Nylacast wins prestigious business award

As a manufacturing company with over 78 per cent of its business being exported, Nylacast has been headquartered in Leicester for over four decades, with respect and passion for all things local - including employing local staff and contributing to local causes and charities.

With an increased level of corporate social responsibility in the community and area, Nylacast co-ordinates and participates in a wide spectrum of activities, from helping the homeless by donating winter coats, essential food and winter packs, through to regularly engaging with local schools to help the younger generation of students with their skills and knowledge. Furthermore, the company regularly engages with local charities including Leicestershire Cares, PROSTaid and Rainbows.

Ian Mallabone, Nylacast Group HR Manager, comments: "Nylacast are very proud and fortunate to have a strong local workforce which are always committed to supporting our community and charity engagements, whether it be through monetary donations or volunteering time and skills, whenever we launch a new CSR initiative or campaign there is never a shortage of eager, dedicated and passionate volunteers from all areas and departments of Nylacast."

With a feared UK skills shortage, as an engineering firm Nylacast also takes responsibility in helping to bridge this gap on a local level. This is done through a number of means including the sponsorship and support of local enthusiastic engineering students such as DMU Racing, through to the opening of Nylacast's purpose-built Engineering Training Academy.

Making strong time and monetary commitments to community and charitable causes is not always advantageous for businesses, as it often means having staff out of the office or away from their daily tasks - which can ultimately cost time and money. Nylacast Group CEO, Mussa Mahomed, states: "With a strong focus and zeal for the continuous development of polymers and people, it would be selfish not to give back to the local community of Leicester which has been a home and base for Nylacast and its worldwide business and global presence since 1967."

The Contribution to the Community Award category won by Nylacast was also entered by Caterpillar and James Coles & Sons Nurseries. Junaid Makda, Marketing Manager at Nylacast, comments: "These awards are great for highlighting the soaring levels of business activity and innovation emerging from the region. We are honoured to receive this award, which pays great homage to the ethos of working together as a community, for the betterment of the community. Nylacast are also delighted to have been shortlisted amongst two great companies which undertake spectacular community efforts."