Cokebusters named Company of the Year 2023 at the EIC Awards!

Last month the Energy Industries Council bestowed on Cokebusters the ultimate award of ‘Company of the Year 2023’.

This is an immense privilege and recognition of the imagination of our technologists, the tenacity of our operations delivery teams and our support infrastructure.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our team members for the part they have played in driving Cokebusters to become the success it is today. There is still much to do, but naturally, this prestigious award has prompted us to reflect on our journey and the effort and contribution made by each and every person in the Cokebusters family which has brought us this far.

Perhaps one of the most fundamental aspects of the business of which we are most proud, is that Cokebusters has not stood still.

Like so many businesses, we were prevented by law from carrying out our work when the pandemic struck and faced an uncertain future with zero income. We could have stagnated or even thrown in the towel, but instead, we confidently invested in our premises and in our technology. We would not have been able to be so courageous without the support and dedication of key players in our team who continued to have faith in the company during those difficult times.

In the post-COVID world, we have seen a culmination of innovative and technological success in developing unusual groundbreaking methods and tools to help solve the major challenges of cleaning and inspecting ‘unpiggable’ tubing and pipeline assets. Today, Cokebusters’ range of intelligent pigs not only enables customers to quantify how clean the process is, but they also provide full diametric and wall thickness profiling, thus enabling an essential insight into asset integrity.

Memberships and sponsorships

Other notable events in 2023 included Zodeq joining UK Finance as an Invoice Finance and Asset Based Lending Member. While September saw Zodeq’s annual sponsorship of the Recruiter Awards’ Best New Agency category.

After a fantastic 2023, packed with both business and personal highlights, the Zodeq team are looking forward to Christmas, and with lots of exciting events in the pipeline, to 2024.

Having gratefully accepted the award, our company Managing Director, James Phipps, said: “Cokebusters is an SME, yet we often find ourselves competing alongside giants in the energy industry, and from our small corner of North Wales some may argue we are punching above our weight. We may be small, but in that, we have the ability to make bold decisions very quickly. Time and bureaucracy can kill off a good idea. We take our lead from our customers and we have the courage to take necessary risks to feed innovation. It seems this drive and determination is paying off tonight!”

James Phipps continued: “This is an exciting time of growth for Cokebusters! The ability to successfully develop and deliver this service has unlocked a stream of new business opportunities in the increasingly narrow diameter networks associated with alternative energy markets.”