customers around the world – without leaving the office,’’ he said. Runge also provided “web delivered” mentoring across different time zones.
Williams said the cost of travel and doing business with remote mining industry clients had been prohibitive in the past but was now viable, thanks to internet technology.
Contact: pwilliams@runge.com.au
www.runge.com.au