South African pump manufacturer Hazleton Pumps International took top honours in the Most Innovative Company and Customer Service of the Year categories of the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa’s (Seifsa’s) Awards for Excellence.
Steel products manufacturer Scaw Metals won in the Health and Safety and Artisan of the Year categories, while power transmission specialist Voith Turbo scooped the Best Corporate Social Responsibility Programme of the Year award.
The Most Transformed Company of the Year award went to Africa Steel Holdings for companies with fewer than 100 employees and to automation technology group ABB for companies with more than 100 employees.
Seifsa CEO Kaizer Nyatsumba presented CEO’s Awards to Kgaogelo James Sello for being the Top 2014 Artisan Student; to Melco Conveyor Equipment for being the company that made extensive use of Seifsa’s products and services and participated in the federation’s workshops, events and forums; and to the Construction Engineering Association of South Africa for being the most active of Seifsa’s affiliated associations; as well as a Lifetime Leadership Award in the metals and engineering sector to Arthur Stuart Boynton-Lee.
Nyatsumba said: “I would like to encourage companies to continue to work hard towards excelling and providing the sector with examples of excellence. This will inspire other companies.”
