LONDON, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Swissôtel Düsseldorf, Germany

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

About WTG

WTG is a leading international media business offering clients a compelling mix of live events, online products and specialist training courses.

WTG Business Summits

These large scale business events provide structured one-to-one business meetings between buyers and sellers. These pre-scheduled meetings differentiate the summits from conventional conferences, trade shows or exhibitions.

Suppliers use the summits to generate targeted sales and marketing opportunities. The summits enjoy a strong reputation with keynote speakers from industry, round table sessions, interactive workshops and formal networking opportunities.

WTG Training

Launched in 2011, the training portfolio has grown rapidly to 37 events in 2012. WTG training courses are practical and technical interactive workshops accredited by CPD. The courses take place in Europe and North America and in a short period the Group has been able to establish itself as a preferred training provider with such multinationals as Shell and BP.

WTG Online

WTG's Webinars are live online learning sessions led by respected industry speakers or major organisations. They provide an immediate lead generation tool for clients who use them for product launches, lead generation or as part of an integrated marketing strategy. In 2011/2012, around 96 sponsored webinars will be run on behalf of clients. In addition WTG has developed two more online products, WTG OnDemand, a central library of video content, and WTG Insights, an online community for delegates and sponsors.

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)

SOURCE WTG