Daventry, UK, 12th July 2018 – This year saw the 33rd Motor Transport Awards take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel situated on London’s Park Lane. Over 1,500 guests gathered to celebrate the achievements of the industry and recognise innovation, outstanding service, efficiency and quality. In a closely fought category, Whirlpool UK Appliances was finally crowned winner with Judges saying “Hotpoint delivery operation showed excellent evidence of the technical department led by Paul Pinfold engaging with operational managers, supervisors and drivers to improve fleet operational performance.” The Judges praised this strong communication with all staff across the organisation and the use of highly targeted projects to evaluate different vehicle specifications.
This year Hankook also hosted a Selfie Competition during the event – guests Tweeted their selfies with #MTAwards2018 throughout the evening using the Hankook selfie sticks that were provided on table. The Judges deemed Dave Fairbrother, Managing Director at A.D.D. Express as the winner, and Dave receives two hospitality tickets to a 2018/19 UK team UEFA Europa League home game with overnight stay.
Emerson commented “As the UK’s market leader on truck tyres and at the forefront of technical excellence ourselves, this is the finest award for Hankook to sponsor and I would like to again congratulate Whirlpool UK Appliances for being named as the winner of the Technical Excellence Awards at the 2018 Motor Transport Awards. The Hankook team always look forward to attending this prestigious event with some of our key customers, and this year was no exception. A fantastic evening was had by all.”
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From left: Jimmy Car, Comedian; Brett Emerson, Sales Director at Hankook Tyre UK; Paul Pinfold, Fleet Operations Manager at Whirlpool Appliances; Steve Hobson, Editor at Motor Transport.