Victrex plc, manufacturer of high performance materials, including VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer, has won the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA ) President’s Award. The President’s Award was given to Victrex in recognition of its achievement of maintaining a high level of occupational health and safety performance and being awarded a Gold Achievement Award over a sustained period of eleven consecutive years. Victrex won the Gold Achievement Award in recognition of the company’s management of in-house health and safety systems during 2007.

“The health and safety of our employees is fundamental to everything that we do at Victrex,” said Tim Walker, Production and Technical Director of Victrex. “Winning eleven consecutive RoSPA Gold Achievement Awards is an honour for Victrex; we have achieved the award thanks to the sustained effort of our team in maintaining excellent safety management systems.”

The RoSPA Awards scheme celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2006, making it one of the longest running occupational award programmes in the UK. The scheme offers responsible companies, such as Victrex, an ideal way of showing commitment to health and safety; for setting targets for continuous improvement; for motivating employees; and raising health and safety awareness. This year’s awards are sponsored by NEBOSH (The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health), the health and safety professional examining board.