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Accolades for Kevin Glass and Nabil Cook

Industry accolades for Kevin Glass (left) and Nabil Cook

UK: Bitzer UK MD Kevin Glass and Nabil Cook, technical director at Omega Solutions, have both been recognised for their industry contributions at this year’s Cooling Industry Awards.

Kevin Glass was presented with the Fred Jamieson Award for industry achievement, while Nabil Cook won the RAC Gold Award.

Glass has spent nearly 40 years at the UK subsidiary of the German compressor manufacturer, joining the company in 1986 as an internal sales engineer. He was appointed MD in 2011. 

Nabil Cook co-founded consultants Omega Solutions in 2023 after a varied career in the industry which has included spells with Arctic Circle, Wave Refrigeration, and Emerson Climate Technologies.

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