Octabuild Dedicated To Helping Merchants

What Is Octabuild?

Octabuild, established in 1984 is  unique among representative  groups in the building and  construction industry. The  objective of the group is to  promote the benefits of high  quality, Irish manufactured  products. Each Octabuild  company is committed to  providing an efficient and reliable  service to builders merchants.  While the Octabuild companies  (Evode, Gypsum Industries,  Dulux Paints, Irish Cement,  Sanbra Fyffe, Tegral, Kingspan  Insulation and Wavin) all conduct  their business independently of  each other, they share a number  of important attributes.  They all:

• have a solid manufacturing  base in Ireland

• operate to the highest technical  and management quality  standards

• are market leaders in their  business sectors

• use builders merchants as  their primary sales route to the  end-user

Between them the Octabuild  companies make a significant  contribution to the Irish building  and construction industry.  Their manufacturing plants are  spread throughout the country  providing significant employment  (1,200+ people employed  directly) and contributing  substantially to the economic well  being of their local communities.  Their combined product portfolio  represents an impressive range  of high quality Irish manufactured  brands. The companies between  them make 20,000+ quality  products available every day.  Speaking at the awards event,  Michael O’Donohoe, Octabuild  Chairman, explained:  “The Octabuild companies are  dedicated to helping their  customers, you the builders  merchants, achieve better  customer service. “In an era of  austerity every business has to  work harder at providing its  customer with the best possible  customer service. This includes  providing good value in terms of  price, delivery and technical  support.  “Marketing and promoting your  business is also hugely important  and that is one of the benefits for  the winners of these awards. “It  provides them with a publicity  vehicle for drawing attention to  the fact that they are considered  outstanding by independent  judges.  “For those businesses that have  not won an award the fact that  you believed that your standards  were sufficiently high to submit an  entry, is in itself a testimony to  your confidence in your business.  It also indicates a high level of  confidence in the staff and  services being provided and the  way the business is managed.  “On behalf of my Octabuild  colleagues in Dulux Paints,  Gyproc, Kingspan Insulation,  Evo-Stik, Sanbra Fyffe, Tegral,  and Wavin I want to thank you for  your support for these awards.  The high standard of builders  merchants in Northern Ireland is  evident in the winners. But the  gap between the winners and the  other entrants was very narrow.  Congratulations to all.”