BEEAS | 10th ANNIVERSARY
The British Engineering Excellence Awards were launched in 2009 to
champion and celebrate design innovation and excellence. Since then,
the BEEAs has grown – as has the number of companies entering to
win the foremost engineering accolade for design.
The BEEAs has been
highlighting the breadth
and depth of the UK’s
design engineering
community and how it is competing
on a global stage for the last 10
years. Winners of the Grand Prix,
the best-of-the-best of each year,
have ranged from individual
engineers doing outstanding
work both in their industries and
communities, to small companies
with staff numbers in the singledigits,
to larger OEMs.
Each year, hundreds of entries
are debated and analysed by a
judging panel of industry experts,
which includes the winners of the
previous year’s Grand Prix and
Design Engineer of the Year Awards.
A DECADE OF EXCELLENCE
National Instruments has been
a sponsor of the event since 2009.
Richard Roberts, senior customer
marketing manager, National
Instruments says: “The BEEAs
always recognises a broad-range
of innovative UK engineering
rms, which align with the strong
engineering and innovative heritage
of the National Instruments brand.
It also offers the opportunity
to network with many eminent
engineers and business leaders.
National Instruments has sponsored
the Young Design Engineer award
to help celebrate British engineering
accomplishments and support the
industry’s most precious, valuable
resource – the engineers of the
future.”
IN RETROSPECT
This is the seventh in a series of
features looking back at the past
winners of these awards and seeing
how winning has affected them and
their business.
The seventh British Engineering
Excellence Awards ceremony took
place at a gala luncheon on 29
October 2015 at The Hurlingham
Club, Ranelagh Gardens, London.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Engineers are often unsung heroes;
they design the products that bring
success to an employer but may not
always get the acclaim they deserve.
Occasionally, engineers can see
the bene ts of the hard work they
have put in and Richard Poulton was
2015 WINNERS
GRAND PRIX
Sponsored by: Findlay Media
Winner: Oxford Space Systems
CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: National Instruments
Winner: Kinneir Dufort
SMALL COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: D Young & Co LLP
Winner: LG Motion
Highly Commended: GWR Fasteners
START UP OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Cambridge Consultants
Winner: Oxford Space Systems
DESIGN TEAM
OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Premier EDA Solutions
Navtech Radar
Winner: MATERIALS INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Engineering Materials
Winner: Nylacast
ELECTRONIC PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Digi-Key
Winner: Argon Design Argon Streams
MECHANICAL PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Institution of
Mechanical Engineers
Winner: Steeper
YOUNG DESIGN ENGINEER
OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: RS Components
Winner: Dan Stamp,
Kliklok International
Highly Commended: Jenna Allen,
A-One+
DESIGN ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Premier EDA Solutions
Winner: Richard Poulton,
Navtech Radar
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