The British Coatings Federation (BCF) announced the shortlisted entries for the 2023 Awards. Following a series of judging days conducted by an independent panel of judges in each category, they have reached a carefully selected shortlist from a wide variety of high-quality entries.

The winners will be announced at the Awards dinner on Thursday, October 19 at The Grand Hotel in Birmingham, United Kingdom. 

Sustainable Innovation, Multinational Award Shortlist

Organik Kimya 

Sun Chemical 

Siegwerk 

BASF plc 

AkzoNobel

Sustainable Innovation, SME Shortlist

Little Greene 

Terrafend

Race to Net Zero Award Shortlist

Crown Paints 

BASF plc

GDB Paint & Coatings

Customer Service Award Shortlist

AkzoNobel - Dulux 

Crown Paints

Pulse Printing Products

Excellence in Training Award Shortlist

HMG Paints 

AkzoNobel 

Anstey Wallpaper

AkzoNobel – Dulux

Diversity and Inclusion Award Shortlist

PPG

Sherwin-Williams

Young Leader of the Year Award Shortlist 

Molly Kershaw, PPG Architectural Coatings UK&I 

Nathan Featherstone, hubergroup UK

James Davis, A-Chem Limited Chris Morton, Crown Paints

Olly Sheppard, Pulse Printing Products

Corporate Social Responsibility Award Shortlist

Banner Chemicals

PPG Architectural Coatings UK 

Crown Paints

Marketing Campaign of the Year Award Shortlist

Farrow & Ball 

HMG Paints 

AkzoNobel - Dulux

Axalta Coatings Systems

Apprentice of the Year Award Shortlist

Kris Richens, AkzoNobel 

Katie Sterrett, AkzoNobel

Brandon Morgan, hubergroup UK 

Melissa Strowbridge, HMG Paints 

Richard Morgan, AkzoNobel - Dulux 

Sean Kelly, Anstey Wallpaper

Student of the Year Award Shortlist 

Courtney Turner, Tor Coatings 

Patrycja Zuchowska, PRA World 

Rebecca Jones, Beckers

Melanie Brogden, Belzona Polymerics

The shortlisted companies for both Coatings Care Awards will be announced in September.

Bookings are now open. Information on the Award categories and how to book can be found here.

The BCF would like to thank everyone who has submitted entries for this year’s Awards, and also to the judges and this year’s sponsors: Stort Chemicals, BASF, The Paint Foundation, Verlingue, Synthomer, Xyntra, Fenton Packaging, Tronox, Crusader Vehicle Leasing and GDB International for their support.