Vaillant Group wins major manufacturing awards

Vaillant Group, boilers

Vaillant Group has won two categories of the Best Factory Awards 2010. These awards recognise businesses that work to achieve the highest standards in manufacturing excellence and are supported by the Cranfield School of Management. Vaillant’s factory in Derbyshire produces over 400 000 boilers a year and won the ‘Best engineering plant award’ and the ‘Energy and environment award’.

Photograph shows from left Sean Madden (manufacturing manager of Diversey UK and last year's winner), Marc Döerpinghaus (Vaillant’s UK plant director) and Karsten Kock (Vaillant’s production director).

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