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News Release from: The Manufacturer Live | Subject: The Manufacturer Awards 2005
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 July 2005
UK Manufacturing Awards entries invited
Companies that make things are being invited to put the woes of the manufacturing sector behind them and compete for one of the UK's most coveted industry awards.
Entries are being invited for The Manufacturer Awards 2005 - a prestigious series of accolades that celebrate world class achievement in UK manufacturing The awards, sponsored by a range of blue chip companies and supported by the DTI, will be presented at a 750 seat gala black tie dinner at The Manufacturer Live event at Telford's International Centre in September
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 17 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The dinner will be attended by representatives of the UK's major manufacturing companies.
The top award, for Manufacturer of The Year, is sponsored by Barclays.
Other awards up for grabs include the Leadership and Strategy award, the Design and Innovation award, the World Class Manufacturing award, The Skills and HR award, the IT in Manufacturing award, the Logistics and Supply Chain award, the Manufacturing Operations award, the Automotive Supply Chain award, the Aerospace Supply Chain award and the Process Industry Supply Chain award.
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Sponsors include PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Renaissance, TBM, SEMTA, Microsoft Business Solutions, Sun, UGS, Hewlett Packard and PICME.
The winner of the top award last year was BAE Systems, Edinburgh.
Other award winners included Boots, Rolls Royce, Link Lockers and Kostal.
The two day Manufacturer Live 2005 summit will be attended by more than 2000 manufacturing decision makers, and claims to be one of the UK's biggest annual manufacturer-to-manufacturer teach-ins.
Delegates will hear from more than 50 speakers from leading manufacturers who will host best-practice workshops, seminars and debates on the sector's big issues.
The event, which is sponsored by Barclays and supported by the DTI, will be held at the Telford International Centre on September 28 and 29.
It will offer manufacturers the chance to learn from their peers and share their own best practice, and will be punctuated on the evening of September 28 by the prestigious Manufacturer of the Year Awards.
Glen White, group chief executive of Conquest Business Media which organises the event and publishes 'The Manufacturer' magazine, said he was looking forward to a fantastic evening of celebration, despite the gloom which has surrounded manufacturing industry so far this year.
"This is a true showcase of best practice, and the awards recognise the huge amount of good work which is going on in the UK manufacturing sector".
"We hear a lot of bad news about manufacturing, and it is true that the sector faces many global challenges, but a lot of companies are rising to those challenges and winning for Britain," he said.
Andy Martin, head of UK Manufacturing at Barclays said the bank was delighted to be the sponsor of the Manufacturer of the Year award and the corporate sponsor of The Manufacturer Live 2005.
"As the leading bank covering the UK manufacturing industry, we are committed to helping the industry grow and remain competitive on a global scale".
"We believe The Manufacturer Live is the perfect forum for people who share both this commitment and the desire to promote and share best practice".
"This year's event is particularly important given the current challenges facing the industry, and we are very pleased to be associated with it," he said.
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