APEC picks finalists for Hawaii Business Innovation Showcase

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - 35 Hawaii businesses are in the running for a high-profile billing at the upcoming APEC conference.

They've been selected as finalists in the Hawaii Business Innovation Showcase.

Among them are the Imiloa Astronomy Center, the Big Island Abalone Corporation, the Queen's Medical Center, Hoku Corporation, Navatek, Oceanit, and Outrigger Hotels.

Next month, the APEC committee will pick one winner from each county.

They'll get to show off their products at key venues during the gathering of world leaders.

• Avatar Reality Inc.

• Cardax Pharmaceuticals Inc.

• Clear Fuels Technology

• Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc.

• Hoana Medical Inc.

• Hoku Corp.

• Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning LLC

• Makai Ocean Engineering Inc.

• Nanopoint Inc.

• Navatek Ltd.

• Oceanit

• Onipaa Kakou LLC

• Outrigger Hotels Hawaii

• Referentia Systems Inc.

• See/Rescue Corp.

• Skai Ventures

• Sopogy

• Sunetric

• The Queen's Medical Center

• Tissue Genesis

• Big Island Abalone Corp.

• Big Island Carbon LLC

• Hawaii Oceanic Technology Inc.

• Hawaii Preparatory Academy

• Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii

•Pacific Regional Disaster Preparedness Center

• Hilo Disaster Preparedness Training Center

• Functional Nutriments LLC

• Grower's Secret Inc.

• H Nu Energy

• Aqua Engineers

• Malie Inc.

• TREX Enterprises Corp.

• Noni Biotech

• Pacific Biodiesel Inc.

• Westec Environmental Solutions