Samwon the hydraulic fittings supplier at Northfield, Aycliffe Business Park has won the North East Services Award for Durham and Wearside.
Organised by The Journal and its sister paper The Gazette, the annual competition is held in association with the North East Chamber of Commerce and turns the spotlight on the last 12 months in businesses large and small from across the region.
All the winners from the Durham and Wearside event go through to the regional final, which will take place at Hardwick Hall in Sedgefield next month.
The purpose of  the competition is to reward and recognise professional service organisations that have demonstrable strength in the following areas:
•Service Excellence
•Service differentiation
•Business Growth
•Innovation
The judges looked to identify a service company that achieved and exceeded quantifiable business goals while delivering a market leading service to their customers.
Managing Director Gary Quickfall is shown receiving his company’s award from sponsor John Adamson, Director of Ramside Estates Ltd.
Gary said: “We are all very proud of the recognition as we have put a lot of hard work into the service we provide for our customers.It is also a very good addition to our ‘Supplier of the Year award from JCB last year.
Everybody at Samwon Tech is commited to building on the success of the award and the service we provide. We look forward to a very challenging, but rewarding year as we will soon be announcing new additions to our major international OEM client base.”

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M.D. Gary Quickfall (left) with John Adamson