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 in stature 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-thebest
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
single-digits, 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.
Cambridge Consultants has been
a headline sponsor of the event
since 2009. Its CEO, Eric Wilkinson
A DECADE OF EXCELLENCE
2017 WINNERS
GRAND PRIX
Sponsored by:
Mark Allen Business
Winner: Plessey Semiconductors
CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Rutland Plastics
Winner: Drive System Design
Highly Commended: Penso Group
SMALL COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: IG Motion
Winner: Diamond Hard Surfaces
Highly Commended: Emblation
START UP OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by:
Cambridge Consultants
Winner: Open Bionics
DESIGN TEAM OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Altium UK Limited
Winner: Kliklok ITC Project
Highly Commended:
PRaVDA/University of Lincoln
MATERIALS APPLICATION
OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Goodfellow
Winner: Plessey Semiconductors
NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
(ELECTRONIC)
Sponsored by: New Electronics
Winner: Peratech QTC Matrix Sensor
NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
(MECHANICAL)
Sponsored by: Eureka!
Winner: Aeristech Scharger
NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
(AEROSPACE)
Sponsored by: Minitec
Winner: Smith Myers Artemis
ENGINEERING AMBASSADOR
OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: John Guest
Winner: Julia Motoc
Highly Commended: TDK-Lambda UK
YOUNG DESIGN ENGINEER
OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: RS Components
Winner: Rob Hanson, Designability
DESIGN ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Maxon Motor
Winner: Jake Wallis, Lontra
says: “Cambridge Consultants
has supported the BEEAs right
from their inception, because we
believed that the quality of depth
of engineering talent here in Britain
needed to be highlighted and
celebrated. The BEEAs do more than
give engineers a lift for a day – they
inform and inspire fellow engineers,
entrepreneurs, investors and,
perhaps most importantly, graduates
and students to be proud of what they
are part of and to give free rein to
their ambition.”
The ninth British Engineering
Excellence Awards ceremony took
place at a gala luncheon on 5th
October 2017 at The Honourable
Artillery Club, London.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Graduate engineers represent a
signi cant part of the future for
UK industry. As employers look to
refresh product lines and address
new markets, young engineers can
make an impact by bringing fresh
approaches and thinking.
Winner of Young Design Engineer
of the Year, Rob Hanson pictured
graduated from the University of
Glasgow with an MEng in Product
Design Engineering in 2013 and,
in the words of his employer,
Designability, he hasn’t looked back.
National charity and advocate of
‘better technology for everyone’,
Designability works with end-users,
carers and health professionals to
understand problems, nd solutions
and test them in real life situations.
Hanson’s work has included the
design of a wheelchair baby carrier,
dynamic seating for young children
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