Archive News 2009
Summer News
Our Perfect Ten
ScotAsh Limited - the award winning joint venture between ScottishPower and Lafarge Cement - has celebrated its 10th anniversary. Incorporated on 14th June 1999, ScotAsh opened its doors for business on 5th July 1999.
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Peter praises ScotAsh supporters
ScotAsh's Managing Director Peter Quinn praised the contribution of everyone who has helped to make ScotAsh a success during the company's first decade.
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Our Decade of Achievement
Completion of the £8 million
investment in autumn 2003 marked the
start of ScotAsh's rise to success as a
supplier of green construction products. With the capability to re-engineer ash
from the power stations by taking out
the carbon, the company could
produce a high quality mineral ash for
use in cementitious products.
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Supplying 10 years of landmark projects
We have supplied products to a multitude of
interesting projects over the years. These have included infrastructure projects, such as
the Kincardine Bypass, the Clackmannanshire Bridge,
the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link, the awardwinning
Lairige Eilde Bridge at Glencoe and, more
recently, the M74 extension.
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Awards highlight story of success
In recent years, our efforts have been recognised with a clutch of awards, including
two Queen's Awards for Enterprise - for Innovation in 2005 and Sustainable
Development in 2008. We were named National Example of Excellence in Business in the Community's
Marketplace Innovation Award 2007 and received our award from HRH Prince Charles
and former US Vice President Al Gore at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
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A 
big thanks to ScotAsh Board
ScotAsh extends a big thank you to
Board members Nigel Cooke and Ron
Hunter.
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Long-serving employees helped to shape ScotAsh
Congratulations to Billy Anderson,
who received his 10-year long service
award on 14th June. Billy has been a valued member of the
ScotAsh team since the inception of the
company and is renowned for his
innovative ideas.
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College praises
student Walter
Congratulations to ScotAsh apprentice Walter Cairns, who was runner-up in Forth Valley College's Apprentice of the Year Awards.
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Jamie above par
Well done to ScotAsh team
member and skilled golfer
Jamie Aitken who won the 2009
Clackmannanshire County
Match Play Trophy.
Jamie, a member of Alloa
Golf Club, beat Mike Rust at
Braehead Golf Club, 4 & 2 in
the final. Jamie won the County
Match Play Championship
previously in 2007.
Spring 2009
ScotAsh Wins National Environment Award
ScotAsh Limited, the green cement company based at Longannet Power Station, Kincardine-on-Forth, last night (Tuesday 19th May 2009) scooped the Environmental Product/Service Award in the national Environment and Energy Awards 2009.
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Haul of Awards Launches Our 10th Anniversary Year
ScotAsh has scooped two more awards in the first three months of its 10th anniversary year. Following last year's success in winning a Queen's Award and a national VIBES Award - each for the second time - the company received an award for Innovation in the inaugural Green Business Fife Awards.
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And Peter scoops a prize of his own
In March, MD Peter Quinn was voted Regional Director of the Year for Fife and Central Scotland in the annual Institute of Directors Scotland Awards.
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First-class aiders!
A team from ScotAsh entered ScottishPower's Annual First Aid competition - and won the Best Novices Trophy at their first attempt.
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ScotAsh cement chosen for tough marine project
Green, high early strength cement from ScotAsh is being used in a challenging pier project in the Inner Hebrides. Lafarge Cement has pioneered a unique logistics solution to deliver 4,500 tonnes of Phoenix cement to the Isle of Raasay. The island, just 14x3 miles, is one of the most remote in the UK.
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VIP guests impressed by ScotAsh
ScotAsh hosted a number of high level visits in the first quarter of 2009. Scottish Enterprise Chief Executive Jack Perry visited in January...
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Winner of a Queens Award for Enterprise in the Sustainable Development category - the only one in this category to be awarded in Scotland in 2008.