Almac, the international, integrated contract development and manufacturing organisation, had its late founder, Sir Allen McClay, posthumously honoured at Northern Ireland’s first ever Craigavon Business Awards. Additionally, a second award, ‘Young Business Person of the Year’ has been named in Sir Allen’s honour.  Almac was also awarded ‘Best Export Initiative’ in recognition of how it expanded its customer base and increased international competitiveness.

 Sir Alan’s widow, Lady Heather McClay was presented with the ‘Special Recognition Award’, which acknowledged the outstanding contributions he made to both the pharmaceuticals business and the local Northern Ireland economy. This year, the ‘Sir Allen McClay Young Business Person of the Year’ accolade was awarded to Gareth Cairns, the founder of local agric engineering company, SlurryKat. Valuable mentoring, provided by Almac and seven of its business partners, accompanies this award.

 Commenting on the awards, Almac CEO, Alan Armstrong said: “Everyone at Almac is immensely proud of everything Allen achieved in his life, both for the local economy and the wider pharmaceuticals industry. Allen had particular faith in talented young people and would no doubt have been extremely pleased to be associated with the Young Business Person award. These awards are a tremendous credit to the business he founded and built. Almac looks forward to continuing Allen’s creative ethos for driving innovation in the pharmaceuticals sector, whilst supporting the Northern-Irish economy.”

Source： web of pharmoutsourcing