Hill Engineering wins Ireland’s Best Managed Companies Award again
Newry based attachment manufacturer, Hill Engineering has been named as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies for the fourth-year running, in the Deloitte BMC Awards Programme, receiving the much coveted ‘Gold Standard’ award.
Hill Engineering secured the award by demonstrating superior business performance for the fourth consecutive year, and their achievement was recognised at the BMC Awards gala dinner, in Dublin last week. The dinner was attended by over 1,000 people from the Irish business community representing 26 different counties.
Commenting on the Awards, Deloitte Partner, Anya Cummins, said: “2018 marks the 10th year of the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards programme, which has grown from 25 companies in year 1 to 137 in year 10. The programme represents companies from different industries with many industry-specific challenges but also common characteristics such as adaptability, innovation and ambition. Their stories are the stories of Irish business this past decade, and they are stories of resilience, recovery and confidence.”
Andrew Graham, Director, Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking, said: “The Best Managed programme puts the spotlight on well managed companies that are generating strong returns, as well as growing their businesses through investment in technology, a customer centric approach and commitment to developing leaders of the future. The process and frameworks used by these businesses continues to serve them well in adapting to and succeeding in the dynamic and ever evolving global markets in which they now compete. We have been really impressed by not only the breadth of businesses but also their ambition, drive and determination.”
Ian Hill Managing Director of Hill Engineering, said: “We are delighted to have won this award for the fourth consecutive year – it’s testament on how we work as a team to move the business forward by working together and listening to what our customers require. We have seen significant growth in the company in recent years and have increased both our market share and our widened our product range in response to customer demand.”
Hill added: “As part of our company expansion we have added new members to our team who continue to strengthen our position in the UK and Ireland and have increased productivity and streamlined the business. We have seen a 30% increase in production capacity and 20% more orders than the same period last year. Exports also are an important part of our business and continue to grow at a steady pace – we are also working with many emerging markets.”
Hill concluded: “Winning the Deloitte Best Managed Company Awards again has set a benchmark for the rest of the year – we look forward to the challenges ahead.”
