The UK’s top manufacturing companies and individuals have made it through to the finals of the manufacturing industry’s largest and most rigorous awards programme.
The finalists progress through to the second round of the competition, when they will have the chance to impress the independent judging panels during an in-depth Q&A presentation.
The winners will be announced at The Manufacturer MX Awards gala dinner and ceremony on 11 November at Titanic Hotel Liverpool, as part of The Manufacturer Live.
Congratulations to the finalists!
THE MANUFACTURER MX AWARDS 2026
FINALISTS
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PEOPLE & SKILLS Gestamp West Midlands LISI AEROSPACE (Blanc Aero Industries UK) Tornado Wire
PRODUCT INNOVATION & DESIGN
Built by Basil Kendamil Kingspan Insulated Products Paralloy Group Protolabs Sensio Lighting Spinks
SMART FACTORY
Amtico Bacardi LISI AEROSPACE (Blanc Aero Industries UK) Prime Sash Windows Powered by Joinery Core Pukka Pies |
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SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING AstraZeneca Encirc Tornado Wire Warburtons |
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COMMERCIAL TEAM OF THE YEAR Evtec Automotive LISI AEROSPACE (Blanc Aero Industries UK) Tornado Wire LTi Metaltech
EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (ED&I) CHAMPION
GirlsGoneSTEM Jane Bilson, Evtec Automotive Kirstie Kennedy, LISI AEROSPACE (Blanc Aero Industries UK) Krystina Pearson-Rampeearee, AviateHer
INSPIRING LEADER
Kevin Hubbard, Evtec Automotive Mark Capell, LISI AEROSPACE (Blanc Aero Industries UK) Nigel Paine, Carlsberg Britvic Rebeccca Galley, Tornado Wire Richard Hodson, Costa Coffee |
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SUSTAINABILITY CHAMPION David Oriazowan, Convatec Fiacre O'Donnell, Encirc Steve Sadler, Sertec |
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TECHNOLOGY CHAMPION Michael White, Amtico Tom Stonier, ROSS Pneumatrol Vaikunth Guruswamy, ZOT Engineering
YOUNG MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by:
Antonio Graziano, Carlsberg Britvic John Mackey, WAGO Khaled Bibi, ThermoFisher Scientific Lucy Yelland, Siemens Matthew Hulme, Vaillant Robert (Bobby) Langford, Encirc Seyed-Khashayar Shahidan, Vaillant |
