Subcon 2025 has announced the finalists for this year’s Manufacturing Solutions show awards.
The Awards, now in their second year celebrate UK and international excellence in manufacturing innovation across five categories.
The nominees are:
Start-up of the Year - Output.industries, FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics, Co Print 3D, Buckingham Magnetics
UK Manufacturing Partner of the Year – Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), UK Electronics (UK:E) Limited, DJ Assembly, Sertec, JC Metalworks
International Partner of the Year – Sahasra Electronics, China Tech Solutions, GDO Precision, Karthigeya Drive and Components Pvt Ltd
Product Innovation of the Year – Busroot by Output.industries, Slamcore Aware, nBIM by nCircle Tech, xGenBI by UXLI Limited
Outstanding Industry Contribution – SheCanEngineer; Andrea Wilson, Director at Hone-All Precision Limited; Steve Proverbs, MD of Salzer UK Ltd; Halil Bedevi, Manufacturing Consultant, Manufacturing IQ; Frédéric Kayrouz, Group Head of Business Development (EMS), Design, Electronics, Regulatory Compliance & Manufacture, UK Electronics
These awards spotlight the organisations and individuals driving measurable impact across the industry, from start-ups disrupting the norm, to long-standing contributors shaping the future.
The judges for the Awards are:
Andy Sandford – Editor, Engineering Capacity
David Tomalin – Delivery Manager, Strategic Key Accounts, West Midlands Combined Authority
Dean Munkley – Membership Manager, Qimtek
Ellie McCann – Editor, Machinery
John Excell – Editor, The Engineer
Mercedes Maroto-Valer - Research, and Innovation Centre (IDRIC), and Deputy Principal (Global Sustainability) and Director of the Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS), Heriot-Watt University
Muftooh Siddiqi – Senior Lecturer in Manufacturing, Aston University
Nandini Chakravorti – Associate Director, Digital Engineering Group, Manufacturing Technology Centre
Paul Fanning - Editor, Manufacturing Management.
Sam Turner – Chief Executive Office, Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC)
Sarah Black-Smith - General Manager Motion Control and Sustainability Lead, Siemens Digital Industries
Stephanie Morton - Strategic Trends Manager, Advanced Propulsion Centre
Judge David Tomalin commented: , "It has been my pleasure to once again be part of the Manufacturing Solutions Show Awards judging panel and this year’s entries have made the job a heck of a lot harder! The quality, scope, and depth of each of the applications has really made the decision process that much harder. All our entrants should be rightly proud and as an industry we should celebrate continuing innovation and progression. I think you will be thrilled by our winners, and I urge you to also to take a look at all of our finalists in more depth."
The winners will be announced on stage in the Manufacturing Insights Theatre at Subcon 2025 on Thursday 5th June at 1:00pm.
Photo: Ben Watkins, Sales Manager at Subcon (left) with Sarah Black-Smith, General Manager of Motion Control and Sustainability Lead, Siemens Digital Industries (right) - the 2024 winner of the Outstanding Industry Contribution Award.
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