Our National Winners Digital Revolution Business of the Year

Cokebusters Ltd

Cokebusters won the award after impressing judges with their ‘unique technological solution to a unique challenge’.

Established in 2005, Cokebusters is a leading provider of advanced mechanical cleaning and pipeline inspection, helping the drive to cleaner and safer energy. The firm imagined, designed, built and successfully patented a single bodied intelligent pig tool which is now used around the world.

Award judge, Mander Thiara, Global Operations Program Manager at HP, said: “Cokebusters are demonstrating how innovative digital solutions can help tackle the huge environmental challenges the world faces. It’s great to see a UK manufacturing company leading the way in cutting global carbon emissions. The firm is clearly ambitious but rightly wants to keep its roots in Cheshire.”

Sarah Howard MBE, Chair of the British Chambers of Commerce, said:

“Cokebusters is a great example of how the digital revolution is changing industries. With their world-first technologies like the patented ‘singlebodied intelligent pig,’ they’ve not only changed how refinery systems are maintained but also how crucial data is collected and used. This mix of cuttingedge tech and digital innovation makes Cokebusters a clear leader for the Digital Revolution Business of the Year.”

James Phipps, Managing Director of Cokebusters Ltd, said:

“Cokebusters is delighted to accept the national award for Digital Revolution Business of the Year. The whole basis of the award recognises the innovation by our operations and technology teams in fast tracking a solution to dynamically collect and analyse inspection data records from a remote 100km solar steam generation array in the Oman Desert. This is a major departure for Cokebusters, a business founded on removing petroleum coke products and inspecting tubing networks on refinery fired heaters.”

Sarah Bailey, CEO of West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce, said:

"Congratulations to Cokebusters on this exceptional achievement in