Our Awards
Winner of more than 30 national and international awards, McConnel has blazed a trail for quality and innovation for nearly 90 years.
Among the honours picked up by the company include: the 2001 Queen’s Award for Innovation which the company received for its pioneering Easy Drive System, the prestigious Burke Trophy, and the Shrophire Chamber of Commerce Champion of Champions Award.
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![Royal Visit to McConnel Factory](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/674ef658324b7e6469955cb1/67570ea516ce344ac57a7933_royal-visit.webp)
Royal Visit
HRH The Princess Royal visited McConnel in 2005 to help the company celebrate its 70th anniversary.
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Queens Award
McConnel's performance-enhancing Easy Drive System won the Queen's Award for Innovation in 2002.
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Dr Alban Davies Trophy
HRH the Prince of Wales presented McConnel with the Dr Alban Davies Trophy at the 2004 Royal Welsh Show.
McConnel Awards 1949 - Present
DEMOPARK (Germany) - Innovation medal
FTMTA Ireland - 2 Silver Awards
FTMTA Ireland - 2 Silver Awards
Royal Highland Show Society - Silver Award
Shropshire Chamber of Commerce - Champion of Champions
Winner of the Prestigious Burke Trophy
Royal visit to McConnel from HRH Princess Anne
Doctor Alban Davies Trophy - Silver Medal
Royal Agricultural Society of England - Silver Medal
Farm Business Highly Commended Power Arm 7700T
Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, Customer Service Award
Royal Agricultural Society of England - Silver Medal
Queens Award for Enterprise (Innovation)
Royal Agricultural Society of England - Silver Medal
Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, Business Of The Year
SIMA Exhibition Paris, France - Silver Medal
Royal Welsh Agricultural Society - Silver Medal
Royal Agricultural Society of England - Silver Medal
Royal Agricultural Society of England - Silver Medal
Royal Bath & West & Southern Counties Society - Gold Medal
Royal Agricultural Society of England - Silver Medal
Royal Agricultural Society of England - Gold Medal
Southport Agricultural Show - Silver Medal
Royal Welsh Agricultural Society - Silver Medal
Royal Agricultural Society of England - Silver Medal
Royal Welsh Agricultural Society - Silver Medal
British Dairy Farmers Association - Silver Medal
Royal Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland - Silver Medal
British Dairy Farmers Association - Silver Medal
Bath & West & Southern Counties Society - Silver Medal
Royal Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland - Silver Medal
Bath & West & Southern Counties Society - Silver medal
Sawbench
McConnel won its first quality award way back in 1949, picking up the Royal Highland Agricultural Society Silver Medal for its innovative saw bench.
![Old Photo of first McConnel Sawbench](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/674ef658324b7e6469955cb1/6757156ec64b35746cb11883_sawbench.webp)