IET awards 2009 - ambition and achievement
You can find out more about each of the 2009 IET Ambition and Achievement Awards sponsors, along with a link to their web sites below:
EDF Energy - BAE Systems - E.On
BAE Systems is the premier global defence and aerospace company delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions and customer support services. With 97,500 employees worldwide, BAE Systems' sales exceeded £15.7 billion in 2007.
In the UK, BAE SYSTEMS employs over 18,000 engineers whose capabilities enable us to provide our customers with innovative and affordable solutions and services. The increasingly diverse and global nature of our business gives us a great scope to identify and implement a wide range of engineering expertise, technology and best practice from around the world. BAE Systems is proud to give real advantage to the UK by helping it to remain at the forefront of industry and technology.
EDF Energy is proud to be a learning organisation, seeking new and innovative ways to provide energy to our customers and supporting the continuing professional development of our employees. EDF Energy Networks is a partner in educational, academic and research projects across a range of communities - including the London Engineering Project, the Power Academy and the AURA-NMS strategic partnership with the EPSRC. We also contribute to development of the 14-19 Diploma in Engineering and a Power Industry Foundation Degree.
EDF Energy Networks is delighted to encourage the study of engineering and technology by sponsoring the IET Awards programme.
For more information, visit the EDF Energy web site (which can be launched by clicking on the logo above).
E.ON UK, part of the E.ON group, is one of the UK's leading integrated power and gas companies generating and distributing electricity and retailing power and gas.
The E.ON group, having close to 88,000 employees with more than 75 different nationalities, operating in 30 countries worldwide and achieving annual sales of just under EUR69 billion, is the world's largest investor-owned energy service provider.
E.ON UK's generation business is involved in every link of the energy chain, producing electricity from a portfolio of world-class power stations and researching new technologies to meet the needs of our customer base.
E.ON UK’s distribution business, Central Networks, the second largest distribution network in the UK, provides power to 4.9 million customers across Central England via almost 97,000 substations and through 133,000km of underground and overhead cables, which is enough to go round the Earth four times.
E.ON UK’s Energy Services, having drawn together all of E.ON UK’s expertise in metering services, home installation and new connections, connects homes and businesses to power and gas, lighting streets, installing energy efficiency measures and boilers and providing a range of metering services.
E.ON UK's vision is to be the recognised leader in UK power and gas.
For further information, please visit our website: http://www.eon-uk.com/distribution/