At the inaugural Motion Control Awards Dinner held on 12 April during FP&S in Birmingham, several of the winners were members of BFPA and BFPDA. BFPDA member Brammer UK Ltd. won Distributor of the Year, the award for Contribution to Skills and Training went to The JCB Academy and Parker Hannifin Ltd., and BFPDA member Derek Lane and Company Ltd.’s William Broome won Young Motion Control Engineer of the year. A special lifetime contribution award was also presented to John Savage of the NFPC Ltd. the BFPA would like to congratulate these and all the other winners on the night, the other finalists and sponsors who all contributed to an extremely successful and enjoyable evening. The Association hopes this will become an annual event for the industry.