OSL Cutting Technologies receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Yorkshire-based OSL Cutting Technologies, which forms part of the OSL Group, has been awarded the prestigious 2021 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category.

Now in its 55^th year, the Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for British businesses and organisations which excel at international trade, innovation, sustainable development and promoting opportunities.

The annual awards are traditionally announced on the Queen’s birthday on April 21^st, with the Institute of Export & International Trade also involved in choosing which businesses receive recognition in the international trade category.

Established in 2015 with offices across Europe and the USA, OSL Cutting Technologies is one of the 205 organisations nationally to have received the recognition which is considered to be the highest official UK awards for British businesses.

Now able to use the emblem for the next five years, the award comes in recognition of OSL Cutting Technologies’ position as a global leader in the design and manufacture of cutting tools.

Employing more than 100 people from its base in Sheffield, its brands include Rotabroach, GJ Halls, Taylor & Jones and Unibor. In 2019 the business also announced the acquisition of Universal Drilling.

OSL Cutting Technologies CEO, Mathew Grey, said: “We are extremely proud to have won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Having a prestigious award behind us as we represent Sheffield in international markets will help us to grow our footprint and drive us to higher levels of excellence.

“OSL is further proof that Sheffield manufacturing businesses can outperform international counterparts in their home markets as well as in our own.”

A family-owned business with a manufacturing heritage dating back to 1864, OSL Cutting Technologies has developed into one of Europe's largest manufacturers of high-speed steel cutting tools.

James Muir, chair of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, said: “It is great to see OSL Cutting Technologies receive such a coveted award in recognition of the role it plays both in the excellence of British Manufacturing, as well as international trade for our region.”

The latest announcement for the business comes following news earlier this month that one of its brands, Rotabroach, which manufactures magnetic drills, saws, cutters and rail products, has launched a new lifting category.

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