PPMA Group – Industry Awards – Results
400 industry leaders, press and government gathered at the National Motorcycle Museum on 30th September, the first night of the PPMA Show, to see the industry’s pioneers honoured at a glittering industry awards ceremony hosted by Rory Bremner and Helen Fospero.
Dave Atkinson, UK Head of Manufacturing from Lloyds SME Banking and headline sponsor said “The bank has made a serious commitment to supporting UK manufacturing in recent years and our partnership with the PPMA further demonstrates our support and understanding of manufacturing business.”
It was clear from the awards shortlist that the judging panel faced a difficult task in selecting just one winner from each category, with the highest number of entries from both PPMA Group members and non-members received this year.
Gary Wyles from FESTO said ‘for 2014 we are once again pleased to sponsor the Apprentice of the Year Award which reflects the strong commitment that Festo has for apprenticeships within Industry helping to fill the on-going skills shortage. ’
However, after much debate, the panel was in agreement that the following companies had shown exceptional innovation, success and commitment to the industry. Sponsors were; Lloyds Bank, Festo, Linx Printing Technologies, Omron, PPMA Group Insurance by Sutton Winson, Tekpak, Stemmer Imaging and TNA.
Finalists and Winners were:
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Winner Andrew Lufkin |
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Highly Commended was Pacepacker Services and PFM Packaging Machinery
Winner was Yorkshire Packaging Systems |
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Commended was Enercon Industries Highly Commended was Adsol Winner was Fortress Technology |
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| Exporter of the YearFinalists | ||
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Commended: Winkworth Group |
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| Highly Commended: DC Norris and EndolineWinner: Industrial Washing Machines | ||
| Most Innovative Ancillary EquipmentFinalists | ||
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| Commended: Renmar and Sumitomo Demag Highly Commended: Venair Winner: Elesa
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| Most Innovative Automation System of the YearFinalists | ||
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| Commended: Pacepacker Services and TekpakHighly Commended: RM GroupWinner: Endoline Machinery | ||
| Most Innovative Machine Vision ProjectFinalists | ||
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Winner: Olmec-UK |
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| Most Innovative Processing or Packaging MachineFinalists | ||
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Commended: Pacepacker Services Highly Commended: Endoline Machinery, Marel and PFM Packaging Winner: OAL Group |
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| Partnership of the Year AwardFinalists | ||
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| Commended: Pacepacker Services/Fanuc/FestoHighly Commended: Olmec/Rofin-Baasel/Universal Converting EquipmentWinner: Stemmer Imaging and Siga Vision | ||
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Polymer Equipment Manufacturer of the Year Finalists |
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Winner: Sumitomo (SHI) Demag |
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| Processing & Packaging Machinery Manufacturer of the YearFinalists | ||
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Winner Loma Systems |
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| SustainabilityFinalists | ||
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Commended: Langen Group and OAL Group Winner: Aetna |
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Outstanding Achievement
Winner: Alan Ross
