Pump Industry Awards: The 2024 Winners

The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) has announced the winners of this year’s coveted Pump Industry Awards, with SPP Pumps’ Ben Warren picking up the highly respected Rising Star Award.

Left to right: Awards ceremony host Martin Bayfield, Lewis Wilkes (2023's Rising Star), Ben Warren, and David Binge, executive brand manager, World Pumps.
Left to right: Awards ceremony host Martin Bayfield, Lewis Wilkes (2023's Rising Star), Ben Warren, and David Binge, executive brand manager, World Pumps.

 

This year’s award winners are:

Product of the Year

Sponsored by DFA Media Group

Winner: Crest Pumps: Assoma AVF-C Pump

Finalists:

  • ABB: IE5 Synchronous Reluctance Motors
  • Baumer Electric: Bubble Sensor PAD20 for Smart Pump Protection
  • Brook Crompton Motors: WEPM IE5 Permanent Magnet IE5 Motor
  • Graco: QUANTM Electric Operated Double Diaphragm Pump
  • Salamander Pumps: TankBoost
  • Verderflex: Remote Assistant IoT Enabled Pumps
  • Wilo: Stratos PICO
  • Xylem Water Solutions: Hydrovar X

 

Environmental Contribution of the Year

Sponsored by SPP Pumps

Winner: Bedford Pumps: Indonesia Flood Mitigation Project

Finalists:

  • Anglo Pumps: Pump Rebuilds and Installing Inverters - A Double-Pronged Approach to Sustainable Solutions of our Environment
  • Baumer Electric: Bubble Sensor PAD20 for Smart Pump Protection
  • Graco: Quantm Electric Operated Double Diaphragm Pump
  • Menzel Elektromotoren: State Water Supply Conversion Single Source Solution

 

Distributor of the Year

Sponsored by Caprari/Calpeda

Winner: Anglo Pumps

Finalists

  • Anchor Pumps
  • BPS Pumps
  • Campion Pumps
  • Seal & Pump Engineering

 

Contribution to Skills & Training

Sponsored By Crest Pumps

Winner: John Crane: Discover Graduate Engineers Program

Finalists:

  • AEMT: Ex Repair Course
  • Anglo Pumps, Part of the Metcor Group
  • Kiwa Watertec: Water Regulation 4 Compliance and UK and EU Materials Compliance
  • SPP Pumps: Machine Shop Team - 'The Future Cell'
  • Sulzer: Academy for Pumps and Systems

 

Project of the Year

Sponsored by AESSeal

Winner: KSB: South Crofty Tin Mine

Finalists:

  • Anglo Pumps: Old Pump Rebuild, St James Park, London
  • Baker Hughes: High Pressure Water Injection Pump
  • Bedford Pumps: Indonesia Flood Mitigation Project
  • Campion Pumps: Wilton Waste Fire Booster Set
  • Houghton International: No Water for Christmas?
  • Menzel Elektromotoren: All from a Single Source - State Water Supply with a Slip Ring Motor with Brush Lifting Device
  • Xylem Water Solutions UK: Pump Replacement Project at Gloucester Docks

 

Manufacturer of the Year

Sponsored by WEG

Winner: SPP Pumps

Finalists:

  • Apex Pumps
  • Flowplant Group
  • KSB
  • Watson Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions

 

Supplier of the Year

Sponsored by Wilo

Winner: Emir Software

Finalists:

  • ABB
  • EagleBurgmann Industries UK
  • Menzel Great Britain

 

Rising Star Award

Sponsored by World Pumps

Winner: Ben Warren, SPP Pumps

Finalists:

  • Sabrina Magistro, Baker Hughes
  • Darragh Carroll, Campion Pumps
  • Molly Sweeney, EagleBurgmann Industries UK
  • Adam Ross, Leybold
  • Kia Mousley, Sulzer Pumps Wastewater UK
  • Jack Watson, Verderflex
  • Brooke Wheater, Verder

 

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The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) returned to St George’s Park in Staffordshire for the staging of its 2024 Pump Industry Awards presentation evening.

England and British & Irish Lions rugby legend, Martin Bayfield, provided the after-dinner entertainment before helping to conduct the main awards ceremony. The event provided a wonderful opportunity for pump people to once again unite and connect with friends, colleagues, and clients.

Wayne Rose, Director, and CEO of the BPMA, was thrilled with the overall engagement for this year’s awards programme: “It was another great night celebrating the hard work and achievements of the pump industry. The awards dinner provides the perfect opportunity to catch up with industry colleagues and make new connections in a relaxed and friendly environment.” 

"I was again impressed by the quality of entries, and I am so pleased to have this fantastic annual showcase as part of the BPMA’s support package for the pump sector.”

 

2025 Awards Programme

Nominations and entries for the 2025 Pump Industry Awards are now being sought.

The online entry forms, which seek entries for activities and achievements that will have taken place throughout this year will be available on the website - www.pumpindustryawards.com – from Monday 3 June, with the entry deadline set for Monday 6 January 2025. The awards are free to enter and are open to any company operating within the pump sector.