PUMPS
CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENT
BPMA
EXCELLENCE REWARDED AT
PUMP INDUSTRY AWARDS
The Pump Industry Awards is now
recognised as one of the leading award
ceremonies within the industrial arena.
Founded by the British Pump Manufacturers
Association in 2000, the awards celebrate
the achievements of pump companies and
individuals who strive to go the extra mile.
The annual awards dinner celebrates the
industry’s best and brightest with the bonus
of excellent networking opportunities,
fantastic hospitality and great entertainment. awards evening was attended by some 200
pump industry professionals who in addition
to enjoying the awards presentations,
raised over £4000.00 for WaterAid, the
BPMA’s chosen Charity, through a Raffle and
impromptu Auction.
The BPMA once again partnered with leading
brands in the pumps sector to bring the 2019
awards programme to market, including ABB,
John Crane, Process Engineering, Siemens,
SPP Pumps, Tapflo, Tomlinson Hall, WEG, Wilo,
World Pumps and Xylem Water Solutions. Speaking after the awards, Steve Schofield,
Director and CEO at the BPMA commented,
“We are delighted that the Pump Industry
Awards are so valued by our industry, and
that each year we are able to recognise and
reward the excellent work that it undertakes
on behalf of pump users across the world.
Honouring the people, products, projects
and companies who’s engineering acumen
Held at the Heythrop Park Resort in
Oxfordshire on Thursday 21st March the
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The evening encouraged a great deal of
networking in a competitive but friendly
atmosphere, during which the 2019 winners
were revealed by celebrity compère,
television and radio presenter, Penny Smith.
continues to propel the sector forward is
fundamental to the ethos of the BPMA, and
once again the judging panel had a really
challenging task, given that all the entries
were of such a high calibre. So, our sincere
congratulations go to all the winners, who’s
credentials really were tested against the
industry’s best.”
This sentiment was echoed by Wayne
Rose, who accepted the ‘Environmental
Contribution of the Year’ Award on behalf of
Armstrong Fluid Technology. He said, “These
awards are particularly important to our
industry because, focusing entirely on pump
technology, they celebrate the achievements
of the world’s very best fluid technology
design engineers. We are extremely proud
that our Tango Parallel Pumping solution has
been selected to receive this award, from a
shortlist of outstanding examples of new
product design.”