Gold Coast company takes out top gong at Queensland export awards
A Gold Coast-based company that supplies every Formula 1 team in the world has been named the 2025 Queensland Exporter of the Year.
PWR Advanced Cooling Technology took out the top award at the 2025 Queensland Export Awards, recognising its success in taking its tech internationally.
The company – which also won the Manufacturing and Advanced Materials Award – makes high-performance cooling systems. These are used by every Formula 1 team in the world, alongside NASCAR and MotoGP. Defence and aerospace clients also use the company’s thermal management tech.
Finance, Trade and Employment Minister Ros Bates said PWR and the other winners exemplified the strength of the state’s export sector.
“From advanced manufacturing and health to education and technology – these businesses are world-class,” Bates said.
“We are backing ambition, and Queensland exporters are leading the way.”
There were a record number of applicants in the 2025 Awards across 15 categories. The Queensland winners will represent the state at the Australian Export Awards in Canberra on November 15.
There were winners from across the state from Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cairns and the Sunshine Coast.
Cairns-based PAWA Architecture won the Regional Exporter category. The company offers services to clients in Cairns and Papua New Guinea, with projects ranging from a health centre in Port Moresby to apartments in the Pacific nation.
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Brisbane’s Megaport – founded by serial tech entrepreneur Bevan Slattery – won the Technologies award for its global connectivity solutions.
Full list of winners at the 2025 Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards:
- Agribusiness, Food and Beverages: Marquis Macadamias (Bundaberg)
- Creative Industries: Circa (Brisbane)
- e-Commerce: The Equine Practice Company (Brisbane)
- Emerging Exporter: Six Zero Pickleball (Sunshine Coast)
- First Nations: Elephant in the Room Consulting (Brisbane)
- International Education and Training: Langports English Language College (Brisbane)
- International Health: HeliMods (Sunshine Coast)
- Manufacturing and Advanced Materials: PWR Advanced Cooling Technology (Gold Coast)
- Professional Services: Medical Rescue (Gold Coast)
- Regional Exporter: PAWA Architecture (Cairns)
- Resources and Energy: Mineral Technologies (Gold Coast)
- Small Business: Audeara (Brisbane)
- Sustainability and Green Economy: Hall Contracting (Sunshine Coast)
- Technologies: Megaport (Brisbane)
- Women in International Business: Jasmine Florey (CUTEK Wood Solutions) and Dr Olivia James (The Equine Practice Company)
- Queensland Exporter of the Year: PWR Advanced Cooling Technology (Gold Coast)
