By Danielle Kutchel
Local market leader Commercial Facilities Management (CFM) Air Conditioning has hit it out of the park on their first foray into the Casey Business Awards.
Entering the 2021 competition for the first time, the privately owned company felt pretty confident in its application – but founder and spokesperson Melanie Aldis said the team was “very proud” of their “huge achievement”.
The company has been named as a finalist in the innovation category for changes it made during the 2020 Covid lockdown.
The company used the time to achieve triple certification for the ISO international standards in its industry.
“There’s not a lot of mid-tier commercial air conditioning companies that have that, so it gives us a really good competitive edge … because it’s above and beyond what they’re expecting,” Ms Aldis said.
She added that CFM was able to keep its staff gainfully employed during the pandemic, as an essential service that was able to work with its diverse array of clients while adhering to all Covid restrictions.
CFM has been located in the City of Casey for ten years and has worked hard to embed itself in the community.
Keeping things local is extremely important to CFM; for example, Ms Aldis said around 80 per cent of the company’s workforce lives in Casey.
“To keep employees gainfully employed it’s all about keeping it close.”
“We do all our business locally as well, because we’ve built up relationships with all the suppliers over the years,” she added.
The company also maintains some of the council’s own buildings.
“We feel that we’re better placed to service Casey,” Ms Aldis said.
CFM is currently on a “rapid growth plan” to gain further market share.
“Hopefully now that we’ve got this competitive edge it makes us stand out,” Ms Aldis said of the finalist title.
“We’re going to take our business to the next level.”
The winners of the 2021 Casey Business Awards will be announced by the end of July.
