Business View Oceania | October 2022

41 42 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10 GTECH GLOBAL than happy to lend their expertise from concept and design through to testing and manufacturing, to develop unique solutions for clients’ needs. President Kevin Bell and General Manager Will Colenso share their insight into the importance of GTech’s work. Mr. Bell begins, “GTech is more than simply a product and parts supply company. We have the capabilities to support a full-service offering; we can work with a client to take an idea from concept design to manufacture. We are solutions providers at heart; our focus is always on how we can research, innovate, and collaborate to bring something more efficient and effective to our clients. We even design our own software in-house. So our knowledge and skill is complemented very well by the level of control we have over the entire process.” Mr. Colenso adds, “It’s important to us that our customers feel seen and heard, and that they have confidence in our ability to work with them towards a great piece of machinery or equipment that will improve the return for their business. We have worked with the likes of Veolia, Alliance, Anzco, and South Canterbury Byproducts in New Zealand; JBS and AJ Bush & Sons in Australia; and Halliburton, NOV, Secure Energy, Clean Harbours, Tyson Foods, KSW, 3D Solutions in the US- among others. We also have an awesome network of suppliers, including Integrated Electrics, who we have worked with to develop our internal software capabilities. And of course, always backing our work and our wider industry are the national renderers associations for all three countries, so our thanks go out to them.” GTech will attend the Australian Renderers Association (ARA) 16th International Symposium in Brisbane this September. Due to be held over four days at the Royal BEARINGS POWER TRANSMISSION SEALS GASKETS ABD Group (currently comprising ABD, Bearing Wholesale, ACL New Zealand, and i-Trans) is a 100% Kiwi owned and operated engineering distribution business. We have grown to be the largest independently owned stockists of bearings, power transmission, gaskets and seal products in New Zealand with over 70,000-line items in stock from leading brands. We have the right parts when you need them. There are eight branches in key locations throughout the country. The North Island is serviced by seven branches with three locations in Auckland (Albany, Wiri and Avondale) and the others located in Hamilton, Tauranga, New Plymouth andWanganui. The South Island is serviced by the Christchurch Branch (Middleton). At ABD Group we pride ourselves on giving our customers the best service in the industry. With our focus remaining on bearings, power transmission, gaskets and seals our product knowledge and technical support is second to none. ABD Group are proud to partner and collaborate alongside GTech with supplying innovative, solution based premium products. International Convention Centre, the symposium attracts representatives from a range of domestic and international industry players. Events like the symposium are critical, Mr. Bell says, as they provide an opportunity to network with industry collaborators and connect with potential clients. “We have attended the renderers conference for many, many iterations; it’s an event that is attended by 300-400 people each year, so it’s very important that we go, to remain competitive and abreast of the market. Around 75% of our business in Australasia is rendering companies. We are also the only local manufacturers of this type of equipment, so the chance to showcase our full product range including any new solutions we’ve developed is not one to be missed.” Speaking of new solutions, GTech has some fantastic recent additions to their range, including the Quantum 30 high-speed