Following the froth and gush of the Oscars, Leeds manufacturing companies continue to distinguish themselves with more meaningful awards.

Harvard Engineering pulled off a hat-trick in the Yorkshire Forward Innovator/10 Awards, including the Sustainable Innovation prize for its ground-breaking LeafNut system for street lights.

And ATB Morley has reached the finals in the Best Exporter category of the Going Global Awards hosted by Yorkshire Forward…

A well-earned early Christmas present for Leeds-based Brandon Medical with a £50,000 prize for its surgical lighting and interactive technology.

Brandon’s Symposia technology helps surgeons globally to share endoscopic footage and audio visual information via the web and Brandon was named Winner of Winners by the British Chambers of Commerce.

It also scooped the Chambers’ Award for Innovation Through Technology.

Congratulations to Sam Moss and Michael Brothwell, enterprising founders of the burgeoning Leeds Brewery, on collecting their Young Achievers Award.

Their unwavering commitment to quality and customer service, allied to a keen awareness of market opportunities may not be a million miles from those of young Josh Tetley.

His brand did pretty well – let’s drink to his successors achieving similar longevity!

The healthcare sector has long been a vital and successful cluster in the Leeds Manufacturing portfolio. It was good to see some of its star performers receiving well-deserved recognition as they collected accolades at the recent Yorkshire Post 2009 Excellence in Business Awards.

Paul Birtles, manufacturing director of Surgical Innovations, went far beyond the call of duty prior to collecting the award for SME Manufacturer of the Year.…