Trade links between Yorkshire and China to be celebrated
SEVEN companies have been shortlisted for the China Business Awards, which take place next week.
The awards will celebrate the trade links between Yorkshire and China and are a central part of the Yorkshire and Humber Chinese New Year Business Dinner at Leeds’ Civic Hall.
The dinner, organised by the Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds, is supported by UK Trade and Investment, DLA Piper and the China-Britain Business Council.
This year there are three categories at the China Business Awards – recognising long-term experience and commitment to China, plus awards for businesses who are just starting out in China and for those Chinese businesses established in the region.
The shortlisted companies are:
- Cranswick Country Foods, the Hull-based company is responsible for more than half of all the pork exported from the UK to China
- Daifuku-Logan, which creates baggage handling systems for airports, including Kunming and Tianjin
- Mobus Fabrics, an Elland-based company which designs, manufactures and imports upholstery fabrics from China to the UK
- Power Link Machine (UK), which assembles generators and compressors at its UK and China factories
- Primeast, a Harrogate-based training provider which delivers leadership and organisational development courses in China
- Pryor Marking Technology, which has been using its technology to assist Jaguar Land Rover at the car giant’s new Chinese factory
- Studylinks International, which provides a guardian service for international children studying at UK schools
The winners will be announced at the awards dinner on Tuesday night.
Previous winners of the awards have included Sheffield Forgemasters, Fired Up Group, Sheffield Hallam University, Ekspan Ltd, Clyde Materials Handling and Bradford University.
