Ricardo named Engineering Consultancy of the Year at the Engineering and Manufacturing Awards 2024

Ricardo, a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company, has been named Engineering Consultancy of the Year at the 2024 Engineering and Manufacturing Awards.

Hosted by The Engineer magazine, the Engineering and Manufacturing awards (EMA) recognise and reward manufacturing companies that have demonstrated success in innovation, product development and revenue growth in either domestic or overseas markets.

Ricardo was recognised at the award ceremony at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, on Wednesday 4 September for its commitment to innovation and diversification of its services to help its clients to decarbonise their product portfolio.

The company is dedicated to reducing the carbon impact of its manufacturing operations and continues to support its high-performance automotive, motorsport, defence, marine, and aerospace clients with their energy transition programmes using its state-of-the-art engineering, manufacturing, and industrialisation capability in electrified powertrain components. Ricardo was also recognised for its work in industrialisation consultancy which is helping clients to develop and improve their production processes to improve efficiency and sustainability of their manufacturing activity and supply chains.

Special mention was given to Ricardo’s ongoing programme with Greenjets, which includes the design, development and build of a fully operational propulsion module for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) applications. The system is versatile and can be 100% battery or fuel cell hybrid powered and demonstrates Ricardo’s commitment to decarbonisation of mobility portfolios with complex performance and operational requirements.

Richard Guest, Managing Director – Performance Products, said: “I am delighted that Ricardo has been awarded the accolade of Engineering Consultancy of the Year, recognising our position as a world-class engineering and manufacturing partner supporting our clients in the decarbonisation of market sectors with complex and specialised performance requirements.

“Our flexible manufacturing system, material and treatment development, supply chain management expertise, and investment in both our people and equipment is ensuring that we remain a world leader in next generation powertrain and drivetrain technology for high performance and specialised applications.

“It also enables us to support our clients with our world-class industrialisation consultancy to allow them to benefit from Ricardo’s extensive experience in niche volume production, applying it to their own manufacturing and supply chain operations.”

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