Finance Monthly Global Awards 2016 Edition

64 www.finance-monthly.com Finance Monthly Global Awards 2016 UNITED KINGDOM WASTE MACHINERY MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR Winner: Firm Profile Pakawaste Ltd: Quality Assured – Service Guaranteed Established in 1976, Pakawaste Ltd is the market leader in the design, manufacture, supply and maintenance/ repair of waste handling equipment. The company is based in Preston, Lancashire (head office and purpose built manufacturing base), whilst Regional Sales Managers and Pakawaste Engineers operate throughout the length and breadth of the UK. Pakawaste offers the largest range of waste handling solutions in the UK, with products ranging from static to portable compactors, Rotokrush compaction units, vertical and horizontal balers, waste transfer stations, material recycling facilities (MRF’s), industrial and office shredders, bins and bin equipment and a variety of other specialist waste handling systems. In addition to a comprehensive range of standard products, Pakawaste have an in-house design team at its premises in Preston and its expert technical team can engineer and manufacture bespoke and turnkey solutions to any waste problems that your company may face. Pakawaste supplies a wide range of market sectors including waste contractors (SITA, Veolia, Kier, etc.), supermarkets (Asda), food processors & manufacturers, hotels & restaurants, shopping centres, councils, hospitals, prisons, the pharmaceutical industry, logistics companies, manufacturing industries, educational establishments, and recycling companies, to name but a few. In total Pakawaste has supplied over 7,000 waste handling systems throughout the UK andWorldwide. Pakawaste has also been instrumental in several major individual projects including a development in Hong Kong. Pakawaste also prides itself on offering the full solution from equipment, accessories and finance to a comprehensive after sales maintenance contract. For instance, Pakawaste realise that choosing the correct equipment is vital to its customers, allowing them to maximise all the many benefits of Pakawaste’s waste handling equipment – that’s why Pakawaste offer free site surveys and ongoing customer support. A detailed survey/waste audit enables Pakawaste to recommend the right equipment for the material, volume and location it will be operated in. It also allows the experienced survey team to advise on the various waste management benefits of machine types such as balers vs. compactors and the possible benefits and savings you could achieve. They can even put you in touch with recycling companies in your area that will purchase the baled and other recycled material from you. Pakawaste also has two sister companies. System Rental, which offers Pakawaste’s premier waste handling equipment on rental or hire purchase agreements. Pakawaste Engineering Services Ltd which has one of the largest networks of strategically placedmobile service engineers which operate from fully equipped vehicles and can provide maintenance and service packages including third party coverage. In July 2013, Pakawaste Founder and Chairman of the Pakawaste Group, John Hunt, retired and exited the business. The company is now led by David Hamer, Chief Executive Officer, who acquired the company along with American investors. David commented: “These are exciting times for the Pakawaste Group. As a company our key objectives are growth and developing our core business. As a group we plan to expand Rental & Service and maintain Manufacturing in Preston UK. The Group also continues to grow its overseas market and recently has opened new agents in the US, India and the Middle East markets.” David Hamer CEO at Pakawaste Tel: 01772796688 Email: sales@pakawaste.co.uk Web: www.pakawaste.co.uk