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Straightpoint Wins Rigging Services-Sponsored LEEA Safety Award at LiftEx 2018, and Lifting Product of the Year Award at Speedy Expo 2018


> Load cell manufacturer Straightpoint (SP) won the inaugural Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Safety Award, presented in front of over 260 guests at a gala event staged on the first night of the LiftEx 2018 trade show in Milton Keynes, UK. Sponsored by lifting and rigging equipment provider Rigging


Services, it was one of eight trophies to be given out on the evening as LEEA, the leading authority in the industry, used its flagship event to make a definitive move to recognize member companies and individual representatives for their success against specific judging criteria. SP was also shortlisted in the Apprentice of the Year, Innovative


Product of the Year, Sustainable Solution of the Year, and Unsung Hero categories. Customer Service, Manager of the Year, and the Kevin Holmes Award (a memorial accolade developed to reward companies, teams, and individuals who display excellence in people development) completed the list of honors.


Ayling, director at SP, with the hefty piece of silverware. Celebrity guest speaker Matt Dawson, a retired England rugby union player and now a familiar face on UK television, joined them on stage. The evening was also notable for raising over £2,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital. Ayling said: “The concept generally was well received and from a


member’s perspective the evening was a great success, befitting of an excellent LiftEx in totality. To emerge victorious in the safety category was overwhelming given LEEA’s stature in the industry and the extent to which safety is in our company’s DNA. We underscore our work with the mantra ‘making the lifting industry a safer place’ and what stronger endorsement could there be that we’re meeting that objective?” Paul Fulcher, director at Rigging Services, said: “Safety has always


been a number one priority at our company; for employees, that’s inculcated in them from their first day. Sponsorship of this award was therefore natural in that it encapsulates our own ethos and we would likely find ourselves kindred spirits with the eventual winners. We’re honored to be associated with LEEA; the awards concept, which defines its work; and the safety-centricity of this particularly category.” Fulcher, who is also halfway through a two-year tenure as LEEA


chairman, added: “I had two reasons for offering my congratulations to David and SP—one with my company hat on and the other as a representative of the association. The integrity of the awards must be absolute. Beyond that, with regards to the Safety Award, it can’t be subjective; there are objective measurements. A single nominee wouldn’t guarantee a winner, nor would the judges have bestowed the honor upon


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