EDITOR’S COMMENT
A LOT CAN happen in 10 years and, from
the perspective of the British Engineering
Excellence Awards, a lot has happened.
Over that decade, we’ve enjoyed ten
ceremonies, congratulated nearly 1,000
entrants and presented more than 100
winners with their trophies.
Over the years, the locations, faces
and even the shape of the trophies have
changed. What has not, however, is the
fundamental purpose of these awards: to
celebrate all that is best, most innovative
and most deserving of praise and
recognition in British engineering.
That’s easily said, of course, but having
been involved in most of the judging over the
last decade I can bear witness that the rigour
and laser-like focus on excellence that was
there in 2009 was certainly still there a few
weeks ago when the judges met.
The crop of winners in 2019 stands
comparison with any year of the last decade.
From the SC+ system that promises to
transform the lives of those who need
dialysis to the Grand Prix winner Automata
that has brought e ective automation
and robotics within the budget of SMEs for
whom such systems have previously been
una ordable, excellence, as ever, has been
the watchword.
Nowhere is this more the case than in
the winner of the special ‘Design Engineer
of the Decade’ award, which saw every
previous Design Engineer of the Year
pitted against one another. Sebastien
Cuvelier Mussalien’s work has been
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outstanding and he is a worthy winner.
Sebastien is kind enough to credit
winning the BEEAs in 2013 with giving
him the con dence to start his own
consultancy. To some extent, that win was
a transformational event for him. This is not
a question of claiming credit, however, but
simply highlighting what the BEEAs were
always meant to do.
That is what the BEEAs were started for
and that’s why they continue. We hope the
BEEAs always retain that power.
Paul Fanning, Editor
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