Best Factory Awards Gala Lunch Date: 25/09/2015
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The accommodation of 50% more workload in man-hours over the past two years at Sony UK Technology Centre has reaped abundant rewards, the ...
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A £3 million investment in a new plant, twinned with a determination to get the best out of its people, has helped this Broadstairs ...
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An adman in Mad Men might have come up with the line: 'Milliken, you can bet your life on it.' It would be a fittingly American turn of ...
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A lot of manufacturing managers proudly boast that their plants are world class, customer focused, innovative and make products of the ...
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Tumbling lead times, innovative product ventures and a shopfloor passion for PDCA have put this SME head and shoulders above its larger ...
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Power generation as part of Cummins Inc represents 16% of revenue generated by five global sites. The only plant in Europe is at Manston, ...
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As part of a $21 billion, 115,000-employee global enterprise, Worksop-based Eaton Production International knows it has to perform. And it ...
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Siemens Industry Motion Control
Forget the management speak – people really can be your best asset, as proved by all-conquering variable speed drive manufacturer Siemens ...
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Tharsus Group
In just 10 years, Tharsus has evolved from a £1 million 'metal basher' into an £11 million pioneer in a service known as OEDM. Intrigued? ...
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Tata Global Beverages
The nation's largest producer of teabags is the Eaglescliffe plant of Tata Global Beverages, from where its famous Tetley brand commands an ...
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DS Smith Packaging
Producing 140 million boxes a year, there's no room for slack performance at the UK's undisputed leader in corrugated packaging
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Autoglym
Autoglym is on a mission to make the world's most successful vehicle care products – and judging by progress to date, its journey is well ...
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Herman Miller
Shipping £90 million of goods every year from its Chippenham facility puts Herman Miller in the premier league of office furniture ...
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Vi-Spring
Founded in 1901, Vi-Spring is the "inventor of the modern bed", an ethos it has transferred admirably into the annual production of 135,000 ...
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In this Olympic year, here's proof that the race doesn't always go to the swift. For three years, this company has consistently been a ...
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From submarines to cellars, Analox's innovative products keep people from harm. Safety is the watchword in its own plant, too, where it ...
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This Scottish plant proves you don't have to be big to be a winner
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Leading UK print-packaging company Benson Box ably demonstrates that astute management combined with an empowered workforce really can pack ...
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As a class-leading OEM of vehicle and workplace storage systems and furniture, this Cornish factory proves that smart engineering and CI ...
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This south coast expert in smoke and climate control has reinvented its manufacturing operations to become a true leader among UK ...
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Shopfloor-led value stream mapping and a rigorous commitment to quality have helped power this generator manufacturer to the top of UK ...
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Capital investment and lean focus have doubled production in Entek, the business with the go-faster stripe
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A successful step change proves that tradition is no barrier to a winning strategy
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Some manufacturers are simply synonymous with their technology area – when it comes to metrology, they don't come any bigger or better than ...
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With greater emphasis on the supply chain and workforce flexibility, Siemens MR Magnet Technology is back for a renewed assault on the Best ...
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