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Celebrate the very best of the UK chemical industry

The Chemical Industry Awards are the premier accolades for the UK chemical industry. They are designed to offer a unique opportunity to highlight and promote excellent performance at the company, site or individual level. The Awards Ceremony will take place at The Kimpton Clocktower Hotel, Manchester on Thursday 18 June 2026. The event provides an ideal opportunity to entertain valued clients, colleagues and guests in this celebration of the best of the UK chemical industry.

Nominations for all awards are now closed. All submissions were required to be made electronically using the online nomination form. See those shortlisted below.

Awards Timeline

The shortlisted companies for the 2026 CIA Awards are:

1. Manufacturing and Resource Efficiency Award

Celtic Renewables

Essar Energy Transition Fuels

ExxonMobil

GSK Irvine

Selden Research Limited

William Blythe Ltd

2. Chemical Industry Service Provider of the Year Award

Armstrong Environmental Ltd.

AXIOM

Brenntag UK Ltd.

CDR Pumps (UK) Ltd

DEKRA Process Safety

Gower Chemicals Limited

Projex Solutions

TUV Rheinland

UNICAT Technologies

Veolia ES (UK) Ltd

3. Best Workplace Health Initiative Award

CF Fertilisers UK Ltd

Futamura UK Ltd

INEOS Inovyn

Lubrizol Limited

4. Sustainability Award – Sponsored by On-Site Energy

Carbogen Amcis Ltd

Essar Energy Transition (EET)

Eternis Fine Chemicasl

Exwold Technology Limited

Futamura UK Ltd

GSK Montrose

INEOS Acetyls

Oldbury Energy Solutions UK Ltd

Puragen

Synthomer

Tata Chemicals Europe

Victrex

5. Responsible Care Award

Futamura UK Ltd

Lubrizol Limited

Solutia UK Ltd (a subsidiary of Eastman Chemicals)

Victrex Seal Sands

6. Future Leader Award – Sponsored by The Salters’ Company

Ahmad Doust – Brenntag

Molly Crosbie – Croda Europe

Cameron Barker – Exwold Technology

Oliver Skilbeck – F2 Chemicals Ltd

Ryan Corrigan – GlaxoSmithKline

Gianna Heppenstall – Solenis UK Industries Limited

Ryan Walker – Solutia UK ‘wholey owned subsiduary of Eastman Chemicals’

Pigment UK Emily Kirwin – Tronox

Sam Williamson – TUV Rheinland Industrial Services

James Brown – Verdant Specialty Solutions

Bethany Hales – Verdant Specialty Solutions

Matt Allen – Vynova Runcorn Ltd

7. Skills Award – Sponsored by Cogent Skills

Carbogen Amcis Ltd

dsm-firmenich

Essar Energy Transition

GSK

GSK Montrose

Solutia UK LTD , Eastman Chemicals

Urenco ChemPlants Ltd

8. Special Responsible Care Award for Process Safety Leadership – Sponsored by AXIOM

Airedale Group

GSK Montrose

Solutia UK Ltd (a subsidiary of Eastman Chemicals)

Synthomer

9. Innovation Award MNC – Sponsored by GSK

Carbogen-Amcis

Croda

Essar Energy Transition

ExxonMobil

Futamura UK Ltd

INEOS Acetyls

INEOS Electrochemical Solutions

Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials

Synthomer

Veolia ES (UK) Ltd

10. Innovation Award SME – Sponsored by GSK

Airedale Group

Armstrong International

CDR Pumps (UK) Ltd

Econic Technologies Ltd

Epoch Biodesign

Eutechtics Limited

Flue2Chem Collaborative Project

Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) & EEMUA

Levidian Nanosystems Ltd

Mission Zero Technologies

Naturbeads

Promethean Particles

Puragen

UNICAT

ViridiCO2 Ltd.

William Blythe

11. ED&I Award

Seqens Custom Specialties

Synthomer

Tronox

TUV Rheinland Industrial Services

12. Company of the Year – Sponsored by the CIA

Carbogen Amcis Ltd

Essar Energy Transition

ExxonMobil

Futamura UK Ltd

GlaxoSmithKline

Lubrizol Limited

Solutia UK Ltd

Synthomer

Tronox

Veolia ES (UK) Ltd

Victrex

13. Nick Sturgeon Unsung Hero Award – Sponsored by the CIA

Candidates are not aware that they have been nominated so we will not be announcing the shortlist in advance.

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Entry is open to the whole of the UK Chemical and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry and companies that provide services to the chemical industry as appropriate for each particular award.

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Host

The host for this year’s awards will be Alun Cochrane. An award‑winning stand‑up comedian, he has appeared on shows including Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You and 8 Out Of 10 Cats, as well as the sitcom Trying Again.

Alun is also a regular on BBC Radio 4 and has toured extensively across the UK. Known for his sharp observational humour and engaging storytelling, he brings a warm, entertaining presence to the stage.

Winners of the Chemical Industry Awards 2025

The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) presented trophies to the winners of the 2025 Awards, celebrating the outstanding achievements within the UK chemical industry. This year award entries hit a record high for the third consecutive year. See our Celebration of Success winners page.

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