6th Annual Strategic Manufacturing Awards 2012 - Nominations Now Open

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18 Jul, 2012, 15:21 GMT

LONDON, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

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The Strategic Manufacturing Awards have been created to honour and generate public recognition of the efforts, accomplishments and positive contributions of inspirational and exceptional individual, companies and initiatives in the manufacturing industry. The Strategic Manufacturing Awards 2011 were a huge success and are back bigger and better than ever before in 2012!

Award entry categories for 2012 are:  

  • Innovation and Change Award
  • Outstanding Achievement in Continuous Improvement Award
  • Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Award
  • Global and World Class Manufacturing Award
  • Collaboration and Strategic Partnership Award
  • Factory of the Future Award

Entry forms can be completed online or downloaded from  http://www.manufacturing-awards.com/reqent.asp and the nomination submission deadline will be Monday 20th August 2012!

Past shortlisted companies and winners, including: Alstom, Cummins, Heineken, L'Oreal, Pro-Shift Technologies Ltd, Selex, Galileo, Apriso, DSM, Herman Miller, NAPS, Inc., Purafil, Inc., Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA, Cognizant, GKN, Impress Decor, Premier Foods, Reinhausen Plasma, Unilever.

Entering the awards offers multiple benefits and allows companies to:

  • Be positioned as leaders in the market
  • Increase visibility and profile in a competitive marketplace
  • Strengthen marketing and PR activities
  • Attract, recruit and retain talent
  • Motivate staff with recognition from an external body

Nominations are open for big or small organisations that have introduced any new projects and have significantly enhanced an organisation. Nominate a company now: http://www.manufacturing-awards.com/reqent.asp 

The winners of the 6th annual Strategic Manufacturing Award are chosen by a carefully selected panel of industry experts. See the 2011 winners here: http://www.manufacturing-awards.com/winners2011.asp

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For further information contact Sarah Watson, Awards Co-ordinator on +44-(0)20-7202-7632 (email sarah.watson@wtgevents.com), or for sponsorship enquiries James Hill on +44-(0)207-202-4545 (james.hill@wtgevents.com)