Acres Engineering boosts UK industry with prestigious King’s Award win
Derbyshire, Acres Engineering Ltd is a specialist British manufacturer delivering high-value precision-engineered and fabricated solutions to sectors including automotive, aerospace, defence, energy, rail, and critical infrastructure.
Combining traditional engineering craftsmanship with advanced manufacturing capability, Acres provides bespoke fabrication, systems integration, production support equipment, and turnkey engineered solutions for leading OEMs and Tier 1 manufacturers across the UK and internationally. With extensive in-house capability, the company transforms raw materials into finished products, offering true turnkey manufacturing capability from concept through to delivery. Capabilities include
CAD design, laser tube and sheet cutting, waterjet cutting, CNC forming, fabrication, powder coating, and electro-mechanical assembly.
Acres has built its reputation working on high-value, medium-volume projects where agility, engineering expertise, and speed of response are critical. From custom built one-off machines to batches of stillages and access platforms, the business is known for its ability to pivot quickly and deliver reliably in fast-paced industrial environments. A European office in Spain strengthens support for international customers.
While engineering excellence defines its commercial success, people define its purpose. Acres has made sustained investment in apprenticeships, STEM engagement, and initiatives creating meaningful career opportunities for those who may not otherwise have considered engineering. This commitment to social mobility and inclusive opportunity sits at the heart of the business.
Acres Engineering has now provided apprenticeships to more than 100 people and continues to provide continual professional development (CPD) across the workforce. It has helped many gain employment in the skilled metal fabrication sector through its expansive outreach programmes which include work experience opportunities, school factory tours and activity days.
Alongside being honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise in Promoting Opportunity, the company holds the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award for supporting the Armed Forces community, and has also received the Make UK National Manufacturing Impact Award.
Acres continues to strengthen its role within the UK’s advanced manufacturing landscape, expanding into defence, hydrogen, nuclear, and other high-growth engineering sectors while remaining true to the values that have shaped the business for nearly eight decades: engineering excellence, adaptability, and creating opportunity through industry.
As a proud member of the King’s Awards alumni community, Acres welcomes conversations with organisations seeking an agile British manufacturing partner capable of taking projects from raw material to finished product, developing engineered solutions, and delivering at pace. Explore our capabilities, sector expertise, and case studies to learn more.
Acres Managing Director Luke Parker said: “This King’s Award is both a proud and humbling recognition of the years of hard work we’ve invested in our people. Achievements like this don’t happen by chance, they come from real commitment, day in, day out.
“We’ll wear this award with pride, and more importantly, use it to keep driving forward, continuing to support our team, just as they support us.”
