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EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
Puregas awards its partners
By Ilana Koegelenberg
This year, things worked a bit differently at the annual Puregas Awards, focusing on important
partnerships rather than just the usual SHEQ aspects.
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Dr Moosa took to the stage again to entertain guests
after dinner, after which the awards followed, gifting
award recipients with a beautiful rhino-shaped trophy to
remember the occasion.
AWARDS
The following companies received partnership
awards for having worked with the company for
over 25 years:
1. Aran Additives
2. MPact
3. Indigo Cosmetics
4. Richard Hallam
5. Clarke Colours
6. Revlon
7. RB (formerly Reckitt Benckiser)
8. Unilever
9. Rolfe Laboratories
10. Dabur (formerly CTL)
11. Peggy van Maanen
12. SMP.
There were also partners who have supported the
company for more than 40 years. These included:
1. Norman Sanan
2. SC Johnson (formerly Johnson Wax)
3. Tiger Brands (initially Robertsons)
4. Oryx Energies (formerly BP Gas). CLA
he Puregas Partnership Event took place on
Wednesday, 26 September in the ballroom at
the Fine Living by David Muirhead venue in
Johannesburg. Puregas invited board members,
suppliers, and customers to enjoy the evening with them
and the event was well attended.
MC and entertainment for the evening was provided
by well-known local comedian Dr Riaad Moosa, who had
everyone in stitches with his sharp observational humour
and exceptional wit.
As mentioned, the event’s format was slightly different
this year. Previously, Puregas focused predominantly on
safety, health, environment, and quality (SHEQ) factors for
their annual awards, but this year instead they looked at
their partnerships.
“It’s because of our long-term partnerships that we
have been able to achieve what we have achieved over
the years,” said Jaco Wiese of Puregas during his short
speech before introducing the guest speaker.
Before the official awards ceremony commenced,
guest speaker Debra Mitchell of Ishecon, a company
specialising in providing chemical and explosives process
safety consulting services to industries in southern Africa,
took to the stage. Mitchell spoke about major hazard
installations (MHI), looking at the regulations and the
progress in terms of changing this. She also looked at the
plans for South Africa in terms of MHI legislation and the
requirements that will come into effect in a few years’ time.
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