Subbie up for industry award

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BG Engineering, a specialist subcontractor for machined components, has been shortlisted for a prestigious manufacturing industry award.

The Chesterfield-based company is up for the ‘Manufacturing Services’ category in the Manufacturer MX Awards.

 Marie Cooper, Director of BG Engineering, which operates in the oil & gas, food and beverage, steam, mechanical seals, highways and defence industries, said: “We’re excited to be shortlisted in this prestigious award against such strong competition from across the UK.  This is testament to the skills and expertise of our team in delivering high quality engineering solutions to meet quite complex and challenging customer requirements.  We are looking forward to the final in November.”

 Nick Hussey, Managing Director of Hennik Group which organises the Manufacturer MX Awards, said: “The Manufacturer MX Awards are without doubt the toughest and most rigorous in the UK so it is without doubt an incredible achievement to have been shortlisted.”

The independent judging panel recognised that BG Engineering is a manufacturing business that is going places – as it is gearing up to achieve strategic growth through expanding its services to the aerospace market.  The company is currently working towards securing the necessary accreditation (AS9100:2015) to become an approved aerospace supplier.  BG Engineering will also offer its services to OEMs in very specialised areas. 

BG Engineering demonstrated to judges how it has achieved a much lower than industry average staff turnover level, through investing in its people.  Over the years its staff have received in-depth training and have built up a wealth of knowledge of customers’ products and this means they can proactively identify where they can add value in the best interests of the customer.

The training and mentoring that BG Engineering provides is continuous and is both practical and classroom-based.  The company also has a robust Apprenticeship programme, as part of investing in its future workforce.

Marie Cooper continues: “There has been a decline in skilled machinists in precision engineering for the past decade or so, which is really starting to have an impact on the skill sets required.  We’re addressing this by transferring the expertise of our more experienced staff to the new generation of machinists through in-house mentoring that is helping to nurture our own home-grown engineers of the future.  We’re also investing in Apprentices and in multiskilling training for our operatives to ensure even greater productivity and flexibility within our business.”

 The final awards event will be held on 16th November at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool.

 Founded in 1988, BG Engineering is a specialist manufacturer of machined components, with customers in the UK and Europe.  The company manufactures parts mainly for the gas valve, food and beverage, high pressure cylinders and utility industries.

 http://bgeng.com/

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