Blaze Manufacturing Solutions

Blaze Finance Director Ann Johnson will be speaking about the outlook for the oil and gas sector at the EIC (Energy Industry Council) #EICConnect Oil & Gas event in Manchester on 27 November: https://bit.ly/2CXi2hp

Blaze Managing Director Howard Johnson writes for The Press and Journal Energy Voice this month on the subject of decommissioning and why safety should still be first and foremost when planning to retire an ageing asset.
#decommissioning #oilandgas #northsea #firesafety #portablefiresafety #TeamBlaze
http://pages.cdn.pagesuite.com/…/c2dbf0 2c-2158-40d…/page.pdf

Another week, another awards ceremony! This week Ann Johnson is attending the Business Women Scotland and Women's Enterprise Scotland awards, contesting the Business Woman of the Year award. #TeamBlaze #Womeninbusiness

Looking forward to the Courier Business Awards on Saturday. Blaze is up for Family Business and Manufacturing Business of the Year! #TeamBlaze

#TeamBlaze welcomed visitors Alison Henderson and Hayley Kemp from Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce yesterday. They met with Ann Johnson and had a tour of our workshop, overseeing some of the deluge skids that are waiting to shipped to Plymouth.

The glassware has made it home from London safe and sound! We're going to need a bigger trophy cabinet! #EICNationalAwards #diversification #export #TeamBlaze

Managing Director Ann Johnson discusses surviving the oil and gas downturn by diversifying into new markets. #EICNationalAwards #diversification #TeamBlaze

After scooping the EIC Export award, Blaze Finance Director Ann Johnson explains why exporting now accounts for more than 70% of the company turnover. #TeamBlaze #export #diversification #EICNationalAwards

Triple industry award success for Blaze
Laurencekirk-based Blaze Manufacturing Solutions has wiped the board at the EIC Awards in London, picking up the Diversification, Export and Company of the Year accolades.
The EIC (Energy Industries Council) is the leading trade association for the energy industry, providing dedicated services to help members understand, identify and pursue business opportunities globally. The EIC National Awards showcase the strategies and innovatio...n shown by companies in the energy sector.
The first award of the night for Blaze was the Export Award. Over the past three years, Blaze has increased the export side of the business, which now accounts for 70% of total revenue with exports to Europe and Africa.
The second award presented was the Diversification Award for companies that had shown innovation to diversify in difficult market conditions. During the downturn, Blaze Directors Howard and Ann Johnson took the decision to invest in research and development, diversifying into markets including renewables, mining and the public sector. This now accounts for around 75% of Blaze’s turnover.
Finally, Blaze were awarded Company of the Year, chosen from all the category winners.
Blaze Managing Director Howard Johnson said, “We are absolutely blown away to win not one but three EIC awards.
“This is testament to our tenacity in the face of adversity. We’ve been through hard times and come through the other side and to receive these awards from our industry is high praise indeed.”
EIC CEO Stuart Broadley said, "Blaze has done incredibly well to not only win work in a new country but also a new sector, having successfully expanded into the Republic of Congo’s mining industry, a challenging but ultimately very lucrative move. Landing both the EIC Diversification and Export awards is an amazing feat and rightly sees them crowned as the EIC Company of the Year 2018."
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What a fantastic night for #TeamBlaze at the #EICAwards in London. We've only gone and won both awards! #diversification #export

Good luck to Howard and Ann Johnson representing #TeamBlaze at the #EICawards in London. Blaze has been shortlisted for two awards - #diversification and #exporting.
https://www.the-eic.com/Even…/EICNation alAwardsDinner/Awards

Delighted to be featured as one of companies in the 100 Stories of Growth campaign, supported by ELITE. Blaze Finance Director Ann Johnson gives an honest interview around the highs and lows of running a company in the oil and gas sector. #TeamBlaze #growth #export #weareELITE
https://100stories.co.uk/stories/blaze/