Over its half-century of business, the Alexander Group has proven itself as a versatile organisation that embodies the best of Kiwi ingenuity. Originally specialising in grain transportation when the grain industry was beginning to take off in New Zealand, the Group invented a hyper-efficient grain unit known as the “grain train.”
Within a decade, the Alexander Group expanded to the distribution of another national crop in bloom: wine grapes. Recognising opportunities for systems improvement, the team noticed that on the journey from Gisborne to Auckland more than half of the fresh grapes were crushed into liquid, and responded to this issue by inventing a special tail board that is still used today.
Adding ethanol transportation to its repertoire in the 1980s, the Alexander Group stayed well-attuned to the winds of excellence in innovation, wherever they may blow. Today, the Group focuses its efforts on the distribution of compressed gas in bulk tankers and cylinders throughout New Zealand.