And, according to LEEA CEO Ross Moloney, the awards are already proving to be a resounding success based on member entries.
“I am overwhelmed by the positive response – not only with the number of entries for what is the first year of the new LEEA Awards, but also the high standard of the submissions,” he says.
“This indicates real interest in the awards and what they represent, which is recognising LEEA members’ excellence and showcasing it to the global lifting industry and to end user markets.
“We are very excited about the LEEA Awards event, which takes place alongside LiftEx 2018 on the evening of 14 November at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Milton Keynes. This will be a completely new experience for LEEA and we anticipate a great night that will give members a sense of pride in their industry and a set of benchmarks to which they can measure their own excellence.”
The finalists for the LEEA Awards 2018 are as follows:
Apprentice of the Year: Calder Lifting Services Limited Andron Handling Limited William Hackett Lifting Products Limited Straightpoint UK Ltd FLG Services 'A' Plant Lift Turn Move Ltd | Customer Service: Technical Royal Excellence Oil and Gas Andron Handling Limited Ranger Lifting | Rigging | Safety Rope Assemblies Ltd |
Innovative Product of the Year: Dynamic load Monitoring (UK) Ltd Tiger Lifting UK Eichinger Equipment Ltd Industrial Training International (ITI) Straightpoint UK Ltd Lifting Gear UK Limited | Kevin Holmes Award: Street CraneXpress Ranger Lifting | Rigging | Safety Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformance Council |
Safety Award: Speedy – Lloyds British Street CraneXpress Survitec Straightpoint UK Ltd Lifting Gear UK Limited | Sustainable Solution of the Year: Certex UK Certex Svenska AB Speedy – Lloyds British Unusual Rigging Ltd Dynamic load Monitoring (UK) Ltd Straightpoint UK Ltd |
The Unsung Hero Award and Manager of the Year Award will be announced during the LiftEx Awards 2018 Dinner. Matt Dawson, MBE, will be speaker at the dinner and presenter of the LEEA Awards.