Express Engineering Group, a global specialist in the manufacture, assembly and testing of precision-engineered solutions, has been awarded a King’s Award for Enterprise.The group, which comprises Express Engineering in Gateshead and QA Weld Tech in Middlesbrough, has been recognised in the International Trade category for its “outstanding short-term growth”.

The honour follows a period of record-breaking performance in which the 330-employee business grew its overseas sales by more than 91% between 2022 and 2024, generating £78m in export sales over that period. This achievement solidifies the group’s status as one of the northeast’s largest and most successful exporters, delivering safety-critical components to major offshore energy and infrastructure projects across the globe.

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