Boxford, known for generations of Design and Technology teachers for its educational machines, has been awarded the UK’s highest accolade for business success – the Queen’s award for Enterprise.
This makes Boxford one of an elite group of companies to win a Queen’s Award and puts it among the most successful of UK businesses.
The award particularly recognises Boxford’s achievements in international trade. Exports of its educational CADCAM machinery and software have increased by over 600 per cent during the last three years with almost 40 per cent of exports going to new markets.
Paul Barraclough, Boxford’s managing director, told Technology and Science in Education: ”The award reflects the efforts of the entire Boxford team from the sales force to the production work force, from the administration staff to the customer service department. Our recent and significant investments in the state-of-the art manufacturing equipment has also played a major role in the company being able to undertake short-delivery opportunities.”
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise crowns an eventful six month period for Boxford having recently been designated “Manufacturer of the Year” in a regional competition and given the “Made in Britain” accolade by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
These events have coincided with the company’s relocation from its former cotton mill factory in Halifax,that it occupied for 70 years, to its brand new, custom-built factory on its own site in Elland, already receiving praise from many quarters .
Boxford, known for generations of Design and Technology teachers for its educational machines, has been awarded the UK’s highest accolade for business success – the Queen’s award for Enterprise.
This makes Boxford one of an elite group of companies to win a Queen’s Award and puts it among the most successful of UK businesses.
The award particularly recognises Boxford’s achievements in international trade. Exports of its educational CADCAM machinery and software have increased by over 600 per cent during the last three years with almost 40 per cent of exports going to new markets.
Paul Barraclough, Boxford’s managing director, told Technology and Science in Education: ”The award reflects the efforts of the entire Boxford team from the sales force to the production work force, from the administration staff to the customer service department. Our recent and significant investments in the state-of-the art manufacturing equipment has also played a major role in the company being able to undertake short-delivery opportunities.”
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise crowns an eventful six month period for Boxford having recently been designated “Manufacturer of the Year” in a regional competition and given the “Made in Britain” accolade by the Department for Business,Innovation and Skills.
These events have coincided with the company’s relocation from its former cotton mill factory in Halifax,that it occupied for 70 years, to its brand new, custom-built factory on its own site in Elland, aleady receiving praise from many quarters .
