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CONCRETE CANVAS LTD TAKES HOME THREE AWARDS AT 2017 WELSH BUSINESS AWARDS

09 MARCH 2018

The winners of The South Wales Chamber of Commerce Welsh Business Awards 2017 have been announced at a glittering awards ceremony held at City Hall in Cardiff, with Concrete Canvas Ltd taking home three awards.

The Treforest-based company won the Success Through Innovation and Success Through Overseas Trade awards before being named Welsh Business of the Year for 2017.

Concrete Canvas produces a flexible, concrete impregnated fabric that hardens on hydration to form a thin, durable, water proof and fire resistant concrete layer.

Since the company’s conception in 2004, when it was formed by Co-Directors Peter Brewin and William Crawford, the business has grown from strength to strength, and now exports internationally, with its products used in more than 80 countries around the world.

Peter Brewin, Co-Director, Concrete Canvas Ltd said: “When our name was called for the first time we were absolutely delighted but to be called back to the stage three times was completely overwhelming. These awards are testament to the hard-work that the team has put in over the last 18 months and I couldn’t be prouder of all that we have achieved.”

Heather Myers, Director of South and Mid Wales Chamber of Commerce said: “The calibre of entries for this year’s Awards was extremely high and I think we have ended up with some very worthy winners.

“Concrete Canvas is an innovative, globally ambitious company that is making an impact for the Welsh economy, while demonstrating a strong focus on future growth and an understanding of how to make this happen.”

A record number of entries were submitted for the Welsh Business Awards this year, up by 19% on previous years.

The awards aim to recognise the very best from businesses of all sizes, and from all industries, nationwide, who play a fundamental role in the Welsh economy.

The University of South Wales was headline sponsor for this year’s awards, with the Success through Innovation category sponsored by Western Power Distribution, and Success through Overseas Trade category sponsored by Barclays Bank.

-ENDS

 

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Concrete Canvas co-founders, Will Crawford and Peter Brewin, have been featured in Business News Wales as the official success stories for the Faces of a Vibrant Economy campaign run by Grant Thornton UK LLP.

The campaign is part of Grant Thornton’s “commitment to shaping a vibrant economy in the UK” and showcases some of the people across the UK who are helping to do just that. This year, Will and Pete were one of just three of the Company’s Cardiff branch’s 25 nominees to make it to the final 100 Faces.

The campaign was launched on Wednesday 8th November, where professional portraits of the final 100 Faces, captured by Getty, were shown in an exhibition in London.

Find out more about the Faces of a Vibrant Economy campaign here, and see Business News Wales’ full article here.

The inventors and Co-Founders of Concrete Canvas Peter Brewin and William Crawford were on site today to launch the first Concrete Canvas demo-park opening in Russia.

The main applications for the material have been utilised at the United Concrete Canvas Russia demo-park to allow visitors to assess the benefits of the material.

To view one of the articles of this momentous occasion (in Russian) please click here.

The Mott Macdonald run Bund Lining project at SemLogistics Tank 114 Milford Haven has won an ICE Wales Cymru 2017: Innovation Award.

The contractor for the project was Jones Brothers (Henllan) Ltd.

This is the first award Concrete Canvas has won for the use of CC Hydro™ we now manufacture 3 award winning products!

View further information here.

A contract has been signed in Melbourne by Will Crawford, Director of Concrete Canvas and Brendan Swifte, Managing Director of Geofabrics Australasia.

The agreement grants exclusive rights to Geofabrics as distributor of Concrete Canvas® in Australia and New Zealand.

View the full press release here.