Supplier of the Year

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Awarded to a supplier to the pump industry that has demonstrated consistently high levels of technical innovation and developments, environmental awareness, customer service and satisfaction, market penetration and growth.

ABB
ABB supplies motors and variable-speed drives to both leading pump manufacturers as well as end users. About one-quarter of ABB’s drives are used in pumps; the energy savings from these drives amount to an estimated 11 billion kWh per year. ABB is the world’s largest supplier of drives, with pumps being the single largest applications area. ABB has about 50 percent market share for drives in the UK water industry, the largest application area for pumps.

Darwins Holdings
Darwins is the only steel foundry in Europe truly dedicated to supplying high integrity castings to the Pump Industry. Over 95% of sales are to pump OEM’s.Direct exports to 15 countries account for 40% of turnover and are one reason behind the tremendous Company growth seen in recent years. Darwins material range covers all International standards from carbon steel up to high Ni alloys with stainless and increasingly popular  super-duplex  grades a speciality.

WEG Electric Motors
As one of the world leading electric motor and drive manufacturers, WEG supply turnkey automation systems to control some of the most prestigious clean water, and waste water projects in the world.  The W22 range of electric motors can meet all global efficiency requirements including the European IE2 and IE3 standards and is now available for the UK water industry as WIMES specific range “W22 WIMES” with a three year warrantee as standard. One of the only motor manufacturers in the world able to offer the complete range from 0.12Kw up to 355Kw in standard IEC frame sizes WEG also has a full range of Inverter Drives, Soft Starters, control Gear and MCC (Motor Control Centers).WEG is a ISO 14001 certified manufacturer, gained approval to ISO 50001:2011 (Energy management systems) last year, and has representatives on every continent in over 60 countries, and a network of 1100 service centres worldwide.