Eaton Scoops Energy & Environment Award at this year’s Best Factory Awards
Date: 9 October 2013
Power management company Eaton is delighted to announce that its manufacturing plant in Worksop, United Kingdom, has won the Energy & Environment category at this year’s Best Factory Awards. The awards were presented at a ceremony held in London on 27th September, and additionally saw Eaton being Highly Commended for its plant in the highly regarded Best Electronics & Electrical Plant category.
To be considered for a Best Factory Award, Eaton had to meet a rigorous selection criteria through submission of an in-depth self-administered audit questionnaire, designed by researchers at Cranfield School of Management, and a site visit from the judging panel which left no stone unturned in its inspection of the facilities and questioning of the Worksop team. Eaton was subsequently chosen as winner of the Energy & Environment Award due to its continued commitment to reducing waste disposal, scrap rates and energy costs with the judges describing the Worksop plant, Eaton’s global production centre for cam switches and switch disconnectors, as ‘the ultimate environmentally friendly site’.
Commenting on the award, Neil Gill, Plant Manager at Worksop, said: “We are over the moon to have won the Energy & Environment Best Factory Award. This is the first time we have entered, so to win an award and be Highly Commended in the well-respected Best Electronics & Electrical Plant category is great. The on-going investment in equipment at the site, together with the commitment and flexibility of our excellent team, are crucial factors in this success and also make it possible for us to further enhance the plant’s status as a global centre of manufacturing excellence within the Eaton group.”
Products manufactured at the Eaton plant include rotary cam switches with ratings up to 100 A, which can be supplied in an almost limitless range of configurations to suit specific needs, and switch disconnectors, also with ratings up to 100 A, which facilitate the safe isolation of electrical supplies and circuits. The 10,000 m2 plant has almost 200 employees, almost all of whom are directly involved with manufacturing.
To learn more about Eaton’s power management solutions, visit www.eaton.eu. For all of the latest news follow us on Twitter via @Eaton_EMEA or find our Eaton EMEA LinkedIn company page.
Editor’s Notes
Eaton’s electrical business is a global leader with expertise in power distribution and circuit protection; backup power protection; control and automation; lighting and security; structural solutions and wiring devices; solutions for harsh and hazardous environments; and engineering services. Eaton is positioned through its global solutions to answer today’s most critical electrical power management challenges.
Eaton is a power management company providing energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power. A global technology leader, Eaton acquired Cooper Industries plc in November 2012. The 2012 revenue of the combined companies was $21.8 billion on a pro forma basis. Eaton has approximately 102,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.eu.
Reader enquiries: Eaton Information Response Service, Grimshaw Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 1GQ, Tel: +44 (0) 161 655 8900, Email: literature-info@eaton.com
Further press information: Please contact Melanie Hulbert, Technical Publicity, Tel: +44 (0)1582 390980, Email: mhulbert@technical-group.com
Colour separations: Please contact Christina Blake. Email: cblake@technical-group.com
To be considered for a Best Factory Award, Eaton had to meet a rigorous selection criteria through submission of an in-depth self-administered audit questionnaire, designed by researchers at Cranfield School of Management, and a site visit from the judging panel which left no stone unturned in its inspection of the facilities and questioning of the Worksop team. Eaton was subsequently chosen as winner of the Energy & Environment Award due to its continued commitment to reducing waste disposal, scrap rates and energy costs with the judges describing the Worksop plant, Eaton’s global production centre for cam switches and switch disconnectors, as ‘the ultimate environmentally friendly site’.
Commenting on the award, Neil Gill, Plant Manager at Worksop, said: “We are over the moon to have won the Energy & Environment Best Factory Award. This is the first time we have entered, so to win an award and be Highly Commended in the well-respected Best Electronics & Electrical Plant category is great. The on-going investment in equipment at the site, together with the commitment and flexibility of our excellent team, are crucial factors in this success and also make it possible for us to further enhance the plant’s status as a global centre of manufacturing excellence within the Eaton group.”
Products manufactured at the Eaton plant include rotary cam switches with ratings up to 100 A, which can be supplied in an almost limitless range of configurations to suit specific needs, and switch disconnectors, also with ratings up to 100 A, which facilitate the safe isolation of electrical supplies and circuits. The 10,000 m2 plant has almost 200 employees, almost all of whom are directly involved with manufacturing.
To learn more about Eaton’s power management solutions, visit www.eaton.eu. For all of the latest news follow us on Twitter via @Eaton_EMEA or find our Eaton EMEA LinkedIn company page.
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Editor’s Notes
Eaton’s electrical business is a global leader with expertise in power distribution and circuit protection; backup power protection; control and automation; lighting and security; structural solutions and wiring devices; solutions for harsh and hazardous environments; and engineering services. Eaton is positioned through its global solutions to answer today’s most critical electrical power management challenges.
Eaton is a power management company providing energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power. A global technology leader, Eaton acquired Cooper Industries plc in November 2012. The 2012 revenue of the combined companies was $21.8 billion on a pro forma basis. Eaton has approximately 102,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.eu.
Reader enquiries: Eaton Information Response Service, Grimshaw Lane, Middleton, Manchester M24 1GQ, Tel: +44 (0) 161 655 8900, Email: literature-info@eaton.com
Further press information: Please contact Melanie Hulbert, Technical Publicity, Tel: +44 (0)1582 390980, Email: mhulbert@technical-group.com
Colour separations: Please contact Christina Blake. Email: cblake@technical-group.com
Melanie Hulbert, +44 (0)1582 390980
Karen Shaw, +44 (0)161 6558988
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