Best Large Company was one of two awards received by Ryobi (RAC(UK) at this year’s event.
he company was founded in 1990 and is a major supplier to the European automotive industry. It employs 550 people across its two sites in Northern Ireland in Carrickfergus and Kilroot, from where is ships over 3.5 million castings every year to 10 European destinations.
Diversity, innovation, and quality has been at the heart of the business’ success. It implemented a new business plan after a previous downturn in sales and as a result built a sustainable business model that differentiated it in the marketplace.
This included the improvement of the firm’s engineering capability, upgrading service to a ‘one stop shop’ using ‘just in time’ industry standards and as a result sales and business have increased substantially over the last couple of years.
Speaking about the win, David Watson, managing director, Ryobi said: “We are absolutely humbled, and this award is for the team and those outside organisations for all their efforts and commitment. We are only as good as the people we have.”
The business is now working with a “vision and mission” strategy to ensure it sustains the success of recent years “by achieving the best results for our customers, maximising the potential of every employee through mutual respect, trust, integrity and teamwork”. It adds: “Our mission is to be the number one die casting company in Europe, and build upon current customer base and increase market share.”