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Silver Hill Foods was proud winner of Category D “Energy Awareness Campaign” at the Sustainable Energy Awards 2005. The Awards were held on the 20th October in the Berkley Court Hotel in Dublin. The event was opened by the CEO of Sustainable Energy Ireland Mr. David Taylor. The Awards were presented to the winners by the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Mr. Noel Dempsey and Deputy CEO of ESB Customer Supply Mr. Tony Donnelly. In the Sustainable Energy Awards 2004 Silver Hill Foods was overall winner of Category C for our Thermal Energy Project. The aim of this project was to convert approximately 80,000 tonnes of wet duck slurry from our farm area into heat, power and a marketable fertiliser product.
Silver Hill had a very successful trip to Birmingham in September 2005 to showcase Silver Hill Organic Duck Manure Pellets for the first time. Glee is a garden and leisure exhibition and trade show attended each year by thousands of garden industry professionals from around the world. The 2005 event took place on 18-20 September in the NEC, Birmingham, England. Having attended Glee 2004 as visitors introducing the concept of our new product, Silver Hill was delighted to attend Glee 2005 as exhibitors showcasing Silver Hill Organic Duck Manure Pellets for the first time. Silver Hill, newcomers to the horticultural market, met with a very interesting and varied range of potential customers for our new product at the show. Visitors to our stand included representatives from Garden Centres, Fertiliser Manufacturers and Suppliers, Hardware and DIY Stores, Nurseries, Research Centres, Radio Stations, Journals and Magazines and individual gardening enthusiasts from around the world. We also had considerable interest from some of the larger market players regarding formation of future partnerships. During our three days at Glee, we received a lot of valuable feedback in terms of expert advice from gardening professionals relating to the further development of our new product and our efforts to contribute to sustainable development were welcomed by retailers and end-users alike. We were also pleased at the very positive response to our packaging display. The show was a resounding success for Silver Hill and we are now focusing on developing our product to meet the requirements of customers identified at the show. Silver Hill is very excited about this new venture and keen to supply the market in the coming months. We would like to take this opportunity to thank any readers who called to our stand at Glee 2005 and particularly those of you who expressed interest in our product or offered feedback and advice. We hope your time at Glee 2005 was as enjoyable and successful as ours and we will endeavour to keep you all up to date with product development during the coming weeks.
National Awards for Brand Marketing & Innovation On 20th May 2005 Silver Hill Foods was announced winner of the Brand Marketing Award in the Ireland the Food Island Food and Drink Industry Awards. The Awards organised by Bord Bia (the Irish Food Board), Food and Drink Industry Ireland at IBEC and AIB were presented at a gala awards ceremony held in the Mansion House, Dublin. Silver HIll Foods was pleased to receive the Brand Marketing Award for our duckling products from the Minister for Agriculture, Mary Coughlan, TD. At the Awards, the Environmental Project also received Merit as one of four finalists shortlisted in the Innovation Awards category. This was proudly accepted in recognition of our unique contribution to solving Ireland's waste management problems. Another recent award was proudly accepted by the Company from the Irish Food Magazine at the IFEX Exhibition in Dublin 2005. On this occasion our Crispy Boneless Chinese Roast Duckling was named Best Chilled Food/Ready Meal Product. Irish Food Writers Guild Award for Silver Hill Foods On 28th February 2005 Silver Hill Foods received the Irish Food Writers Guild Award for consistent quality of duck products and for our innovative approach to the development of the whole enterprise. The Irish Food Writers Guild Annual Food Awards took place in L’Ecrivain restaurant, Dublin where the Awards were presented by Nuala Cullen, Chairwoman, Irish Food Writers Guild and Micheál O’Muircheartaigh, Chairman, Guaranteed Irish. The Awards, which were sponsored this year by Guaranteed Irish, are now in their twelfth year and have gained a reputation as one of the most anticipated dates in the calendar for anyone with an interest in Ireland’s food industry. These Awards are quite unique in that candidates cannot enter or apply. Products are nominated and judged by the Irish Food Writers Guild, in complete secrecy, for their quality, excellence and consistency. In 2005 the members of the guild voted to award Silver Hill Foods for the consistent quality of our products and for our innovative approach to the development of our enterprise, for example, our development of new food products and new down and feather products. Our Environmental Project, which represents a unique waste management solution, was also recognised as an important development in Ireland’s food industry.
Silver Hill Foods receives Thermal Energy Award 2004   On 11th November 2004 Sustainable Energy Ireland, in conjunction with ESB Customer Supply, hosted their first ever Sustainable Energy Awards gala ceremony in the Conrad Hotel, Dublin. Our Company was delighted to attend the ceremony and to be named Overall Winner in the Thermal Energy Project Category.
Mr. Stuart Steele, Managing Director, Silver Hill Foods, receiving the Award We are using novel technologies and processes to harness a previously unexploited renewable energy source and to alleviate an over-reliance on traditional fossil fuels and conventional electricity which are both financially and environmentally costly. Instead, we will be producing a carbon-neutral source of power and heat - essential for Ireland’s successful transition to a lower carbon economy. The use of this renewable energy source will provide us with security of energy supply to our new project and will reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, thus reducing our contribution to national and global climate change. Our achievements will help Ireland achieve national and international targets in renewable energy development under the EU Renewables Directive and Kyoto Protocol. The amount of green electricity generated by this project will be 20% of the site’s total electricity consumption which is in line with the EU target of 22% by 2010. "Biogas in Society" Conference 2004 The role of Anaerobic Digestion in the Management of Irish Poultry Production was the subject of a paper presented by Mr. Raphael McEvoy, Silver HIll Foods Environmental Manager, at the "Biogas in Society" EU BIOEXELL Conference/Workshop on Friday 22nd October 2004. The Conference was hosted by Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council at the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen from 21st - 23rd October and was attended by almost 150 delegates from all over Europe and Asia.
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