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CONSTRUCTION WORLD JANUARY 2015
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Leading property groupAtterbury
Property Developments made a
clean sweep at the 2014 Tshwane
PMR Awards business breakfast
recently. It scooped three coveted
awards.
Atterbury, which counts Lynnwood
Bridge in Pretoria and the multi-billion
rand Waterfall development in Midrand
amongst its world-class developments – took top
honours with the PMR Diamond Arrow Award
and was voted in first place overall in the cate-
gory “companies doing most for infrastructure
development of the City of Tshwane”.
To boot, Atterbury Property Developments’
boss, James Ehlers, was recognised with the
PMR Diamond Arrow Award.
He secured first place overall in the category
“business leader delivering an outstanding
contribution to the economic growth and devel-
opment of the City of Tshwane”.
Atterbury Property Developments also
won the PMR Golden Arrow Award and was
voted in the 1st place overall in the category
“companies doing most in their sectors over the
past 12 months to stimulate economic growth
Leading construction materials group AfriSam
has acquired an equity stake in specialist
concrete solutions company Concrete Laser
Flooring (CLF), with an option to increase its
shareholding over the next two years.
The acquisition will extend AfriSam’s product and service
offering beyond the supply of construction materials, as well
as affording it a unique advantage to build closer relationships
with its customers.
“This acquisition fully aligns and supports AfriSam’s growth strategy
to partner with well managed entrepreneurial companies to achieve
vertical integration advantages,” Stephan Olivier, chief executive officer
of AfriSam, comments. “Our partnership enables both companies to
leverage synergies and enhance value-delivery to our customers.”
“CLF has gained a strategic alliance with a leading supplier of the
materials that form the foundation of our business. This is an exciting
prospect for CLF and I look forward to the potential benefits our
company will derive from a partnership with AfriSam,” Peter Norton,
chief executive officer and founder of CLF, says.
CLF offers specialist flooring and concrete solutions to customers
through the use of sophisticated equipment, bespoke designs and
innovative applications. The company employs over 80 employees
and has offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.
Stephan Olivier, AfriSam CEO (left) and Peter Norton, Concrete
Laser Flooring CEO, sign the acquisition agreement.
EQUITY IN CONCRETE SOLUTIONS COMPANY
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ABOUT AFRISAM
AfriSam is a leading constructionmaterials group in Africa, with
operations in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland and Tanzania.
The company supplies superior cement, readymix and aggre-
gate products and technical solutions to its customers from its
seven cement production facilities, 17 quarries and 42 readymix
operations. Founded in 1934, the company employees over
2 000 staff and is a proud Level 2 Broad Based Black Economic
Empowerment (BBBEE) contributor.
ABOUT CONCRETE LASER FLOORING
(CLF)
CLF offers concrete flooring technology, specialist products
and qualified supervision that together combine to produce
high quality concrete floors throughout the world. With offices
in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban and its ability to
provide turnkey solutions through the use of sophisticated
equipment and products, CLF is well positioned to service its
list of national clients.
CLEAN SWEEP AT 2014 TSHWANE PMR AWARDS
and development in the City of Tshwane”.
The trio of awards meant Atterbury took the
most prestigious accolades at the 2014 Tshwane
PMR Awards.
“As a group proud of its origins in the capital
city and a major investor not just in Pretoria, but
Gauteng and now even across the rest of Africa
and in Europe, Atterbury is honoured to have
been recognised with not one but three awards
at the 2014 Tshwane PMR Awards. Atterbury is
committed to growth and investment in the city,”
comments Ehlers.
“I would like to congratulate everyone at
Atterbury, because as a team we all play a role
in the growth of the company. We are clearly
on the up and up, not just with our investments
in Pretoria and Waterfall, but increasingly in
the rest of Africa and more recently, in Europe.
Nothing illustrates our commitment to growth
and investment more than the fact that we have
opened eight shopping centres in South Africa
and the continent this year,” he adds.
Ehlers thanked the PMR for the multiple
honours, saying it was great to be recognised
in the local community. “We have reason to
celebrate our successes and another great year
of making a difference in our city and country.”
Atterbury Property Developments’
James Ehlers.
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