Institution news
The Manufacturer MX (TMMX) Awards were formed earlier this year by the merger of two of the industry’s existing awards programmes: The Manufacturer of the Year Awards, run by The Manufacturer, and the Manufacturing Excellence (MX) Awards, run by the Institution.
With a combined heritage spanning four decades, the TMMX Awards are dedicated to encouraging and promoting competitive manufacturing in the UK, and celebrating the very best in the industry annually.
This year’s combined awards will both celebrate the best-performing businesses in the manufacturing industry and provide them with free expert advice and feedback from assessors.
The Institution’s Head of Transport and Manufacturing, Philippa Oldham, said: “The Manufacturer MX Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner is set to be the one of the most glamorous and high profile nights of 2015. The 12 awards celebrate the best that UK manufacturing has to offer - from those who are leading the way in innovation and design, through to those who are focusing on the next generation, celebrating the Apprentice of the Year.
“These awards are championing the crème de la crème, providing industry-wide recognition for the achievements of organisations and their employees. Attendees of the evening will be given the opportunity to network and join in with the celebrations, showing just how manufacturing is back at the heart of the UK economy.”
The Institution’s Director of Engineering, Colin Brown, said: “The TMMX dinner is the manufacturers’ networking event of the year. It allows companies the chance to see and hear about best practice and to make new contacts to improve their own operations.
“I never cease to be surprised how entrants are keen to share their best ideas rather than keep them secret. With over 1,000 attendees expected in Birmingham at the end of November, that’s a lot of ideas to be picked up on the night.”
This year’s shortlisted businesses are as follows:
Apprentice of the Year
- Scott Thompson, De La Rue
- Emma Wilding, Jaguar Land Rover
- James Doughty, Jaguar Land Rover
- Jade Aspinall, MBDA UK
- Amber Wild, Worldwide Fruit
- Tim Plows, Xtrac
Customer Focus
- Airedale Solutions
- Coty Manufacturing UK
- Durapipe UK
- Elster Water Metering
- Heatric
- Lambert Engineering
Exporter of the Year
- Ecotile Flooring
- Electronic Temperature Instruments (ETI)
- Hayward Tyler Group
- Powder Systems
- Xtrac
Innovation & Design
- B & D Electromedical
- Coty Manufacturing UK
- Croft Filters
- Elster Water Metering
- Gatecare
- Lambert Engineering
- SAVORTEX
Leadership & Strategy
- Coty Manufacturing UK
- Hayward Tyler Group
- Lambert Engineering
- Selex ES
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Manufacturing
- William Hughes
Partnership with Education
- BAE Systems Military Air & Information
- Cummins Engine Co.
- GE Aviation Wales
- Hargreaves Ductwork
- Hydram Engineering
- Leyland Trucks
People & Skills
- Coty Manufacturing UK
- Hayward Tyler Group
- Jotun Paints (Europe)
- Lambert Engineering
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Manufacturing
- Xtrac
Supply Chain Excellence
- Coty Manufacturing UK
- B. Hepworth and Co.
- Benchmark Plastics (a trading name of Nutriculture UK)
- Mollart Engineering
- Seevent Plastics
- Westomatic
Sustainable Manufacturing
- Building Adhesives
- Coty Manufacturing UK
- Encirc
- Lambert Engineering
- Smurfit Kappa
- Stadco
Through-Life Engineering Services
- Bombardier Transportation
- Lambert Engineering
- Rolls-Royce
World Class Manufacturing
- Accolade Wines
- Coty Manufacturing UK
- Cummins Generator Technologies
- Lambert Engineering
- Meggitt Avionics
- NHS Blood and Transplant
Young Manufacturer of the Year
- Jack Sharples, BAE Systems (Operations)
- Jessika Camm, Bentley Motors
- Pierre-Adrien Chagnoleau, Coty Manufacturing UK
- Thomas Sullivan, FANUC UK
- Philip West, Selex ES
- Amber Wild, Worldwide Fruit
Nick Hussey, CEO of Hennik Group – publishers of The Manufacturer magazine and organisers of the awards – noted that it’s “an incredible achievement to have been shortlisted.”
He said: “These are the largest and most rigorously judged awards in the sector so any company being shortlisted will have provided evidence to the judges of a superior level of understanding of what makes modern UK manufacturing so vibrant and competitive.
“Manufacturing is very much alive and well and the shortlisted companies are exemplars of what advanced manufacturing looks like in terms of sustainability, innovation and world class competitiveness.”
The winners will be announced at a prestigious ceremony on Thursday 26 November 2015 at The ICC, Birmingham. During the ceremony, the industry elite will join together for an evening of celebration and networking opportunities. Special guests will include Conor La Grue, Engineering Lead, BLOODHOUND Project and Levi Roots, Musician, Entrepreneur and Founder of Reggae Reggae Sauce.
Visit The Manufacturer's website to ask a question about the awards or book your place.