Infolink.com.au has announced the results of their inaugural survey of Australia’s best brands in the architecture, building, construction and design industries.

With 629 nominated brands and a total of 6,054 votes, Dulux Australia was named the number one Top Trusted Brand for 2012.

Companies were competing for a place in the overall Top 10 Trusted Brands for 2012, with CSR Gyprock placing second and Blum Australia placing third.

Infolink is one of Australia’s largest online directories for the architecture, building, construction and design sectors and, along with this Architecture & Design site, is part of Reed Business Information Australia.

List of the Top 10 Trusted Brand 2012 winners:

  1. Dulux Australia
  2. CSR Gyprock
  3. Blum Australia
  4. Laminex Group Pty Limited
  5. Kingspan Insulation Pty Ltd
  6. Caroma
  7. Bluescope Steel Limited
  8. Dyson Appliances (Aust) Pty Ltd
  9. Hafele Australia Pty Ltd
  10. CSR Bradford Insulation

Infolink.com.au announced that the survey revealed the qualities customers are looking for in a top trusted brand, including great service, trust, reliability, lifetime warranty guarantee and great products.

Companies offering products or services were nominated for recognition in one of 44 categories to highlight their innovation, application or quality in a particular area.

Infolink.com.au users voted for their favourite brands by allocating a maximum of 10 votes to 10 different nominated brands between 16 August and 1 October 2012.

The Top Trusted Brands survey was created to be Australia’s leading national showcase of the best brands in the architectural, building, construction and design industries.

Account Manager at the company, Chris Mottershead said their expectations have been surpassed.

“The enthusiasm of voters and the industry involvement has been very positive. It’s likely that this will become an inaugural survey that could mark historical rises and falls in various brands,” said Mottershead.