April 2009

AES wins four Queen's Awards for Enterprise

AES Engineering Ltd has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Sustainable Development 2009 and the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2009 (LabTecta product).  In addition, their Belfast subsidiary, AESSEAL (MCK) Ltd applied for and has been granted two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise; for International Trade 2009 and Innovation 2009 (Flow Fuse product).

AES (MCK) Ltd was recognised in particular for its fully patented Flow Fuse, a state-of-the-art product that significantly reduces the environmental impact and costs associated with water wastage through pump equipment.

The Queen’s Award team stated:
"AES Engineering Ltd. receives the Sustainable Development Award for truly embracing the sustainability challenge within the core of its business and pushing the bounds of good practice in sustainable design and manufacture….. AES not only successfully seeks to reduce its own ecological footprint but also to sustainably produce products which are of evident environmental merit."

November 2008

AES wins CIMA award for corporate responsibility.

At the CIMA Financial Managment Awards, 3i backed AES Engineering won the award for CSR. AES was cited as a fantastic example of a business making a significant contribution to its local community and the wider environment, with the vision to become a CSR role model.

In this category, the judges were particularly looking for demonstrable links between CSR activity and organisational, operational, financial and/or strategic decision making. Rotherham-based business, AES, has gone out of its way to meet the highest quality standards and ensure that these standards are fully integrated into its management philosophy, systems and the decision making process. In so doing, the company has reduced its carbon footprint by 75%.

The company's CEO is the principal architect and driver behind the firm’s wetlands wildlife sanctuary project which is located at the company’s headquarters. This has the dual role of diverting water during flash flooding and providing a sanctuary for wildlife. The company has also introduced new concepts such as using living ‘green’ roofs to support biodiversity, help filter air pollutants and improve insulation.

November 2007

3i backed AES Engineering won Company of the Year at the UK's 2007 Growing Business Awards, which are backed by the CBI and Real Deals.

AES was nominated in advance of the event, for the category 'Company of the Year', and the judges were looking for a truly outstanding business.

In their words:
"Simple, really. We're looking for an outstanding business whose growth, ambition and quality of management has enabled it to out-perform its peers financially and has delivered on a compelling business strategy."

The judges were looking for a company that had, in its past full financial year:

• Out-performed its peers in sales and profits growth
• Created new, quality jobs
• Developed and trained its people
• Delivered on an innovative and compelling business strategy
• Launched, or successfully developed, its range of products and services.

We'd like to add our congratulations to the team at AES for their outstanding success.