HAZLETON PUMPS comes out top
at the SADC Annual Quality Awards as only company to win two main awards.
e sixth SADC Annual Quality
Awards presentation ceremony was
held on the evening of the 16th March
2016 in Gaborone, Botswana. e aim
of the SADC Annual Quality Award
competition is to recognize and
appreciate organizations and
individuals who are contributing to
quality advancement in all sectors of
industry by having measurement and
quality systems, procedures and
processes that are in line with local,
regional and inter national b est
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practices.
e Award is divided into the following
categories for Large Enterprises as well
as Small and Medium Enterprises:
Category 1: Company of the year
Category 2: Product of the year
Category 3: Service of the year
Category 4: Exporter of the year
Category 5: Individual Award
e Southern African Development
Community is a Regional Economic
Community comprising 15 Member
States; Angola, Botswana, Democratic
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Republic of C ongo, L es otho,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles,
South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania,
Zambia and Zimbabwe. Established in
1992, SADC is committed to Regional
Integration and poverty eradication
within Southern Africa through
economic development and ensuring
peace and security.
Niël Wehmeyer, Marketing Director,
HAZLETON PUMPS (middle) with
the two trophies awarded for winning
the two main SADC awards for