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A German and Cambodian jury picked 16 companies on Friday who will receive several months of training from the German Trade Fair Industry and win funding to travel to Europe and sell their products at major international trade fairs.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The organisers said they were very impressed by the high standard of the presentations. EuroCham said it believes \u201cthere lies a great opportunity to scale up the project in the future, to cover more economic sectors and companies in Cambodia\u201d.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Winners included Phnom Penh based distillers Samai and Seekers. Samai makes rum using local ingredients and traditional methods, while Seekers produces gin, vodka and liqueurs.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the agricultural side, winners included Sindora and Pepper Bay. Sindora grows spices on degraded land. Pepper Bay farms organic Kampot pepper. Judges also picked dried-fruit producers Misota, CSL Enterprise and Cricket House, which sells dried insects as a form of sustainable protein.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fashion designers were represented by men\u2019s and women\u2019s tailor Ateliers Colorblind, jewelry-maker Ammo Designs, Samatoa, which makes fabrics from discarded lotus stems and vegan leather from discarded plant waste, Dorsu, which tries to steer shoppers away from fast fashion with a limited range of year-round style classics and travel luggage manufacturer, Pactics.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
EuroCham says it \u201cenvisions a new era of Cambodian trade promotion, by offering real business solutions to local companies with special products, such as niche agricultural produce, sustainable textiles and home accessories.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMany of these companies already stand out due to their social commitments, care for the environment and vision for a better way to do business,\u201d EuroCham said. The virtual exhibition booths remain open to the public until tonight.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n