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The winners of The Manufacturer MX (TMMX) 2022 Awards have just been announced at a black tie ceremony and gala dinner in Liverpool, the culminating event of this year’s Digital Manufacturing Week.
Organised by The Manufacturer in partnership with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), the TMMX Awards are widely considered the gold standard for the manufacturing industry and are the only peer-reviewed and judged programme of their kind.
TMMX Awards exist to encourage, benchmark and celebrate manufacturing excellence, with every stage of the programme providing value for participants, whatever their excellence maturity.
With TMMX Awards categories ranging from recognition in innovation and sustainability, through to apprenticeships, leadership and staff engagement, there are plenty of opportunities for UK businesses of all sizes and sectors to be recognised.
The Manufacturer is proud to support and champion the UK manufacturing sector and over the past two years the incredible agility, adaptability and resilience has shown there is no shortage of manufacturing excellence. Your achievements, and those of your team, should be acknowledged.
Now, for this year’s TMMX Awards winners…
Manufacturer of the Year 2022 – Gripple Ltd
Sheffield’s Gripple Ltd is a market-leading manufacturer of wire joiners and tensioners for agriculture, and suspension solutions for construction.
Among the judges’ comments, Gripple was described as a “growing, innovative, people led company” and a “very customer aware and focused business”.
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Runner up Manufacturer of the Year 2022 – Druck Ltd, a Baker Hughes business
Druck, a Baker Hughes business based in Leicester, UK is a global technology company that designs, develops and manufactures the highest quality, most accurate and reliable customized pressure sensing devices and instruments, software and services.
The judging panel was impressed with Druck’s effort, energy and investment, as well as the way the business actively involves its staff, sharing data widely and in real time across the organisation.
commitment to R&D, highlighted by the fact the firm reinvests 9-10% of revenue back into this area. One of the judges commented that Druck is “a business with a deep technical understanding of its innovative sector and customer requirements”.
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Young Manufacturer of the Year 2021 – Natasha Lyth, Gripple Ltd
Natasha Lyth is Sustainability Manager at Gripple Ltd. She joined Gripple in 2018 and now spearheads the company’s Net Zero strategy.
Speaking about Natasha, one of the the judging panel said she is “fully committed to manufacturing and evidenced by her development plan, see’s her future in the sector”. Another judge praised Natasha for the “continuous improvements she implements at Gripple.
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International Trade – Gripple Ltd
Gripple’s second award this year, for International Trade, recognised the company’s commitment to expanding its international business.
One of the judges said Gripple’s entry was “great and conveyed a sense of strategy illustrating innovation and strong market adaptation”.
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People & Skills – Lisi Aerospace (BAIUK Ltd)
Lisi Aerospace is a worldwide manufacturing specialist for assembly solutions as well as engine and structural components used for aircrafts.
Present in the aerospace industry since 1977, Lisi impressed the judges with its “comprehensive range of communication channels which cover a range of content”. The way Lisi champions health and wellbeing as a key value and its breadth and depth of support also resonated with the judges.
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Supply Chain Excellence – Ricardo
Ricardo emerged victorious in the Supply Chain Excellent category, which looked for evidence of a integrated supply chain strategy which embraces the whole business process, from raw materials or component procurement to customer delivery.
The judges commented on Ricardo’s “agile approach to layout customisation, waste reduction initiatives and its good range of IT solutions”.
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Sustainable Manufacturing – Encirc
Encirc boasts a unique solution in that it is the only company to offer a full 360 approach to the beverage supply chain, creating flexibility, support and minimising carbon impact.
The judges praised Encirc for its clear established strategy, great sustainable integration and clear plan for scope one, two and three emissions.
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Smart Factory – Reckitt
Slough-headquartered British multinational consumer goods company Reckitt is this year’s winner of the Smart Factory category.
One of the judges commented about the “fascinating journey Reckitt is on” and the “huge strides the company has made in the last 12-24 months”.
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Leadership & Strategy SME – Foam Engineers Ltd
High Wycombe-based Foam Engineers is the UK’s leading technical foam fabricator specialising in providing technical solutions for our global customer base.
Foam Engineers impressed the judges with its customer-focused approach and its continuous improvement efforts. One judge said Foam Engineers is “a business clearly engaged in understanding its customer needs and developing the capability of their processes and people”.
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Leadership & Strategy – Gripple Ltd and Produmax
Gripple and Produmax emerged victorious in the Leadership & Strategy category this year, highlighting both companies’ great breadth and depth of leadership and management skills, as well as a clear, well communicated business strategy.
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Manufacturing in Action – Leonardo
The Manufacturing in Action award recognises an efficient, modern, profitable business, which can deomnstrate examples of product excellence, innovation, customer satisfaction, investment in people, training, effective management and efforts to become more sustainable.
Leonardo impressed the judges and is this year’s Manufacturing in Action winner.
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Achieving Customer Value – Connexion Technologies
Andover’s Connexion Technologies is this year’s Achieving Customer Value winner.
Connexion Technologies, which customises and manages advanced communications networks in residential properties nationwide, has some of the most advanced manufacturing facilities anywhere in industry.
One judge praised Connexion Technologies for how it “uses its customer focus to develop and expand its business in partnership with its customers, understanding their value, and delivering new products and services to meet customer needs”.
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Operational Excellence – Gripple Ltd
Gripple’s third award this year, the Operational Excellence category recognises a company that demonstrates the use of effective lean methodologies and techniques to drive improvements across a number of areas.
Gripple was praised by the judges for its “Toyota-style thinking”, testimony to how the company is actively achieving operational excellence through adopting a lean approach to manufacturing.
The judges highly commended Avonmouth’s The Park, saying its entry was “very strong with a broad range of value adding activities to support Operational Excellence”.
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Product Innovation & Design – Philadelphia Scientific
Bolton-based Philadelphia Scientific is the world’s leading lead-acid battery room data, battery management and battery maintenance experts.
Winners of this year’s Product Innovation & Design category, Philadelphia Scientific impressed the judges with its significant growth, commercial performance, market share and operational effectiveness.
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The Manufacturer and IMechE would like to thank our sponsors, judging panel and volunteers that helped make the TMMX Awards programme possible. The Manufacturer will catch up in due course with each of the winners to get their reaction and find out what’s next at their firm.
Do you have what it takes to win at the TMMX Awards 2023?
The TMMX Awards are open to manufacturing businesses, and individuals that work directly in a manufacturing business, of all sectors and sizes. As long as you are a manufacturer with a production facility based in the UK, you can enter!
We will publish more information about next year’s TMMX Awards as soon as it’s available.
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