Airbond wins award 2020 for innovation

Peter Holley, research and development technician (left) and Carwyn Webb, technical engineer (right) from Airbond receiving the award.
Peter Holley, research and development technician (left) and Carwyn Webb, technical engineer (right) from Airbond receiving the award.

Airbond reports that it has won the FSB Wales business awards in the business and product innovation category.

The company will now be entered into a UK-wide grand final held in London, which was originally scheduled for May but has now been postponed until later in the year.

Airbond make yarn splicers, which use compressed air to join yarns in textile processes, connecting bobbins or repairing breakages.

The company is also a two-time winner of the prestigious Queens Award for Innovation, receiving the most recent award last year.

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