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therefore serving as one of the major private- More than 20 years ago, our company’s founder,
sector employers in this small country town and Mr Brian Corbishley, established a school in Greytown
surrounding districts: called Wembley College, which caters for children
from Grade RRRR to Grade 12. Not only does this
Plennegy Head Office
Starke Ayres Research school provide quality education for many of the
Mascor John Deere Head Office children of employees of the various Plennegy Group
Mascor Toyota companies based in and around Greytown, but also
Pidelta Head Office (seed and crop-production, for the children of the local community as well. The
forestry and livestock) intention of our founder in creating this school was
Kombat (premier household & agricultural pest to keep families in our small country town together
control solutions) for as long as possible by not having to send one’s
Plennegy Print (digital printing & signage children off to boarding school much further afield
solutions) in bigger cities, as there is now high-quality private
Pennegy Aviation Hub (in-house and charter schooling available around the corner.
flights; non-corrosive, affordable hangarage By ensuring that the agricultural products we sell
solutions). are of the highest quality – the Rolls Royces in their
respective categories – we aim to ensure that we
Further afield in KZN, we have the Triton Admin HQ in
Durban, as well as Triton branches in Pietermaritzburg, maintain the trust of our customers; and ensure
that we retain our good reputation and legitimacy
Newcastle and Richards Bay; Jupidex (distribution
and service of agricultural equipment) based in for reliability.
Pietermaritzburg; as well as Mascor John Deere Plennegy’s established infrastructure and grouping
branches in 11 towns across KZN; Pidelta farms based in of industry experts ensure the quality and precision
the Umvoti, Kranskop and Winterton areas; EGT (sawmill of its activities, products and services. Our
in Crammond), and various Starke Ayres depots in KZN. competitive advantage as a professional family
Our Maritzburg Arch in Pietermaritzburg is a push from business – with each operating entity being part
our side to help reduce urban decay by investing in of a bigger family of operating entities – is that it
inner-city infrastructure. strives to:
Each of these Plennegy Group companies not Implement initiatives that have an affinity with
only provides employment to a large part of the its majority family-owned farmer customers
communities in those towns, but also gives back Invest for the longer term
to the local communities through supporting local Be driven by a set of values that strongly
businesses wherever they can; and sponsoring local emphasise the wholesome nature of a family –
charitable fundraisers in each of their areas. ethics and people.
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