AkzoNobel and HMG scoop double
AkzoNobel and HMG Paints were double winners at the British Coatings Federation (BCF) Awards 2017.
AkzoNobel picked up the Customer Service Award, with a programme which has proved to deliver impressive business improvements; and the Sustainable Innovation Award for its new factory in Ashington, its most sustainable plant ever.
Meanwhile, HMG took the SME’s Corporate Social Responsibility honour for its Paint the Town Green campaign and picked up a second award with apprentice Darren James winning the Coatings Training Institute Student of the Year.
Tom Bowtell, BCF chief executive said, ‘In amongst the challenges that the industry faces, it is fantastic to take the opportunity to take a step back and see how the coatings industry continues to deliver outstanding performance across so many aspects of the business.’
The full list of winners is:
Sustainable Innovation Award
Winner – AkzoNobel Decorative Paints UK
Sustainable Innovation Supplier Award
Winner – BYK-Gardner Q.C. Instruments
Customer Service Award
Winner – AkzoNobel
Excellence in Training Award
Winner – Fujichem Sonneborn Ltd
Young Leader of the Year
Winner – Fine Décor Wallcoverings Ltd – Alison Henshaw
Corporate Social Responsibility Award
Winner – HMG Paints Ltd – Paint the Town Green Campaign
Winner – PPG (Architectural Coatings UK & Ireland) – Community Engagement Programme
Student of the Year Award
Winner – Darren James – HMG Paints
Coatings Care Progress Award
Winner – Tor Coatings, Chester-le-Street
Coatings Care Overall Best Performer Award
Winner – Crown Paints, Hull
