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APL Window Solutions
Wholesale Building Materials
Hamilton, Waikato 4,801 followers
We take huge pride in our half-century of supplying window and door solutions for NZ home and building owners.
About us
APL is the parent company of New Zealand’s popular window brands Altherm Window Systems, First Windows & Doors and Vantage Windows & Doors. It is based in Hamilton where it maintains a major design, production and warehousing facility developing, extruding, surface finishing and distributing profiles to over 70 manufacturers around the country. APL was started in 1971 and has grown to become New Zealand’s foremost window supplier, offering a range of residential and commercial window systems, including energy-efficient ThermalHEART products, the APL Architectural Series, Metro Series and the Smartwood composite range. APL also has branch offices in Auckland and Christchurch.
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http://www.aplnz.co.nz
External link for APL Window Solutions
- Industry
- Wholesale Building Materials
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Hamilton, Waikato
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1971
- Specialties
- Building, Aluminium, Windows & Doors, Manufacturing, Architects, Specifiers, Designers, uPVC WIndows, uPVC Doors, Altherm, Vantage, and First Windows
Locations
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19 Northpark Drive
Te Rapa
Hamilton, Waikato 3200, NZ
Employees at APL Window Solutions
Updates
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🏀Eight teams hit the court for our annual Profile Basketball Tournament for a day of fun and a little friendly competition. Congratulations to AGP Sneaker Squeakers, who took out first place, with APLM All Blacks finishing second. The AGP Sneaker Squeakers also picked up the Best Dressed Team prize for their newly branded shirts, making it a double win! 👏 A big thanks to all eight teams for getting involved: APLM All Blacks, APL Thermal Ballerz, APLM All Whites, APL Block Party, APL Champions, PPL Panthers, AGP Sneaker Squeakers and AGP Hoop Hustlers. Thanks to everyone who took part and made it a great day. Bring on next year! Profile Group Ltd | AGP Architectural Glass Products | PPL Plastic Solutions 📸 Yanee Imperial Photography
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A steep, narrow site within an established garden set the parameters for this compact Whakatū Nelson home by JTB Architects. Designed by director Simon Hall, the house responds carefully to its hillside setting, opening wide to the sea-facing outlook before tapering back into the slope. At its centre, a sheltered courtyard brings light and landscape deep into the plan, while the trapezium form allows the home to make efficient use of challenging site. The result is a future-ready home shaped by context, orientation and a strong connection to place. Explore the project: https:// https://lnkd.in/ewFRiQJM As seen in: Here magazine Architect: JTB Architects Manufacturer: Design Windows (Nelson) Builder: Simon Murray Builders
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👋Get to know the team at APL Manufacturing: meet Leianne from the dispatch team. Hear about Leianne's career journey and role at APLM. What does working at APL actually look like? We’re giving you a 30-second peek into the different roles across our business.
Get to know the team at APL Manufacturing
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Hello from sunny Brisbane! 🌞 This year, we took our annual APL National Conference across the Tasman to Australia. It was a fantastic few days filled with sharing industry insights, showcasing product updates, and catching up face-to-face. A huge thank you to all our manufacturers who joined us and made it another memorable conference.
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Waikato: see Earn as You Learn for yourself on Saturday 17 October. APL Manufacturing opens its Cambridge site from 11am to 1pm for the Manufacturing Open Day where we will be promoting & inviting applications for the 2027 Earn as you Learn NZ Certificate in Manufacturing L3 programme in Waikato. Year 12 and 13 students and their whānau can step inside the APL Manufacturing factory, meet the other businesses supporting the programme Laminex New Zealand Stafford Engineering Stainless Design Ltd ES Plastics Ltd. Gallagher Warren Auger Bins Hansa Products PPL Plastic Solutions and chat to the team at Wintec - Waikato Institute of Technology about how the 30-week programme works and importantly how to apply. Three paid workplace days and two classroom days a week, rotating through three local manufacturers while working towards the New Zealand Certificate in Manufacturing (Level 3). Get paid. Get qualified. Get started with career in modern manufacturing. Careers advisers and teachers: please share with your Year 12 and 13 students. Register for the Open Day: https://lnkd.in/eXuZqZfp Fraser High School, Hamilton Hamilton Boys' High School Hamilton Girls' High School Te Aroha College #EarnAsYouLearn #ManufacturingNZ #ManufacturingCareers #Waikato
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SAVE THE DATE: Join us in celebrating architectural excellence 🎉 We're delighted to be celebrating the 2026 New Zealand Architecture Awards this November in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Join us at ASB Waterfront Theatre for an inspiring free lunchtime lecture followed by the highly-anticipated Awards ceremony at Auckland Museum (Under the Dome) in the evening. The following day, visit a range of notable projects on the architecture tour, guided by the architects behind each build. Stay tuned! Tickets will go on sale this September. Thursday 5 November 🎤 Lunchtime lecture 🏆 New Zealand Architecture Awards ceremony Friday 6 November 🚍 Architecture tour The New Zealand Architecture Awards are proudly sponsored by Resene and APL Window Solutions. #nzia #nzarchitecture #nzarchitectureawards2026 #savethedate
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More than five decades as New Zealand’s market leader in window and door solutions means product you can rely on, consistent performance you can trust, and support that stands the test of time. https://lnkd.in/ep4K5z3R
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What an inspiring three days at in:situ 2026 + CAA General Assembly. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand and took the time to talk through the opportunities and challenges facing architecture and the wider building industry. There was plenty to take in across the programme, with speakers sharing perspectives on urban architecture, environmental building approaches, restoration, community-based projects across Australia and the South Pacific and the industry through an economist’s lens, alongside wider discussion around sustainable, durable material choices. It was also a proud moment for our wider team to have APL’s Philip Negus open the event, with Lachlan Stanton from AGP closing the programme. For our team, the event reinforced the value of engaging early and working closely with architects and specifiers - not simply to supply products, but to help identify practical window and door solutions for better-performing buildings and more considered architectural outcomes. Thanks again to the NZIA, CAA, speakers, attendees and everyone involved in bringing the event together. Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZ Institute of Architects | AGP Architectural Glass Products
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