21.04.2016

Queens Award for GGR

UK based spider/pick & carry crane and glass handling equipment specialist GGR group has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

The award, announced on Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday, is in the International Trade Category and recognises GGR’s work with suppliers in Japan, Europe and the Middle East.

The latest award follows managing director Gill Riley OBE for services to construction. Other recipients in this year’s awards include JCB for innovation in the fields of engine and compaction equipment development.

GGR is the master distributor for Unic spider cranes and the UK distributor for Galizia pick & carry cranes. Other crane and access industry recipients of a Queens award include Niftylift which achieved the double Export and innovation award in 2013.

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Chief executive Graeme Riley said: “This is great news for everyone at GGR. We have played an instrumental role in the co-development of our products alongside our supplier and dealer network. As the construction industry has developed, we have consistently engaged in new product development activity, in order to stay ahead in an increasingly competitive area of the market.”

Gill Riley added: “We are delighted to have won this prestigious Queen’s Award, which underlines just how far we have come as a company. Not only have we provided innovative solutions for our customers, we have achieved steady growth in recent years. However, we have never rested on our laurels, and are not going to start now. We have ambitions to grow internationally, especially in new and emerging markets, and will be working hard to achieve them.”