Company Announcement - The South African Premier Business Awards, Awards is an annual event hosted by the Department of Trade and Industries (the dti) to award business excellence and honours enterprises that promote the spirit of success and innovation as well as job creation, good business practises ethics and quality.
The 2014/15 was the third annual SAPBA awards ceremony and the gala event held at the Sandton Convention Centre was hosted by the dti, in partnership with Proudly South African and Brand South Africa, and sponsored by Absa and the Gordon Institute of Business Science on the 9th of April 2015. The Award categories included: Lifetime Achievement, Manufacturers, Exporters, Enterprise Development Support, Women-Owned Businesses, Young Entrepreneur, Investor of the Year, Proudly South African Enterprise, Play Your Part and SMME. For more information visit www.sapremierbusinessawards.co.za
HAZLETON PUMPS entered into three categories namely in the Manufacturers, Exporters and SMME categories and was nominated as finalists in all of these. The family owned and managed company won the prestigious MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR award for the design, development and manufacture of a Medium/High Voltage Slurry Submersible Pump in collaboration with customers in order to meet their individual and customized requirements.
This pump is the first of its kind in the world. HAZLETON PUMPS was also the winner of the SMME COMPANY OF THE YEAR and a finalist in the EXPORTER OF THE YEAR category.