GP Graders News

GP Graders has been named as the Medium Manufacturer of the Year at the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame awards.

Presented on Tuesday, 26 May at a black tie dinner held at the Palladium at Crown, the award recognises an individual who has made a sustained contribution to Victoria’s manufacturing industry.

On Wednesday May 20, His Excellency the Hon. Alex Chernov AC QC, Governor of Victoria, visited the manufacturing plant of Australian Exporter of the Year, GP Graders, to experience first-hand the contribution the company has made to Australia’s export industry.

Over 380 people were in attendance at the Crown Towers when the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) announced the winners for the 2015 APPMA Industry Excellence Awards which are supported by Agility, Midway Metals, PKN and SMC Australia.

According to Mr Mark Dingley, Chairman, APPMA, the biennial Industry Excellence Awards are designed to recognise innovative and outstanding packaging and processing solutions.

Melbourne, Australia: Friday March 27 2015

GP Graders has kicked off 2015 much the same way it ended 2014 by winning the 2015 APPMA Export Achievement Award.

The Export Achievement Award is given to an Australian company who has made a worthwhile contribution to an existing or new export market over the last two years.

GP Graders has had substantial success in export markets. Photo: Supplied

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