Yorkshire Engineering Firm ECS Marks Major Year of Innovation Following FDF Awards Recognition
Oct 5, 2026
ECS has received a series of industry accolades while launching a new suite of interconnected OT services and technology for UK manufacturers.
Wetherby, England, October 5, 2026 -- Enhanced Control Solutions (ECS), a Yorkshire-based engineering and industrial technology company, has marked a major period of innovation and growth after being named a finalist at the 2026 Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Industry Awards.
ECS was shortlisted in the Manufacturing and Technological Innovation category for its work modernising OT support for food manufacturing. The category included major industrial technology companies, with Siemens ultimately taking home the award.
For ECS, the recognition represents a significant milestone. The independent Yorkshire engineering business was shortlisted in the same national innovation category as global technology company Siemens, demonstrating the scale of ambition behind ECS's approach to modernising OT support for UK manufacturers.
The FDF recognition follows a series of accolades for ECS, including:
- Corporate LiveWire Innovation & Excellence Awards 2025 winner – Innovation in Automation Technology
- HSBC UK / FSB Small Business Growth Awards 2026 Regional Runner-up
- Make UK Manufacturing Awards 2026 shortlist – Innovation and Strategic Business Growth
The recognition also coincides with the relaunch of the ECS website and the development of three interconnected OT services designed to help manufacturers better understand, manage and support the technology operating across their sites.
Capture is ECS's on-site OT audit service. ECS engineers attend manufacturing sites to identify and audit smart and intelligent devices, establishing a structured picture of the site's OT assets.
Command Centre is ECS's OT asset management platform. Information gathered through Capture can be stored and maintained within Command Centre, creating a central record of a manufacturer's OT estate and providing a foundation for ongoing OT asset management.
Connect provides 24/7/365 remote OT engineering support, giving manufacturers access to specialist engineering expertise when problems occur and helping reduce the delays associated with waiting for engineering support to reach site.
Together, the services create a joined-up approach to OT management: Capture helps manufacturers understand what they have, Command Centre helps them manage it, and Connect provides the engineering support to keep it running.
James McCartney, Founder of Enhanced Control Solutions, said:
"To find ourselves shortlisted alongside businesses such as Siemens is a huge milestone for ECS, but what's particularly encouraging is that this isn't one award or one organisation recognising what we're doing.
"Capture, Command Centre and Connect have all been developed around problems we've experienced first-hand as engineers working in manufacturing. Our approach is simple: understand what you've got, manage it properly and make sure the right engineering support is there when you need it.
"We're still a relatively small Yorkshire engineering business, so to see our work recognised across food and drink, manufacturing, innovation and business growth gives us confidence we're heading in the right direction."
The launches and industry recognition mark the latest stage in ECS's development from an engineering services business into a growing engineering technology company developing its own solutions for industrial OT.
About Enhanced Control Solutions (ECS)
Enhanced Control Solutions was founded by automation engineer James McCartney, with its services and technology developed around problems experienced first-hand in manufacturing environments.
Based in Yorkshire and working with manufacturers across the UK, ECS combines hands-on automation engineering expertise with technology designed to modernise how manufacturers understand, manage and support their operational technology.
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