Our people

At APL, we like to say that we brighten Kiwi homes. How so? When you boil it down, we design, develop and supply window and door systems for the New Zealand building industry – and we do it in a way that makes the journey as straightforward as possible for our partners and their home-building customers.

Culture and investment

Our strong culture of excellence, vertical supply chain and investment in our people, partnerships and communities have helped us to become New Zealand's leading window and door specialists. We refuse to be complacent though. We are always looking forward, always improving today for the future of the environments we live in.

Our partners

At APL, we maintain a wide range of partnerships within the building industry. We supply independently-owned manufacturers, all over the country, as well as in some areas of the South Pacific. These dedicated operators work on a wide variety of residential and commercial projects and are the exclusive suppliers of APL products through our three brands: Altherm, First and Vantage. They share our commitment to excellence and our spirit of innovation.

A family

A big family – that’s the workplace culture at APL. We’re from unique backgrounds with diverse skills, but we share some common values. Excellence. Pride in our work. Appreciation of the contribution each makes. And an ambition to keep improving, reinforced by a management mindset that encourages our people to keep learning and moving forward in their careers.

Like any good family, we look after each other – in every sense. Our unique health and wellbeing programme, Hauora, incorporates the four key dimensions that constitute a person’s wellbeing: the physical, the mental and emotional, and the social and spiritual. We dedicate each month to a new health and wellbeing theme, supported throughout the year by concrete initiatives.

Keeping everyone safe

For a workplace to be truly healthy, it must also be safe. Our Haumaru team provides the company with valuable advice and guidance about safe work practices, legislative requirements and environmental recommendations. Working hand-in-glove with our Hauora representatives, they take pro-active measures to reduce incident and injury rates. Because people come first, always.

Stories

Curtis’ big picture

From a challenging upbringing to new beginnings, Curtis exemplifies how far a 'can-do' attitude can take you.

Lines of communication

Being a chatterbox as a kid might have driven her mother crazy, but it has proved a useful job skill for Genae.

Villary - an APL veteran

Cambodian expat Villary has had up-close experience of the company's rapid growth.

Ashley has found her calling

If a checklist of 'workplace wellbeing' included loving your job, Ashley would have it nailed.

Can-do attitude

"I loved their can-do, solutions-based attitude... I wanted to be part of that."

Johnelle keeps things humming

As APL production coordinator, you could say she keeps things in tune.

A roundabout path to his dream job

Taku's career path has by no means been a straight line.

Who we are