Gaining respect is one of the many great things the Westpac Prime Minister’s Exporter of the Year Award has help businesses obtain.
A recipient of this is Pleass Global Limited. The water bottling and supplier of major brands group has applied for the Small Exporter of the Year awards this year.
Marketing Director Cate Pleass said: “The awards are respected by our customers and provide assurance that we are a successful and operationally sound business.
“The exporter awards are a wonderful initiative by Investment Fiji and the sponsors to highlight the significant economic contribution exporters are making to Fiji and to reward those exporters who are leading the industry they operate in.
“Fiji brands are gaining strength internationally and all exporters are to be congratulated for their efforts in developing the brand Fiji.
“Fiji is exporting some premium quality products of highest quality levels and we are proud to be a part of that.”
Pleass Global Limited has previously been awarded with the Small Exporter Award in 2010.
Ms Pleass stressed the awards are an excellent platform.
“Any company involved in export should apply as there are spreads of awards to cover most exporter categories.”

Export market
Pleass Global Limited is currently exporting products to United States, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tonga, Hong Kong, China and Nauru.
The company is looking to expand its market and tap into new markets like Mexico, India and United Arab Emirates.

About Pleass Global Limited
The company was established in 1996 and is a listed company on the South Pacific Stock Exchange.
Ms Pleass explained: “Our main activities are bottling and supplying many brands and presentations of water, packaging for the food service sector, eco tourism through our renowned Kila Eco Adventure Park and agriculture.
“Our brands are icons in the Pacific and beyond- AquaSafe, VaiWai and Party Time.”