BEEAs 2009

The British Engineering Excellence Awards have been a great success in their first outing, with the judges impressed by the quality of all entries.

Findlay Media, publisher of Eureka and New Electronics, conceived of the
British Engineering Excellence Awards as a way of demonstrating that engineering of all kinds is not only alive and well in the UK, but is also being pursued at the highest levels.

The Awards recognise the design engineering excellence of an industry that creates world class businesses. Above all, the Awards show the world the power of engineering design innovation within the UK.

And the entries confirmed our beliefs; UK companies are producing world beating designs across the board. All winners have demonstrated excellence in their particular fields and we offer congratulations to all of them.

The winners of the two main prizes – Grand Prix winner Flybrid Systems and Judges’ Special Award winner Lotus Engineering – both serve the automotive sector. While Flybrid, in its short life, has already established itself as a leading developer of kinetic energy recovery systems, Lotus’ extraordinary range of expertise has positioned it as one of the ‘go to’ automotive design consultancies.

The automotive sector is one of the world’s most competitive markets and success in this sector is hard won, especially given the current economic climate. In achieving that success, both companies have shown that British engineering, coupled with entrepreneurial management, can lead the world.

We hope that you will be inspired to enter next year’s event. Please watch this site for further details.

Graham Pitcher
Group Editor
Findlay Media Engineering Design Division