Stalker was heartened to see that one of the company’s that exhibited at the All Ireland Mushroom Conference in May recently landed one of the top prizes at the UK Manufacturing Excellence Awards.
Wood processing company Balcas Timber picked up the sustainable manufacturing award for its renewable energy facility involving combined heat and power and wood pellet manufacturing, both fuelled by sawdust and wood chip from its sawmilling operations to produce bio fuel pellets.
Bob McCullagh, from the awards’ co-sponsor PricewaterhouseCoopers, said: “These awards demonstrate that Northern Ireland manufacturers can hold their own in a world-class competition for innovation, productivity and sustainable manufacturing processes.
“The judging process benchmarks company performance against world-class organizations across a number of criteria and performance standards.
Stalker was offered some of the Balcas Brites wood pellets at the conference - good with bran flakes so the joke went.
The company has shown though that there is plenty of brights in their manufacturing strategy. Long may their success continue.
