Awards News
Palintest proud winners of
North East Exporters’ Awards Palintest Ltd, a Gateshead-based manufacturer of water analysis technologies, is delighted to have won the North East Exporters’ Award.
The company was nominated in two categories, winning ‘Export Team of the Year’ and a runner up in ‘Conquering New Markets’. Palintest was then named overall winner of the North East England Exporters’ Award.
The Awards recognise the efforts of companies that, through exporting achievements, are making a huge contribution to both the regional and UK economy. They also acknowledge and celebrate the strength and diversity of North East exporting.
“Winning this award is a testament to the effort our team makes in growing and supporting our business around the world,” commented Palintest’s Managing Director Dave Sidlow. “We’re a highly ambitious company with a proud history making water analysis technologies suitable for many applications and we’ve embraced the challenges and opportunities that exporting can offer a UK business.”
Palintest has invested heavily in the structure required to support exports, with regional hubs in Australia, the Middle East, China and the USA. Recent successes have most notably included sales
into China, where the company has grown its business over 200% in the past two years, making it Palintest’s single largest export market.
About Palintest
Palintest is a global provider of water and environmental analysis equipment. Its products are in use worldwide within applications such as potable water supply, healthcare, process industries, environmental monitoring, leisure facilities and agriculture and are backed by over 70 years of research.
Saint-Gobain PAM UK gold award for saving more than 4000 tonnes of carbon emissions
Saint-Gobain PAM UK, manufacturer of ductile iron access covers and gratings, has been presented with the top award from the Carbon & Energy Management and Reduction Scheme (CEMARS) by Sir Lockwood Smith at a presentation ceremony in London on October 27. The company cut its carbon emissions by 13.31 per cent in absolute emissions over five years, which equates to 4107 tonnes.
The Gold Certificate recognises the company’s achievement for year on year reductions over a five- year period by following a systematic carbon reduction programme.
In particular the company has reviewed and taken targeted action at its foundries, where it believes it can make maximum impact. Several million pounds of investment at its Holwell site sees waste heat fed back into the process, an upgraded
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Pictured receiving the CEMARS gold certificate is Mark Hardy, Saint-Gobain PAM Environment
Manager (centre) with Jay Katzen, Chief Executive of Achilles (left) and Sir Lockwood Smith (right).
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