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Airedale an international hit in Yorkshire

Celebrating a successful evening (left to right): manufacturing director Simon Scott, plant manager Mark Dowell, enterprise business unit leader Asim Ansari and BU product engineering manager Stephen Whitehead

UK: Leeds-based critical cooling specialist Airedale won International Business of the Year at last night’s Yorkshire Post Business in Excellence Awards.

Recognising the work the company has done overseas, including the launch of new production facilities in the US and Spain, and winning new business from some of the largest data centre providers in the world, Airedale adds this award to their 2019 accolade of Manufacturer of the Year.

The event at Headingley Stadium was attended by over 400 people who joined celebrations of the best in business in the Yorkshire region.

“We are delighted to be recognised in the business arena for the extensive work we have done across Europe and the US,” said Airedale’s global head of marketing Darren Farrar. “This award is credit to the expertise and dedication of our highly skilled teams, here in Leeds and at our plants in Consett (Co Durham), Guadalajara (Spain), Grenada, (Mississippi, US) and Rockbridge (Virginia, US).”

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