A company has won an award for its manufacturing activities in Huddersfield.
Chemical firm Syngenta, which has its premises at Deighton, was presented with the 2014 Chemical Industries Association (CIA) Reputation Award at a ceremony held at Lancashire County Cricket Ground and hosted by BBC Breakfast presenter Steph McGovern.
It was awarded in recognition of how Syngenta’s manufacturing operations at Leeds Road, had stepped forward to build and enhance the reputation of the chemical industry.
The award goes to a company that can demonstrate excellence in managing or enhancing its reputation with its local community. Syngenta was praised for taking “a strategic approach to their community engagement, pro actively involving a wide range of stakeholders”.
The Syngenta site has been used for manufacturing since 1916 and over that time has provide jobs, apprenticeships and trade.
Huddersfield site manager Alistair Conn said: “We work hard to build trusted relationships and we continue our journey towards long-term sustainability of professional manufacturing in Huddersfield.
“With the continued support of our stakeholders, we shall keep award manufacturing in Huddersfield, providing skilled jobs for future generations.
“We are absolutely delighted with the CIA’s recognition of our progress so far and I thank all of our staff and contract partners for their dedication and hard work.”
This is the sixth major CIA award for Syngenta in Huddersfield. The site has won industry awards for process safety, manufacturing excellence, responsible care and two engineering excellence awards.
Syngenta is one of the world’s leading companies with more than 27,000employees in more than 90 countries focusing on helping its customers to increase crop productivity, protect the environment and improve health and quality of life.
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