CeeD Announces the Shortlist for the 2026 CEED Industry Awards

CeeD is delighted to reveal the shortlist for the 2026 CeeD Industry Awards, celebrating excellence, innovation, and impact across Scotland’s manufacturing, engineering, and technology sectors.

This year’s entries showcased outstanding ambition, collaboration, and progress across all categories, making the judging process highly competitive. The shortlist recognises organisations and individuals who have demonstrated exceptional performance, bold thinking, and commitment to continuous improvement.

Below is the full shortlist for each award category:

Best Practice Sharing

Bacardi • Chivas Brothers • Forth Ports • Net‑Defence • Scottish Leather Group

Circular Economy

Renewable Parts • Seed2Plate Highland • The Edinburgh Remakery

Cyber Resilience

Astrak • KubeNet • Net‑Defence • University of Glasgow

Data for Change

Baseflow Malawi • Edinburgh Napier University • JWF Process Solutions • OnGen • RMIT University

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Aggreko • Chivas Brothers • Diageo • The Ad Sc

Innovation

Entropyst • Glasgow Kelvin College • John G Russell • Novosound • Scott & Fyfe • SSEN Transmission

Internationalisation

Astrak • Autonomous IOT • John White and Son • SSEN Transmission

Knowledge Exchange

Digital Dairy Chain • Edinburgh Napier University • InspectaHire • John G Russell • Net‑Defence • University of Glasgow • Volvo Construction Equipment

Marketing

Celtic Renewables • James Ramsay • KubeNet • Lochlie Construction • Makar

Net Zero Heroes

Celtic Renewables • Dumfries and Galloway College • John G Russell • Makar • SSEN Transmission • WEEE Scotland

Operational Excellence

Celtic Renewables • Diageo • Interflon • Leonardo • Scottish Leather Group • SSEN Transmission • Star Refrigeration • Thermo Fisher

Remanufacturing

Howden • NMIS • Renewable Parts • WEEE Scotland

Resilience

Land Energy • Lead2Leap • Zoe Chouliara Psychology

Skills Development

Aggreko • LifeScan • Rearo Laminates • SP Energy Networks • SSEN Transmission • Storm Aviation

Women in Engineering

Sarah Badesha (Chivas Brothers) • Laura Halliday (Arthian) • Encarni Medina‑Lopez (University of Edinburgh) • Patricia Munoz‑Escalona (Glasgow Caledonian University) • Shannon O'Neill (Vital Energi Utilities) • Victoria Phillips (Aggreko) • Christy Ritchie (Albacom) • Jan Robertson (Diageo) • Ada Scotland (The Ada Sc) • Annette Welch (Here’s The Plan)

Young Person of the Year

The winners will be announced at the 2026 CEED Awards Ceremony, where we will come together to celebrate the outstanding achievements shaping Scotland’s future industrial landscape.

Congratulations to all shortlisted organisations and individuals.