RS CLARE|Lubricant Manufacturer

RS CLARE WIN CHEMICALS NORTHWEST SME OF THE YEAR

RS Clare made submissions to four categories of the Chemicals NW inaugural awards 2009 and was successfully short-listed in each. The company has won numerous awards for environmental management over recent years so it was no surprise that they were short-listed in the category of Sustainable Manufacturing. Equally, the company has developed an impressive portfolio of export work and was runner-up in the 2008 Chemicals NW award for International Trade. RS Clare has significantly developed the business in overseas markets and has an outstanding record with many of its products so it was again encouraging to be short-listed for this years International Trade Award.

The company was also short-listed in the category of Company of the Year where the judges were looking for excellence from companies who have significantly progressed their business whilst contributing to the chemical industry in the North West of England which enjoys a total turnover in excess of £10Billion. It was however the prestigious Chemicals NW SME Award were RS Clare came to the fore and was named the 2009 SME of the year. The company are obviously delighted with the award which is a further milestone on the company’s route to excellence and recognition for the efforts of all its employees. The company logo highlights that People – Partnerships – Progress are key and can adequately demonstrate the importance of this with policies and processes aimed at positioning the company at the very top of all the industries that it is involved with. Sharing the success of RS Clare at the Awards evening were customers representatives Susannah Linington of BP Castrol and Peter Knighton of Mc Cambridge who were delighted with the success and eagerly said so with their praise when the winner was announced. Receiving the award on behalf of RS Clare were Production Manager Paul Wilson and Supply Chain Manager Elaine Littlewood. In his acceptance speech Paul related how the oldest manufacturing company on Merseyside were going from strength to strength at times when many other business were struggling with the economic environment. He went on to stress the importance of having employees who were dedicated to the success of the business and clearly focused on customers and suppliers alike to forge outstanding business relationships.