Ormiston Wire Ltd. - 215 Years of Supplying 'Any Kind of Wire'

Queen's Award for Sustainable Development

Important Announcement

Ormiston Wire, which was founded in 1793 and is one of the oldest family-owned manufacturing companies in the UK, is very pleased to announce that, in this Golden Jubilee Year, we have been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Sustainable Development category.

We received the award for our management approach, which has enhanced our company’s impact on both the local community and wider environment.

We have implemented a wide range of initiatives that represent best practice for SMEs. These include ISO 14001 certification, the purchase of electricity from renewable sources and the installation of efficiency measures including higher efficiency lighting, occupancy detectors, water saving devices, and high rates of packaging recycling via a customer deposit scheme.

For more information about the Queen's Awards for Enterprise go to: www.queensawards.org.uk

For press enquiries contact: Mark Ormiston. Telephone: 0208 569 7287, Fax: 0208 569 8601, or e-mail: info@ormiston-wire.co.uk.

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