| 7 Waikato Business Awards: Profile Group REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT “Our service ethos sets very high standards for us to maintain. APL has a 6 day lead time for meeting orders. Our customers have come to expect this from us.” Dulux are a proud supporter of Profile Group 0800 800 975 | www.duluxpowders.co.nz When purpose and values align, extraordinary outcomes are achieved. FOSTERS.CO.NZ . 07 849 3849 APL Hautapu “Delivering compounds, exceeding expectations.” ∙ Leading custom PVC compounder ∙ ISO 9001:2015 accredited www.apncompounding.com transporting, wrapped with plastic cling film to reduce product damage. “Each week on average we would use 4,200 metres of plastic wrap. Again this plastic ended up in landfill,” Ian explains. As sustainability had been identified within the Profile Group network of businesses as a core focus, PPL Plastics seized that challenge and opportunity to lead the charge toward realising that vision. “We designed and created a reusable plastic coil with a bayonet fitting that would allow it to be broken down for transporting back to our factory and instead of plastic cling film, we created plastic netting to secure the pallet which again can be reused. To date we have diverted over 110 tonne of waste entering landfill.” Ian says the collective hard-work and dedication of the team, from designer to machinist, is the reason why these innovations shine. “I’m enormously proud of this effort. “We’re very much a business that has an open-door culture around input from all our team and this product is a fine example of that.” INEX is a leader in the aluminium extrusion industry, supplying extruded aluminium to the manufacturing and fabrication industries throughout New Zealand and Australia. INEX are proud partners of Pro le Group
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