| 3 “The recognition and acknowledgement from the business community when we picked up the three awards was very satisfying, and that recognition continued for a number of weeks following the evening.” Group revels in awards’ success PGL’s newest business offering, AGP (Architectural Glass Products) won the Business Growth category. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Waikato Business Awards: Profile Group to page 4 Richard Loader Following a fifty-year journey in the business of supplying aluminium window and door solutions into the building industry nationwide, under the Altherm, Vantage and First Windows brands, Hamilton based Profile Group Ltd (PGL) has been aptly rewarded with the Supreme Award at the 2022 Waikato Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. A first-time entrant into the awards, PGL’s fifty-year milestone was achieved in 2021, and along with a number of activities and growth within the business the timing was right to enter the awards in a number of different categories. Group CEO Craig Vincent says the awards play an important role in the region, providing businesses the opportunity to showcase their operations. “The business community looks forward to that event which gets extremely good support from both new and established businesses from around the community who believe it’s the right time for them to put an entry in.” Employing 650 people across a range of integrated business units including APL, APL Manufacturing, AGP, PPL and APL Direct, PGL is one of the largest business operations in the district. PGL entered three separate award categories including; Sustainability, People and Culture, and Service Excellence, while plastics solutions provider PPL entered the Innovation category and PGL’s newest business offering, AGP (Architectural Glass Products), entered the Business Growth category. A separate entry was put in for AGP’s General Manager, Dave Bunting, in the Emerging Leader of the Year category.
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