Welsh Manufacturer Scoops European Environmental Award

21 December 2011

Axiom Manufacturing Services, has been recognised for its astute environmental practices at a prestigious European awards ceremony.

The Elektra Awards recognise excellence and best practice within the electronics industry across Europe, with categories covering all aspects of the industry from distribution to power systems and semiconductor products.

Axiom scooped the top prize in the environmental category beating off competition from entrants that operate on a global basis, including Ericsson. The company was commended for its programme to cut carbon emissions by 40% over the last three years and its innovative approach to making cost savings through environmental practises in its procurement policy.

The Elektra Awards are judged by a panel of respected electronics industry professionals from across Europe including representatives from Electronics Weekly magazine and Intellect, the industry body representing electronics manufacturing.

Managing director of Axiom, David Davies, said: “The green agenda and becoming more environmentally aware is a key area of focus for our business going forward. Winning this award puts us in the same league as some other major European electronics businesses which is a real compliment.

“We have just completed our financial year and look set to achieve 10 – 15% growth on 2010’s figures of £17.5million turnover thanks to increasing demand for our printed circuit board and box build products. It’s clear that not only does adopting a more environmentally friendly approach make us more socially aware it also makes excellent business sense.”

The Elektra Award win follows Axiom’s success in the green manufacturing category in the 2010 E-Legacy Awards.

Axiom has the environmental management standard ISO 14001 and was one of the first SMEs in Wales to achieve the Green Dragon level 5 environmental accreditation in 2003.