Triumphant winners celebrate as G-Awards makes its highly anticipated return

The fenestration industry’s primary awards made a welcome return to the sectors events calendar, as the G-Awards made its much anticipated glitzy return to the Park Lane Hilton in London. Key industry figures rubbed shoulders again as the sector’s best companies were crowned in front of an enthusiastic audience. Gamely entertained by the impressive Ellie Taylor, the G-21 Awards presented an impressive line-up of winners. 

The 2021 winner were: 

COVID 19 Business Hero: Liniar; UAP 

Best Commercial Project: The Residence Collection 

Best Component Supplier: Thermoseal Group 

Best Customer Care Initiative: AluK 

Best Fabricator: Emplas 

Best Glass Company: Cornwall Group 

Best Installer: The Window Company (Contracts) 

Best New Product: ODL Europe – Guardsman Fire Door 

Best Promotional Campaign: DoorCo – FLiP and GRiPCORE 

Best Sustainability Initiative: Veka UK 

Best Training & Development Initiative: Arran Isle 

Unsung Hero:  Sharon Fowler, Window Ware and Colin Russell, VBH (GB). 

Emplas claimed the highly contested Best Fabricator Award, fighting off stiff competition from many of the industry’s top manufacturers, to bring the title home for the second time in six-years. Collecting the award, Managing Director, Ryan Johnson, paid tribute to the Emplas team, its customers and supply partners. He said: “The last two years haven’t always been easy.  We’ve faced some big challenges but we’ve adapted, we’ve overcome and we’ve been agile in our approach, changing the way we have run our business, so that ultimately we’re stronger and better placed for the future. This award is testimony to the hard work of the whole Emplas team. We are incredibly lucky in that we employ some of the industry’s most knowledgeable, passionate and committed people.

“It’s also a reflection of the professionalism of our customers and our supply partners. We’ve worked more closely with them than ever before to overcome the obstacles that COVID-19 has placed in our way and that those relationships are stronger going forward as a consequence.”