A CARAVAN firm based in North East Wales has picked up a prestigious award for the fourth year running.

The family-run Fifth Wheel Company in Rhuallt designs and builds trailers which are a cross between a caravan and a motorhome.
Their products once again impressed the judges at the annual Caravan Club awards last month, where the company took home an award for its designs.
Operations director Adrian Parry-Jones said: "We're very proud of our products and winning this award for the fourth year running is a testament to our skilled and dedicated staff."
The Caravan Club award went to the firm's Celtic Rambler trailer.

From The Evening Leader

The Swift Group swept the board at the recent Caravan Club Design Awards announced at the recent Boat Caravan and Outdoor Show held at the NEC Birmingham.

The company won three of the five awards outright and were also runners up in three of the categories, recording the best ever performance by both Swift and any company in the awards. 

Of the 15 products in first second or third places in the traditional caravan categories, nine were Swift Group products. “This is an outstanding result for the company and true independent recognition of the major progress the company has made in providing products that offer the highest overall standards in design, specification and value for money, making Swift the clear first choice of the majority of caravanners,” Nick Page, Commercial Director commented.

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For the second year running the Swift Group have been awarded one of the top motorhome awards when they won the Motorhome Manufacturer of the year in the annual MMM magazine awards at the NEC.

This follows on from winning both the Motorhome of the Year and Low Profile of the Year awards at last year’s ceremony.

Announcing the awards, Managing Editor, Rob McDonnell said: “Not only have the Swift Group launched the widest range of new models on the new Fiat X2/50 cab onto the market this year, they have maintained a sustained new product launch programme that has been effectively communicated to both the media and the general public.”

As well as winning the Manufacturer of the Year title the Group’s Bessacarr E510 model won the silver award in the Low Profile category.

The awards come in a year when sales of the company’s Swift, Bessacarr and Ace ranges have reached all time record levels with the Group’s market share rising to around 25 per cent.

“It is always nice to receive awards, particularly form the team at MMM the motorhome markets leading magazine. This has been a tremendous year for the whole team at Swift, and with more new products on the horizon we are confident of maintaining this level of success in 2008,” Group Marketing Director Richard White commented.

The Swift Group has announced it will be offering the new AL-KO Automatic Trailer Control System (ATC) as either a manufacturer fitted or dealer fitted option on all of the company’s 2008 models in the Abbey, Ace, Sterling, Swift and Sprite ranges.