PECM Issue 39 2019 | Page 132

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 132 PECM Issue 39 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.”