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Airedale wins Manufacturer of the Year award

Airedale with the Manufacturer of the Year Award (ltor): Darren Farrar, Asim Ansari, Nicola Ware, Tony Cole, Simon Scott

UK: Airedale International Air Conditioning won the Manufacturer of the Year award at last night’s Yorkshire Post Business in Excellence Awards.

The awards, which were held at the new Emerald Suite at Headingley Stadium, celebrate the best in business in the Yorkshire region, with accolades going to a wide range of successful organisations who came together to celebrate the county’s commercial success. 

The awards were hosted by Channel 4’s Cathy Newman and featured guest speaker, Yorkshire and England cricketer Tim Bresnan.

A delighted Darren Farrar, marketing manager for Airedale International said: “Our team work consistently hard across every single department and to get the recognition in our region, where so many great manufacturers are based, is special.”

The company has also been shortlisted for three further awards over the coming months – Collaborative Working Partnership and Manufacturers Award at the CIBSE Yorkshire Awards and Chiller Product at the National ACR & Heat Pump Awards.

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