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Fairfax Saddles
While the basic principles of saddlery
design and manufacture have remained unchanged for decades, FAIRFAX SADDLES has gone beyond traditional craftmanship and developed an innovative range of equestrian tack. All the products in the range have properties that benefit both horse and rider and enhance performance due to their unique design. The Performance Girth was the first to be launched.
Fairfax Saddles Ltd has been making saddles in England for more than 30 years and in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics designer Vanessa Fairfax happened to be looking at the design of the girth – the strap that holds the saddle on a hose’s back.
She realised the design was actually restricting the horse’s movement and potentially hindering its performance, so she set about designing a completely different version.
Her work came to the attention of Team GBR
who asked her to delay the launch of the Fairfax Performance Girth until after the Games so the British Olympic Team could benefit. Her revolutionary girth was such a success; the equestrian press dubbed it “Team GBR’s secret weapon”.
Rupert Fairfax, Fairfax managing director, says: “To win a Queen’s Award for Enterprise based
Olympic dressage silver medallist Spencer Wilton opened the new Fairfax Saddles factory and thanked the people whose equipment helps keep his horses on winning form.
on the Performance Girth is a great honour for us. To our knowledge, we are the only saddlery manufacturer to ever be recognised in the innovation category.
“Our approach of using technology and science, combined with traditional craftsmanship, makes us unique in the UK saddlery trade, and I think the award reinforces this.”
Fairfax has now developed a whole range of
products, all independently tested under scientific conditions. Continued growth has seen a recent expansion into a new factory, opened by Olympic dressage silver medallist Spencer Wilton.
FAIRFAX SADDLES
The Saddlery, Fryers Road, Bloxwich, Walsall WS3 2XJ Tel: +44 (0)1922 711676 • Fax: +44 (0)1922 711654 info@fairfaxsaddles.com • www.fairfaxsaddles.com
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Firemac Limited
FIREMAC has grown to become one of the UK’s leading providers of passive fire protection products, designed to protect life and property in the event of a fire.
The company is delighted to receive a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category, for the development of a high performance, self- adhesive glass woven fire-resistant fabric that is applied to galvanised steel ductwork to create a fire-resistant ductwork system.
Our self-adhesive fabric has lead to a dramatic saving in the time taken to fabricate fire resistant ductwork as it is easy to apply, fast and lightweight. Our systems have been installed in multiple major infrastructure projects including London Underground, power stations, and the Scottish Parliament buildings.
We have built long-term relationships with many of the UK’s major blue chip companies, such as Hilton Hotels, Whitbread, Marks and Spencer, Nandos, Burger King, Premier Inns and Holiday Inn. Our systems have even been installed by the Ministry of Defence in the Falklands.
Firemac systems are also installed in a number of major international projects, including the Doha, Lucknow and Jakarta Metros, the Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa as well as other many other commercial developments
in Panama, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kenya, India, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia.
On receiving the award, Firemac managing director, Donald Mackay, said: “My wife Fiona, and I, started the business in 2002, based in our house, with just a phone and a computer. Since then the company has grown incredibly and now employs 23 staff, in the UK, Dubai and Malaysia. The development of our fire-resistant self-adhesive fabric has been a real collaboration between our technical and sales teams, our customers and our suppliers.
“The result is a fantastic product that our customers have adopted to
Fiona and Donald Mackay started the company in 2002 and now have offices in Scotland, England, Dubai and Malaysia.
such an extent that our sales have doubled in the UK since its introduction in September 2014. To win the Queen’s Award is a huge achievement for us and is a result of the hard work of all our staff, and the loyalty of our customers”.
FIREMAC LIMITED
11 Abbey Road, North Berwick, Scotland EH39 4BS • Tel: +44(0)1620 892202 info@firemac.com • www.firemac.com F Firemac Limited
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