Ajax Equipment, Bolton, UK, has been awarded the Company of the Year Award for 2021 by the UK’s Solids Handling and Processing Association (SHAPA); Ajax was also shortlisted for the Export of the Year Award. Established in 1981, SHAPA is the UK's leading specialist association for the solids handling and processing industry.  

2020 saw Ajax supply some of the largest machines it has ever produced. These included several large agitated screw feeders, the largest of which was capable of holding 6m3 of damp agrochemical powder and had an agitator with a diameter of almost 2m. For a biomass waste-to-energy provider Ajax designed and manufactured its largest screw feeder, a quadruple screw design featuring 11m long screws.   

Commenting on the award, Mike Bradley, SHAPA chairman, said: “Ajax is a company that has been around a long time, building up a reputation for being able to supply equipment to deal with some of the more tricky solids handling problems, in an industry sector where much of the business is a race to the bottom on price often resulting in disappointment of customers. For that reason alone, Ajax deserves approbation and encouragement. But what marked out this year for Ajax was the achievement of new quality certification, a move into larger scale manufacturing and good export growth, all built on that quality of service to the user. Ajax is the sort of company we need more of in the UK - solid, steady long term growth, competitiveness in the export market due to quality products that sell internationally at a premium price, and a long term commitment to UK manufacturing; very well done to Eddie and all of his team at Ajax.”

Eddie McGee, managing director, Ajax Equipment said: “I am delighted for Ajax to win the SHAPA Company of the Year Award. This is a distinguished award, and we value recognition by our peers in SHAPA. Our 50th year has been very productive so it is great to have the hard work of the whole Ajax team and our absolute focus on customer satisfaction recognised.

Moving forward, our run of extremely large handling and processing equipment has continued well into 2021 with another quadruple screw feeder, a twin triple screw feeder and two high pressure rated screw conveyors with a common discharge chute just some of the projects that have been on the workshop floor recently”. www.ajax.co.uk
 

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