Nightside Test Design recognised among Canterbury business elite
Press release, 4 October 2013, Nightside Test Design, Christchurch, NZ: Nightside Test Design is proud to announce they have won the Professional Service [Small Enterprise] category at the
2013 Champion Canterbury Business Awards. The largest regional business awards celebration was attended by over 1100
business leaders at Christchurch’s CBS Arena on 2 October.
“The award is a huge honour and a wonderful way to celebrate 12 years in business,” says Nightside Founder and Managing
Director Peter Brown. “Over that time many loyal clients like Meridian Energy and Dynamic Controls have turned to
Nightside for help in applying best practice in test engineering, whether in their laboratories, design studios,
manufacturing plants or field operations. As specialists we work across a range of industries and get to see so many
interesting technical challenges, innovative products and exciting market opportunities.”
Nightside is the largest test engineering specialist service provider in New Zealand, and the largest National
Instruments Alliance Partner. The company moved to a larger premises in Wigram, Christchurch earlier this year to
accommodate new staff and equipment, and has opened a satellite office in Auckland.
The Champion Canterbury award submission highlighted the company’s commitment to client and employee satisfaction and to
the Canterbury region as a whole, as well as their innovation and creativity – in particular the development of an
automated testing solution for the energy industry. genassure® has standardised methods in generator testing,
dramatically reduced downtime and related revenue loss, and introduced real time analysis. Nightside has used genassure
with most major New Zealand energy providers, and some in Australia, to overcome the challenges associated with new
industry compliance regulations and is also planning market entry into the USA in the next year. The company was also a
finalist in the CDC Innovation/Technology category of the awards.
About Nightside Test Design
Formed in 2001, Nightside Test Design is one of New Zealand's largest specialised Test Engineering businesses. With offices in Christchurch and Auckland the
company offers a wide variety of products and services to clients throughout New Zealand and internationally. Nightside
Test Design’s professional services cover the full product development lifecycle from design to production, including
software testing, production testing, embedded development, industrial control, measurement and data logging.
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