Our dedication to Quality and Customer Service has led to numerous awards: 


2024

  • Managing Director Chris Rea receives Queen’s Graduate of the Year awarded by the Queen’s Graduates Association
  • AES Engineering Ltd has been selected as the UK North East region’s Economic Innovator of the Year
  • AESSEAL Inc. awarded the 2024 Tom Ballard Advanced Energy Leadership Award
  • AESSEAL wins Standing Tall Award
  • AESSEAL has proudly retained its Investors in People accreditation
  • AESSEAL Dragon Awards 2024
  • Top UK Manufacturing Apprentice Employer 2024, according to the Department of Education’s annual rankings
  • AESSEAL plc awarded Most Engaged Employer Partner Award by South Yorkshire Careers Hub
  • Sustainable Development of the Year at the South Yorkshire Property Awards
  • Large Business Employer of the Year at the 2024 South Yorkshire Apprentice Awards
  • AESSEAL plc Receives Prestigious RoSPA President's Award for 11 Consecutive Golds in Health and Safety

2023

  • AESSEAL Dragon Awards 2023
  • Maisie Cauldwell won Apprentice of the Year Award at Rotherham Apprentice of the Year Awards
  • AES Engineering Group Managing Director Chris Rea wins Net Zero Champion 2023
  • AESSEAL wins second Princess Royal Training Award
  • AESSEAL wins gold RoSPA award for tenth consecutive year
  • AESSEAL Inc., won the 2023 Strive 35 - Sustainability Award
  • Made in Yorkshire 2023 - Manufacturing Apprenticeship/Training Scheme Award
  • Pump Industry Awards 2023 - Contribution to Skills and Training
  • Pump Industry Awards 2023 - Environmental Contribution of the Year
  • AESSEAL picks up two prestigious High Sheriff Awards

2022

  • AESSEAL plc presented with the Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development 2022
  • AESSEAL have two finalists in Rotherham’s 2022 Apprentice of the Year Awards.
  • Wins for AES Engineering in sustainability awards
  • AESSEAL Dragon Awards 2022
  • AESSEAL has been granted the Silver award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme for its support of defence and the armed forces community.
  • AESSEAL has received a RoSPA health and safety gold award for the ninth consecutive year.
  • AESSEAL receives Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development
  • Top Honours at RNN Group Apprentice of the Year Awards

2021

  • AESSEAL received the Business Masters 2021 Sustainability Award
  • Claire Dickinson received the award for Best Northern Finance Director of a Global Company.
  • Lewis Massie and Harry Long both won Apprentice of the Year at the Rotherham Apprentice of the Year Awards
  • Chris Rea received Leader of the Year Award at the Northern Leadership Awards 2021
  • AESSEAL runner up for the Energy and Sustainability award at Made UK
  • AESSEAL Dragon Awards 2021
  • AESSEAL wins Sustainable - Ethical Manufacturer Award
  • Eighth RoSPA Gold award for AESSEAL
  • AESSEAL wins another Queen’s Award for Enterprise

2020

  • AESSEAL MD Chris Rea awarded highest accolade by IMechE
  • AESSEAL received the Standard accreditation from Investors in People.
  • AESSEAL Dragon Awards 2020
  • AESSEAL achieves International Standard for industrial cybersecurity

2019

  • AESSEAL picked up the EEF award for Developing Future Talent
  • AEO status to cut waiting times for global customers
  • AESSEAL was awarded the RoSPA Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety for the 6th Year.
  • AESSEAL Dragon Awards 2019

2018

  • Amber Nicholson was awarded Apprentice of the Year by the East Midlands Chamber in their annual Enterprising Women Awards
  • Made in Sheffield Apprenticeship/Training Scheme of the Year
  • AESSEAL also won the International Trade award at the Yorkshire Business Masters Awards
  • Amber Nicholson won Derby College Apprentice of the Year
  • Nathan Wall and Ryan Morris both won Apprentice of the Year at the Rotherham Apprentice of the Year Awards
  • AESSEAL received a national Princess Royal Training Award for its outstanding training and development programme
  • AESSEAL was awarded the RoSPA Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety for the 5th Year. As a special recognition for achieving this award 5 years in a row, AESSEAL got a Gold Medal
  • AESSEAL was named Business of Trust Champion at the Lord Mayor’s Dragon Awards
  • AESSEAL won Corporate Fundraiser of the Year in the Master Cutler’s Challenge after raising £30,000
  • Gordon Bridge received the Master Cutler’s Challenge Most Inspirational Award for his fundraising efforts and dedication to the Challenge
  • AESSEAL won the Engineering Ambassador of the Year award and the overall Grand Prix at the British Engineering Excellence Awards 2018
  • Chris Rea was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the pump industry at the Pump Industry Awards, sponsored by BPMA.

2017

  • Chris Rea was awarded the Driver of Cultural Change award by the Manufacturer magazine
  • AESSEAL was recognised as an Investor In People for the 23rd consecutive year
  • SASOL in South Africa awarded AESSEAL pty a certificate of Appreciation in recognition of outstanding service and support
  • RoSPA Gold Award - For Occupational Health & Safety

2016

  • Queen's Award for Enterprise - Innovation
  • British Safety Council, Sword of Honour and Globe of Honour.
  • RoSPA Gold Award - For Occupational Health & Safety
  • 5 stars in ‘Health, safety and environmental management’, by the British Safety Council

2015

  • RoSPA Gold Award - For Occupational Health & Safety

2015

  • RoSPA Gold Award - For Occupational Health & Safety

2014

  • RoSPA Gold Award - For Occupational Health & Safety

2013

  • Special Award for Sustainability - North of England Excellence Awards

2011

  • Queen's Award for Enterprise – International Trade.
  • Institute of Mechanical Engineers MX2011 - Overall IMechE Award for Manufacturing Excellence and IMechE Award for Customer Focus
  • International Trade Awards - International Trade Company of the Year

2010

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers – Customer Focus Award 

2009

  • BQF (British Quality Foundation) UK Excellence Award 
  • 4 Queen’s Awards – Including Sustainable Development

2007 

  • BQF – Recognised for Excellence - 4 Star
  • BQF – Achievement Award for Sustainable Future
  • CBI Growing Business Award – Company of the Year

2006

  • Institute of Mechanical Engineers MX2006 Manufacturing Excellence Awards – Overall Winner plus wins in Customer Focus, Logistics and Resource Efficiency
  • Best Factory Awards – Best Engineering Plant in the UK; Best Factory Regional Award (North and Scotland)
  • British Chamber of Commerce National Awards – Business of the Year and Microsoft Award for Outstanding Business Achievement

Accreditations and awards are pertaining to AESSEAL plc (UK) unless otherwise stated.