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    01.05.2019

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    ENGINEERING INDUSTRY CELEBRATED AT CeeD INDUSTRY AWARDS 

    • The 2019 Inaugural CeeD Industry Awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of some of the best-established businesses in Scotland
    • The awards also honour the rising stars in the engineering industry
    • Volvo group wins marketing award sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)

    Volvo group, Booth Welsh, Calnex and Novosound were among the winners at the 2019 Centre for Engineering Education and Development (CeeD) Industry awards. The winners were judged by an esteemed panel of experts, including Joe Pacitti, managing director of CeeD and chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) in Scotland, Dave Pearson Chairman of CeeD and director of Star Refrigeration, Gordon McInnes Engineering Manager of Texas Instruments and Karen Stewart MD of Ninetwenty Recruitment.

    The awards were held at Glasgow Hilton Hotel and hosted by Sheeren Nanjiani, main presenter for STV’s ‘Scotland Today’ news programme and one of the best-known broadcasters in Scotland.

    The ceremony highlighted the recognition and outstanding contributions of the best-established businesses in Scotland within the engineering industry.

    Volvo group scooped the prestigious marketing award sponsored by CIM; for its unrivalled performance in delivering marketing excellence for clients. Organisations include Calnex, Novosound, Trig Avionics, Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC), SRUC, Forth Ports, Booth Welsh, NS Design, Scottish Water, Blaze manufacturing Glenmorangie, Johnston Matthey, Re-Tek UK Ltd and JFD were also winners on the night.  

    Discussing the night, Joe Pacitti, managing director of CeeD and Scotland chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) said: “Professional engineering and marketing is a vital driver of business advantage – boosting commercial outcomes and growing talent. I would like to offer my congratulations to all who made it to the finals; they reflect the very best in engineering and marketing talent as well as recognising the rising stars in the industry.   

    “Sitting in a privileged position as MD, of CeeD which embraces networking and promotes a multidisciplinary approach to best practice exchange and learning, and as the chair of the CIM in Scotland, I believe we are on the cusp of being able to create the greater dynamic connections needed – at least here in Scotland.

    CeeD is a fusion of businesses working to build a national engineering community in Scotland, with common aspiration to improve operational efficiency, effectiveness and profit.  

     

    ENDS

     

    Notes to editors

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    About CIM

    The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is the world’s leading marketing body, with over 30,000 members worldwide, of which there are over 3,000 Chartered Marketers. CIM’s mission is create marketing advantage for the benefit of professionals, business and society with a focus on export, data and skills. It believes marketing is the critical factor in driving long term organisational performance.

     

    CIM provides members and organisations with five key benefits: 

    • Partnership – CIM is a professional and organisational partner to support performance and career development
    • Education – CIM allows individuals and businesses to continuously upskill
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    • Recognition – CIM is the global benchmark of professional competence

     

    For more than 100 years, CIM has supported, represented and developed marketers, teams, leaders and the profession as a whole. There are 130 CIM study centres in 36 countries and exam centres in 132 countries worldwide. In the last year, over 7,500 people registered at over 230 UK CIM events. Find out more about CIM by visiting www.cim.co.uk.

     

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