AESSEAL picks up top award

A PIONEERING Rotherham firm has been recognised as a business with “innovation running throughout the company” at an awards ceremony.

AESSEAL, makers of industrial seals, picked up a top prize at the first Made In Sheffield awards for several years.

Chris Rea, group managing director of AESSEAL, who picked up the Innovation Award for the firm, said: “Useful inventions are good for our morale, good for our customers and an essential ingredient for a sustainable business.”

The Made in Sheffield Awards recognise the achievements of businesses and individuals that have done the most to embody South Yorkshire's tradition for craftsmanship and bolster its international reputation.

Compered by journalist and BBC Today programme presenter Justin Webb, the event at the Cutler’s Hall, Sheffield, rewarded the stand-out achievers working in the manufacturing sector.

AESSEAL received the Innovation award for being a business where “innovation ran throughout the company and was being exported across the world.”

Also shortlisted were Rotherham-based EMSc UK and Arnold Wragg.