BCF Award winners 2022

Celebrating industry excellence at the 2022 BCF Awards

11 winners were recognised for their outstanding achievements across all areas of the UK coatings industry

The winners of the British Coatings Federation (BCF) Awards 2022 were announced on 13th October at the Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel & Country Club. Over 150 delegates were there to watch Paul Sinha (Sinnerman from ITV’s the Chase) hand out the awards over 10 categories.

Tom Bowtell, BCF Chief Executive said: “Given the hugely challenging times our industry is facing, it was great to come together face to face and celebrate the many achievements of our member companies over the last 12 months. It is also exciting to see so much young talent in our sector, demonstrated particularly in our Apprentice of the Year and Young Leader of the Year categories. Many congratulations to all those who were shortlisted, but especially to the winners”.

The evening opened with the Sustainable Innovation Awards, split into Manufacturer and Supplier categories due to the record number of entries. The Sustainable Innovation Manufacturer Award was won by BASF for AGILIS, and the Sustainable Innovation Supplier Award was presented to Hexigone Inhibitors for Intelli-ion®.

The sustainability theme carried on through the evening with the Coatings Care Progress Award, and the Coatings Care Overall Best Performer Award. The Progress Award was given to joint winners Steyport and PPG Industrial Coatings, and Overall Best Performer was awarded to Farrow & Ball. The Corporate Social Responsibility Award was taken home by AkzoNobel for their True Colours Community Fund initiative.

The Customer Service Award was presented to Sherwin Williams Consumer Brands Group. For Marketing Campaign of the Year, it was the ‘Dulux Simply Refresh, with Changing Rooms’ campaign that took home the award for AkzoNobel.

The evening concluded by celebrating outstanding individual talent in the industry, recognised in the Apprentice of the Year Award, won by Andrew Roser from AkzoNobel; Young Leader of the Year Award, won by Emma Porter from hubergroup UK and Student of the Year Award, which saw Sam Gumbley from Belzona win.

The BCF would like to thank our Award sponsors for their support.

Award winners 2022

Sustainable Innovation Manufacturer Award 2022

BASF

AGILIS

Sponsored by Tronox

Alongside the low product carbon footprint and low VOC emissions, the judges particularly liked the excellent process efficiency of this 3-layer system with its short application and flash-off times, leading to lower energy consumption and increased numbers of repairs per day. Consequently, the judges were unanimous in awarding BASF as this year’s winner.

Sustainable Innovation Supplier Award 2022

Hexigone Intelli-ion®

Hexigone’s winning entry is an excellent example of collaboration between academic research and industry to develop technology and commercialise it globally. The judges were also impressed that the product is manufactured using 50% of the landfill waste-stream from another process, recycling all waste products and using solar PV electricity in it manufacture.

Corporate Social Responsibility Award 2022

AkzoNobel

True Colours Community Fund

Marketing Campaign of the Year Award 2022

Dulux Simply Refresh, with Changing Rooms

Sponsored by GDB International

Throughout Covid, AkzoNobel they maintained a comprehensive CSR programme clearly immersed and invested in the local community by fundraising and providing aid to the vulnerable in times of crisis. It was also appreciated there is a plan to further develop and continue this initiative. This activity is completely aligned with the company’s CSR strategy. Sherwin-Williams was chosen based on their story about turning a business culture around in the middle of Covid, enabling them to deliver some proper, grownup customer experiences supported by a passionate leader. This campaign impressed the judges in many ways; from the branding to the message to the integrated marketing strategy. Based on a very thorough piece of consumer research, this product launch and creative communication campaign successfully targeted younger consumers who have never decorated. This product launch produced very strong results on all measures well above target.

Customer Service Award 2022

Sherwin-Williams Consumer Brands Group

Sponsored by Biocote

Coatings Care Progress Award 2022

Steyport, Blackburn

PPG, Runcorn

Sponsored by The Paint Foundation

Steyport used less energy and produced less waste per tonne of production. The rate of recycling doubled from year-to-year, while VOC emissions were also lower.

PPG also decreased their energy use per tonne of production and reduced VOC emissions. The proportion of waste sent to landfill reduced significantly whilst recycling rates increased.

Coatings Care Overall Best Performer Award 2022

Farrow and Ball

Farrow and Ball’s energy use per tonne of production was well below the industry average. The site had zero waste to landfill, and waste recycling rates were well above average. The site remained below the sector average for solvents purchased and VOC emissions. There were no injuries causing absence from work or no dangerous occurrences recorded.

Participants of the Coatings Care programme demonstrate a commitment to creating a safer, more sustainable and efficient industry.

Student of the Year Award 2022

Sam Gumbley

Belzona

Sponsored by Synthomer

Sam won the BCF Student of the Year Award for his consistently high-quality work and fantastic work ethic. Sam has worked his way up through to the foundation degree level learning with BCF’s Coatings Training Institute. This year’s winner Andrew demonstrated how he benefited from his apprenticeship and went further by setting up a development programme for his colleagues, and is now their mentor. Emma showed exceptional dedication to the industry and her role. She is dynamic, ambitious and has already achieved impressive things by such a young age.

Apprentice of the Year Award 2022

Andrew Roser

AkzoNobel

Sponsored by Stort Chemicals

This year’s winner Andrew demonstrated how he benefited from his apprenticeship and went further by setting up a development programme for his colleagues, and is now their mentor.

Young Leader of the Year Award 2022

Emma Porter

hubergroup

Sponsored by Fenton Packaging

Emma showed exceptional dedication to the industry and her role. She is dynamic, ambitious and has already achieved impressive things by such a young age.