27 November 2017

Beckers’ Sustainability Index Shortlisted for Sustainable Innovation Award

Beckers Group has been shortlisted for the British Coatings Foundation’s (BCF) Sustainable Innovation Award for its Beckers Sustainability Index.

The BCF Award recognizes excellence within the coatings industry and was presented at the Industry’s Awards dinner held on 23 November in Cheshire. Beckers was shortlisted among seven other companies; this year’s edition received the highest number of entries in its eight-year history.

James Maxted, LTD International Development Chemist at Beckers says: “We are proud to have been shortlisted for the award, even if another company made it in the end.”

Beckers has won the Sustainable Innovation Award in 2013 with its BeckryTherm technology. More information about the 2017 BCF Award can be found here: http://www.coatings.org.uk.

About Beckers Group

The Beckers Group is a leading worldwide supplier of industrial coatings and the global market leader of coil coatings. Beckers is focused on developing sustainable coatings – our vision is to become the most sustainable industrial coatings company in the world. Our expertise is based on our long history dating back over 150 years. Our organization is global, ensuring fast service to customers from 24 locations in 19 countries with worldwide around 1,800 employees.

About Beckers Sustainability Index

Beckers Sustainability Index is a tool that shows what sustainable coatings are today and what they could be tomorrow. It aims to quantify and communicate sustainable product attributes of coil coatings from two complimentary angles: the sustainable nature of the used materials and the specific sustainable value coil coatings add to the sheets being coated.