EuroWire July 2020

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▲ The Slingco team outside the company’s Lancashire headquarters

Engineering company wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade

UK engineering company Slingco has been named a winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade for the second time in four years. The honour, awarded for Slingco’s “outstanding success” in international trade, is the UK’s highest o cial accolade for business success, and is recognition of the manufacturer’s export achievements. The Lancashire-based rm won the same award in 2016. The family-owned company has exported to more than 80 di erent countries in the past three years alone, and exports now account for over 85 per cent of its sales revenue; overseas earnings have increased threefold over the last three years. Founded in 1980 by Chris Dykins, Slingco supplies steel net platforms

In addition to its Lancashire headquarters and manufacturing plant, the company has o ces in the USA and India, and serves customers around the world. Managing director Nick Dykins com- mented, “We were incredibly grateful and honoured to win our rst Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade four years ago and are doubly so today. A very special thank you must go to our employees and their families, this award being recognition of the hard work, dedication and skills of our people. Mr Dykins added “I also want to express our sincere gratitude to our loyal customer base and supply chain partners, without whose support this award would not have been possible.” Slingco Ltd www.slingco.com

Nick Dykins, Slingco group managing director

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