Archers, Ballina, has been nominated in the Connacht/Ulster category of the Octabuild Builders’ Merchant Awards 2013 while Brogan’s, Belmullet, has been nominated in the innovation category.
This will be the 18th Octabuild Builders’ Merchant Awards. The companies which organise the awards as Octabuild are Gyproc, Evo-Stik, Dulux Paints, Irish Cement, Kingspan Insulation, Sanbra Fyffe, Tegral, and Wavin.
The winners will be announced at the awards presentation on Thursday May 16 in the Round Room of the Mansion House in Dublin.
Speaking about the awards the chairman of Octabuild Michael O’Donohoe, said: “While there are signs that we are moving out of this recession the building materials sector needs to continue to focus on innovation and meeting the changing needs of its customer base. We urge all consumers to continue to support Irish suppliers. Octabuild companies manufacturing in Ireland are committed to working closely with Irish hardware and builders’ merchants to continue to build their businesses as the economic situation stabilises.”
The Octabuild combined companies have more than 650 years’ manufacturing experience in Ireland, directly employ some 1,200 people here, and have more than 20,000 quality products available every day for Irish builders merchants.
