The Manufacturer MX Awards 2024 winners have just been unveiled at a black tie ceremony and gala dinner at the Titanic Hotel Liverpool, the culminating event of this year’s The Manufacturer Live.
With a combined heritage of over 50 years, The Manufacturer MX Awards are widely regarded as the gold standard in the manufacturing industry, recognising and celebrating both companies and individuals who are achieving amazing things.
Organised by The Manufacturer in partnership with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and with the support of this year’s sponsors, The Manufacturer MX Awards are also the only peer-reviewed and judged programme of their kind for UK manufacturing.
The Manufacturer MX Awards exist to encourage, benchmark and celebrate manufacturing excellence, with every stage of the programme adding value for participants, regardless of their excellence maturity.
The Manufacturer is always proud and willing to beat the drum for UK manufacturing and that includes this annual recognition and celebration of all the amazing companies and individuals in the sector.
Grace Gilling, Managing Director of The Manufacturer, expressed her admiration for the winners of The Manufacturer MX Awards 2024, stating: “The remarkable accomplishments of the winners showcase their unwavering commitment to excellence in manufacturing. With a stringent evaluation process grounded in peer-reviewed criteria, the selection ensures that each finalist is measured against the highest industry standards. The intense competition among these exceptional finalists highlights the extraordinary quality and innovation present across the breadth of UK manufacturing.”
Speaking on the night, Dr Alice Bunn OBE, CEO of IMechE commented: “This peer to peer networking is critical to productivity and business success. You can all feel good about yourselves for how hard you work and are working here tonight.”
On the night she also shone a light on team Elevate Elite from NiftyLift, the recent winner of the IMechE Apprentice Automation Challenge, the annual engineering competition, supported by The Manufacturer, which tasks teams of apprentices to design and manufacture a device to automate an everyday task.
Here are this year’s The Manufacturer MX Awards winners…
Manufacturer of the Year 2024 – Encirc Beverages
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Runner up Manufacturer of the Year 2024 – Britvic
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Young Manufacturer of the Year 2024 – Sam Bennington, Encirc Beverages
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Sustainable Manufacturing – Thorn Lighting Factory
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Product Innovation & Design – Luxfer Gas Cylinders
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Achieving Customer Value – Leyland Trucks
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Operational Excellence – Encirc Beverages
Highly commended – Johnson Matthey
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International Trade – Webtec Products
Highly commended – Janus International Europe
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Supply Chain Excellence – Encirc Beverages
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People & Skills – Evtec Automotive
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Smart Factory – Sertec
Highly commended – British Sugar
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Manufacturing in Action – Aurrigo
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Equity, diversity and inclusion – LISI Aerospace
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The Manufacturer and IMechE would like to thank headline sponsors, Columbus and category sponsors Autodesk, Cranfield University, Discover, Epicor, RS, Schneider Electric and SugarCRM. We would also like to thank the judging panel and volunteers that helped make this year’s The Manufacturer MX Awards a success. The Manufacturer will reach out to all of the winners in due course to get their reaction and find out what’s next for their business. Look out for this exclusive content soon.
Do you have what it takes to win at The Manufacturer MX Awards 2025?
Manufacturing businesses of all sizes, as well as individuals working in them, can enter The Manufacturer MX Awards providing they have a production facility in the UK. All past participants (not just the winners) always speak of how beneficial the entire process is, often revealing both strengths and weaknesses many didn’t know they had.
Find out more at TheManufacturerMXAwards.com
