AJ Park is delighted to sponsor the KiwiNet Awards once again, specifically the AJ Park Commercialisation Impact Award. This award celebrates excellence in research commercialisation delivering outstanding innovation performance and the potential for generating significant economic impact for New Zealand.
This year, there are three finalists for the AJ Park Commercialisation Impact Award:
- Zincovery, University of Canterbury: Leading the future of clean metal refining
- Potato Innovation, Plant & Food Research (a group of the Bioeconomy Science Institute): A sustainable French fry future
- Nectaron®, Plant & Food Research (a group of the Bioeconomy Science Institute): Next-generation flavours brewing global success
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at Shed 10 in Auckland on Wednesday 22 October 2025. AJ Park Principals Anton Blijlevens, Hadleigh Brown, and Sean Brogan will attend the event, showing their support to the broader research, science and innovation community.
AJ Park is proud to be a part of an event that recognises the important innovation revolutionising industries, creating global change and shaping the future.
About the 2025 KiwiNet Awards
The KiwiNet Awards is Aotearoa’s premier celebration of research commercialisation. Now in its 13th year, the Awards honour the people and projects transforming scientific discoveries into new technologies, businesses and real-world solutions. Emerging from outstanding research in New Zealand’s universities, Crown Research Institutes and other research organisations, these innovations are powering high-value jobs, growing our economy, tackling global challenges, and doing good in our communities.
View a full list of finalists at https://kiwinet.org.nz/Awards/Awards2025Finalists
