Welding World Award Winner
The Association of Welding Distributors ( AWD ) announced the winners of their ‘ Welding World Awards ’ on Wednesday 13th April , at a gala dinner , held at the Hilton Metropole Birmingham , where Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT ® shared a table with some of the their UK Distributors including EWM , manufacturers of very high class welding machines .
In the second award of the night and in the category of ‘ Best New Welding Product Supplier ’, HFT ® was announced to be the winner , to great applause and the Company ’ s CEO , Georgia Gascoyne and Luke Keane who provides Distributor Support went up on stage to receive the award from The Rt Hon Michael Portillo , broadcaster and former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer .
There were ten finalists in the group for this Award including Esab , EWM , Polysoude and Rapid Welding .
Georgia said : “ I had faced the judging panel at the start of the year in order to deliver a presentation about the Company and our products , the prominent topic being their PurgEye ® Weld Purge Monitor ® which has evolved over the 40 years that HFT ® has been in business and continues to be the oxygen monitor of choice for welders Worldwide . In fact , I was able to show the panel an original first model of the Argweld ® Weld Purge Monitor ® from the 70 ’ s .”
Michael Portillo was an excellent choice for compere and ensured the evening ran smoothly from start to finish . Of course he is no stranger to welding as during filming his current TV series on train journeys , he visited the Bombardier factory in Poland and was shown how to weld and then gave it a try himself !
The dinner was timed to coincide with the MACH Exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham , UK where many of the dining guests were displaying their products in the Welding Village section .
One of HFT ®’ s Exclusive Distributors , Craig Elliott from West Country Welding Supplies joined them on the night and wrote later : “ Thank you very much for allowing me to be part of the Welding Awards evening . It was fantastic to see HFT ® do so well and it was well deserved . Your hospitality was first class and I felt utterly spoilt .”
HFT ® are delighted to have won the award and would once again like to thank everyone who voted for them .
Entertainment on the night was provided by the all female string quartet , Siren , who wowed the audience with their choreographed dance moves all whilst playing their instruments .
11 TN MAY 2016