Retford - Bradman Lake Ltd, the group’s UK based packaging machinery specialist, has been granted The Queen's Award for Enterprise.

The company received the accolade in the category International Trade. Successful nominations were publicly announced today, Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday.

Bradman Lake is one of just 226 organisations to be recognised with the coveted Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2022. The company received the accolade in the category International Trade.

Her Majesty personally approved the nominations on the advice of her Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.

"We are incredibly proud to receive this extremely prestigious award" said John Marlee, Bradman Lake Managing Director.

“The Queen’s Award affirms our commitment to continuous product innovation to meet the demands of today's fast-moving consumer markets worldwide and to our close relationships with our multi-national customers."

"Congratulations and thank you to all our employees, everyone within the organisation has had a part to play."

"Thanks also go to Langley Holdings, our parent company, who have supported Bradman Lake since acquiring the business in 2007. We have come a long way together.”

About the Queen’s Award
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise is the highest and most prestigious award a British business can receive and is a globally recognised seal of royal approval.

Her Majesty The Queen personally approves the awards on the advice of her serving Prime Minister, currently The Right Honourable Boris Johnson, MP.

The awards are given for outstanding achievement by a UK business in the categories of innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity through social mobility.

The Queen's Award to Industry, the scheme's original title, was instituted by Royal Warrant in 1965, with the first Awards announced in 1966. It later became known as the Queen's Award for Export and Technology in 1975, before becoming the Queen's Award for Enterprise in 1999.

About Bradman Lake
Bradman Lake produces packaging machinery and integrated packaging technology, for the food, consumer, pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. From distribution and feeding systems, flow wrapping, roll wrapping, slicing, bagging, robotics and cartoning, to case packing, shrink wrapping and palletising, Bradman Lake’s solution-based approach is gained from thousands of installations around the world.

Bradman Lake operates two manufacturing plants in the UK and one in the USA. Bradman Lake is a wholly owned subsidiary of the British engineering and industrial group, Langley Holdings plc.