We are delighted to announce the winners of the CeeD Annual Industry Awards 2023, in association with our Platinum sponsor, Volvo Rokbak. Thanks also to to all our award sponsors who all help to make this event possible.
Thanks to CA Models who designed and produced our fabulous trophies once again this year. They keep surprising us! Watch a short video of the making of the trophies here.
Our guest speaker was Ivan Mckee MSP, Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism & Enterprise who also presented the Internationalisation award. Thanks also to our host, presenter and broadcaster, Shereen Nanjiani.
The competition was very high across all categories and we'd like to thank all those who entered.
Close to 600 people came together at the Glasgow Hilton on 2nd March 2023 to recognise and celebrate the achievements of some of the best established and rising star organisations and individuals in Scotland.
The winners are:
Marketing Award - sponsored by Business Gateway
WINNER: Advanced Clothing Systems
Their Scale of the Problem’ campaign has educated the public on the issue of fashion returns while making ACS synonymous with the global circular fashion process.
Best Practice Sharing Award - sponsored by University of the West of Scotland
WINNER: Woodward Aircraft Engine Systems
The Woodward Prestwick site has a history of hosting visitors and sharing best practice, including participation in a number of Q&A panels and hosting an on-site best practice sharing event.
Skills Development Award - sponsored by Skills Development Scotland
A new Psychological Safety programme nurtures an inclusive, supportive and safe environment for employees to work and grow, ensuring a people-focused culture that stays at the heart of what Calnex do.
Knowledge Exchange Excellence Award - sponsored by DEMOLA Global
WINNER: Booth Welsh and National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
An industrial scale digital transformation project, demonstrating how open and proactive collaboration and knowledge sharing between academia, industry, and subject matter experts has been pivotal to the success of a leading Industry 4.0 project.
CeeD Award Winners:
Women in Industry Award - sponsored by Volvo Rokbak
WINNER: Geraldine Boylan and the Mabbett Women STEM Working Group
WINNER: PEAK Scientific Instruments
Exporting internationally fuels the growth of the company, enabling them to reach new customers and establish the PEAK Scientific brand in new territories. Trading in 130 countries, PEAK has more overseas employees than in the UK whilst retaining their manufacturing capability in Scotland.
Innovation Award - sponsored by CeeD
WINNER: University of the West of Scotland – in partnership with Advanced Clothing Solutions
An innovative and patented technology has been produced which improves microbial decontamination, reduces energy utilisation, enhances waste recycling, prolongs the life of garments and reduces their impact on the environment.
Cyber Resilience - sponsored by CyberScotland
WINNER: Aggreko
Aggreko security sought out an opportunity to improve its defensive cyber capability, yielding far greater outcomes than initially expected. By equipping their colleagues with confidence and skills, through engaging and strenuous training, they have become a far more resilient and innovative company.
CeeD Award Winners:
Remanufacturing - sponsored by National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
WINNER: EGG Lighting
The EGG Lighting remanufacturing strategy and process has delivered significant energy and material savings for businesses in Scotland and across the UK.
Collaboration in NetZero - sponsored by Star Refrigeration Ltd
WINNER: Trade Right International CiC
In collaboration with NHS Scotland, Redeem Exchange is a collection, cleaning and refilling programme for plastic hand sanitiser bottles – a first for NHS Scotland.
Young Person of the Year - sponsored by Nine Twenty Engineering & Manufacturing
WINNER: Christian Williams – Here’s the Plan
Circular Economy - sponsored by Zero Waste Scotland
WINNER: Rhino Wash
Circular product, Rhino One, has been designed specifically to enable remanufacturing of the product, minimising impact to landfill and building an environmental and sustainable product.
Operational Excellence - sponsored by Diodes
WINNER: Veolia
Developed bespoke initiative to optimise Operations and maintenance delivery to improve asset performance and reliability, thereby promoting operational stability and efficiency. Front line teams can access key operational data from a group of digital tools developed by their Technical and Performance teams.
Transformational Change - sponsored by CENSIS
WINNER: Consult Lift Services
The management KTP project between Consult Lift Services and University of the West of Scotland embedded leadership and management skills alongside modern business systems and processes.
Engaging Talent Award - sponsored by Star Refrigeration and Booth Welsh
A new award, introduced this year in memory of Euan Thomson, which is for undergraduates who in the last year have undertaken an individual or group project with mentorship from an industry partner. You can watch a short video of the projects the finalists worked on here.
WINNER: Emma Clarke – Spirit Aerosystems
Chairman's Award - sponsored by The Glen Turner Company
WINNER: ID Systems
Charity Partner - SmartSTEMs
We are delighted to announce that, through your generous donations for the raffle prize draw, we were collectively able to raise £5,663.92 for the great work that SmartSTEMs do. Thank you very much!
Thanks also to Equi's for providing their delicious ice cream on the night and to Highland Spring for providing the bottles of their lovely Scottish water.
And thank you once again to our wonderful Award Sponsors and a special thanks go to our Platinum Sponsor, Volvo and Rokbak.
