Made in the Midlands judges unveiled
The high-profile judging panel for Insider's Made in the Midlands awards has now been revealed with the deadline for entries fast approaching. The judges, who will select the very best manufacturing businesses throughout the region, are all heavyweights in their respective fields.
The panel, which will choose this year's winners, will include Rachel Eade from MAS Auto, Julian Westfield from Westfield Sportscars, Peter Stojic from Coventry University, Stuart Hilton from MAS East Midlands and Dani Saveker, former owner of Savekers.
The panel will choose winners for the six categories: Innovation Award; Green Manufacturer Award; Export Award; Technology Transfer Award; Manufacturing Personality of the Year; and Manufacturing Company of the Year.
The Made in the Midlands Awards are Midlands Business Insider magazine's celebration of manufacturers and manufacturing in the region.
Insider already runs hugely successful and well established events such as the Dealmakers Awards and the Midlands Property Awards. Made in the Midlands is a major new awards-based initiative for 2011. The award winners will be chosen by a panel of industrialists and experts who can give a clear view on what is really important for the Midlands. The awards will be presented at a dinner at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, on the evening of 1 November 2011.
The evening will also offer manufacturers the opportunity to meet together and as always with events like this, to make new contacts and to gain valuable insight from talking to others in the same industry.
A group of senior business ambassadors are supporting the awards - including Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, founder and director of WMG (Warwick manufacturing Group) and Stewart Towe CBE, group managing director of Hadley Industries.
The awards are also being backed by Andrew Mitchell, the secretary of state for international development and MP for Sutton Coldfield. As he says: "The manufacturing industry is integral to the Midlands and these awards are a great way to recognise the invaluable contribution that local manufacturers and business leaders make to the regional economy, creating jobs and supporting growth."
