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Lawton repeats Beijer Ref success

Beijer Ref UK & Irelands’s Greg Cattell (centre) flanked by Lawton head of air conditioning and refrigeration Chris White (left) and MD Oliver Lawton

UK: Coventry-based Lawton Tubes have been named as Beijer Ref UK and Ireland supplier of the year for its efforts in 2022. 

Announcing the award, Beijer Ref UK & Ireland group purchasing director Greg Cattell applauded Lawton’s positive and speedy flexibility when faced with short notice business changes.

The award, presented at the annual suppliers’ dinner in York last week, repeated Lawton Tubes’ success in 2016.

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