British Composites has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Composites Industry Awards, which will be presented at the annual awards dinner on October 30th at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham.
The candidate list for each category is as follows:
· Manufacturing Innovation-Airbond | Surface Generation
· Design Innovation—Cecence | Dura Composites
· Innovation in Materials-Gurit | Tech Fiber Products
Startup of the Year-iCOMAT | Mouldbox
· Sustainability Award—Coventive Composites | Gurit | Prodrive Composites
· Intern / Apprentice Award—Jessica Sugden of MPM | Nia Jones, National Composites Center
Employer of the Year-Pentaxia | Teledyne CML Composites
· Employee of the Year-Jonny Haley of MPM | Danny Buckett of Sigmatex
Finalists in the Innovation Award category will present their work at the Open Forum Presentation at the Advanced Engineering Show on Wednesday, October 30, 14:30-15:30.
An outstanding contribution award will also be presented at this award ceremony to those who have made a special contribution to the development of the British composites industry.
The dinner will raise funds for Parkinson's UK and Juvenile Cancer Trust. Event partners include FRIMO and Zund (UK) Ltd. Award sponsors include Advanced Engineering Show, Axillium Research, Engel, Minden Dust Extraction, MPM, Pegbox Technical Recruitment and Surface Generation.