Investors In People Award gained in record time

An Automated Packaging Systems product story

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Dec 22, 2000

Malvern based Automated Packaging Systems (APS), has been awarded the prestigious Investors In People Award (IIP) in record time, just five months after it first registered its intention

Malvern based Automated Packaging Systems (APS), has been awarded the prestigious Investors In People Award (IIP) in record time.

Coming just five months after APS first registered its intention to formalise its staff development and training activities under the IIP process, the award is a major milestone in an ongoing programme established by the company to improve its overall performance in an increasingly competitive market.

Managing Director, Ian Dovey, explains that, "As one of the key employers in Malvern, we've always recognised the need to help our staff to improve their skills in all areas of the business process, from production and administration to sales and marketing.

As a result, we already had many of the processes required by IIP either in place or under development and the IIP procedures helped us to formalise and improve still further much of what we were doing.

APS, which manufactures packaging equipment used by major companies throughout the world, employs over 90 people at its Malvern based European headquarters.

The company estimates that, at any one time, up to ten per cent of its staff are engaged in on or off-site training courses and, as Ian Dovey points out, is currently planning, "To extend the staff development programme to ensure that we exceed the criteria expected by IIP and, perhaps, more importantly to continue to provide career opportunities for staff, while constantly improving the quality of products and service that we offer to our customers".