The Keystone Group has won Materials Supplier of the Year at a recent Construction News event held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane.

The judges were extremely complimentary about the achievements of the company and were blown away with The Keystone Group, describing the firm as a worthy winner of this year’s Materials Supplier of the Year award.

Construction News said: “We were impressed with Keystone’s real innovation across a wide range of products. These all led to improvements and cost savings in the businesses that used them. It is clear that Keystone is a company always looking to better itself and the welfare and skills of its workers and those it supplies.”

The Keystone Group was praised for its innovation across the group companies, with Hi-therm lintels and the Keylite insulated collar singled out for particular praise. The judges also described IG Masonry Support’s brick slip system as a “particularly ingenious solution to a common problem”.

The commitment to health and safety and efficiency was also commended through the use of Smartroof’s pre-insulated roof panel systems and the GRP components provided by IG Elements.

Speaking of the win, Eithne Kelly, chief executive officer of The Keystone Group, said: “We are thrilled to accept this award for Materials Supplier of the Year from Construction News. To have been recognised in this way at such a prestigious event has been an honour for us and we are delighted that each of the companies within our group has been singled out for individual praise by the judges.

“At The Keystone Group we are constantly seeking to innovate, enhance and improve our procedures, manufacturing processes, customer focus and ultimately our products, and this award provides important recognition of each of these.”