On 15 April 2016, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Bill English, attended the manufacturing facilities of GMP Dairy Limited, located in East Tamaki Auckland, to commemorate the first batch of their Cowala Adult Milk Powder to be embossed with the New Zealand Olympic logo along with a tour of its parent company GMP Pharmaceutical’s new and state of the art soft gel production line.
This event followed the partnership launch on the 5th April 2016, where GMP entered into agreement with the New Zealand Olympic Committee to be the sole and exclusive partner in the powder based nutritional formula category under their brand Cowala for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games and the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games.
The Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Bill English, addressed the attendees at the commemorative event to recognise GMP’s successful partnership with the New Zealand Olympic Committee and support of the New Zealand Olympic Team in becoming a strategic partner, and also to celebrate the production of the Cowala Adult Milk Formula embossed with the New Zealand Olympic logo. In the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister, GMP Dairy’s Managing Director officially launched the Olympic embossed Cowala Adult Milk Powder and GMP Pharmaceutical’s new soft gel production line. The Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Bill English with other distinguished guests toured the manufacturing facilities of GMP.
Honored guests of the event included National party member of parliament Dr Jian Yang, Botany Member of Parliament Jami-Lee Ross, the CEO of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, Kereyn Smith, the People’s Republic of China in Auckland, Commercial Consular Mr. Jing Chen, and former and current New Zealand Olympic athletes.
Richie Patterson, who joined the celebration, has so far competed in two Olympic Games for New Zealand - Beijing 2008 and London 2012 - with exceptional results. He also won Gold in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the 85 kg weightlifting event and was the flagbearer in the closing ceremony of the Games. Andrea Kilday, who was also there, has won numerous gold medals in the Taekwondo championships in Oceania and is due to make her first Olympic appearance in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
GMP is very proud to be an Olympic partner with the NZOC and the New Zealand Olympic team and just as our NZ athletes strive for perfection in their chosen sport, so too does GMP in our mission to provide high quality manufacturing processes and products for both local and export markets and to support the local community here in New Zealand.
On behalf of GMP we wish all our New Zealand Olympic athletes the very best success in achieving outstanding results at the much anticipated and upcoming Olympic Games.
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