4 | REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Waikato Business Awards: Profile Group PGL a worthy winner AGP has experienced huge growth since it was established two years ago. from page 3 Collaborative effort - page 6 REDUCE • REUSE • RECYCLE • RECOVER • RESIDUAL 5R Solutions specialises in window glass recovery in New Zealand and is happy to partner with AGP in diverting their waste glass from landfill. www.5rsolutions.co.nz admin@5rsolutions.co.nz 03-3490225 Each category entered was shortlisted as a finalist, with PGL winning the Service Excellence award, later earning the honour of Supreme Winner. AGP also won its Business Growth category. Craig says that on the night the prestigious black tie gala event was attended by fifty of PGL’s team, including partners. “There is always satisfaction in being shortlisted as a finalist and it was great for the individuals within our business who were asked to put the entries together. “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. “There were some amazing companies up for awards who also won their categories — some companies that you had never heard of who are doing incredible things in different spaces, with great stories. “Being able to network and benchmark yourself against these businesses — both large and small — is another great benefit of the awards. You certainly don’t have to be a big business to put an entry in, and have an amazing story about doing wonderful things. It opens your eyes as to what amazing things are going on around Waikato’s business and commercial community.” In announcing that Profile Group had won the Supreme award, the judges acknowledged that PGL was a world class role model in numerous aspects including future vision, innovation, product design, ongoing commitment and an ethos of genuine care for the community and environment. “To see the reaction from all your team when the business was acknowledged as Supreme Award winner was pretty cool. “To take the entire team attending the event up to the stage to accept the Supreme Award was very special. I think that perhaps the recognition for all of them was greater than it was for us as the directors of the group.” Craig says that while winning the Supreme Award was wonderful, AGP’s Business Growth award was especially meaningful. “AGP has been on a huge growth trajectory over the two years that the business has been operating. You take a start-up business, develop a very large building in Hautapu to accommodate it, install and commission the plant, manage crazy growth, put a logistics programme in place and actually deliver an incredible outcome to your customers. That’s a pretty good story, to be honest.”
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