Stockton energy firm wins accolades for sales and safety
22 Oct 2018
An engineering and energy company which broke into the UK top performing companies league has won a leading international safety award just days later.
Stockton-based solutions business px won the Energy Industries Council’s Collaboration Award, beating shortlisted rivals Wood and Lionweld Kennedy for reducing costs and increasing efficiency at some of the UK’s most potentially hazardous assets.
CEO Mark Kenrick said: “We are delighted to have received this award. It reinforces our belief that the collaborative way in which we operate the assets under our control brings significant benefits to all parties involved – from asset owners and service and infrastructure customers through to our employees and shareholders.”
The trophy was presented shortly after the firm learned it had entered the Sunday Times Grant Thornton Fast Track 250 list for the first time. Ranking is provided for the top performing private mid-market firms in terms of sales growth, with px in 235th place.
It reinforces our belief that the collaborative way in which we operate the assets under our control brings significant benefits to all parties
Mark Kenrick, CEO, px
Among the sites it maintains and operates in the UK are gas processing plants in Scotland and on Teesside, gas pipeline operations in the North Sea and power generating operations on Teesside, Cumbria, Lincolnshire and Wales.
In addition, it owns and provides support services to partners at Saltend Chemicals Park, Hull and supplies OE and project management services for the construction of the world’s largest new build, biomass combined heat and power (CHP) station at Teesport.
Photo: (l-r) Greg Mitchinson, px’s director of SHE, technical and risk management; CEO Mark Kenrick; executive director David Henderson; commercial development manager Sarah Cotten; and Patrick Pogue, director of business development.
