For the past five years, The Manufacture’s Top 100 Awards have celebrated the individuals that make the biggest difference in UK manufacturing – from our senior leaders to rising stars. This year we pay attention, along with our Top 100 partner Salesforce, to all winners in the past half-decade, with an exhibition of 500 Top 100 winners in the foyer of Smart Factory Expo.

The Manufacturer Top 100 celebrates:

Inspiring Leaders - Inspiring leaders who has created wealth for and created stable employment at a UK-based manufacturing firm, while remaining committed to investing in developing the value of their manufacturing business through people, processes and technology.

Unsung Heroes - Those who are instrumental in facilitating the success of those around them and the success of the business as a whole. They are the constants that provide support and knowledge both downwards and upwards within the professional hierarchy.

Drivers of Culture Change - Individuals who have helped to alter popular perceptions about manufacturing locally or nationally, inspiring young people, women and minority groups or has influenced government to help make conditions better for manufacturing in the UK.

Young Pioneers - People who have made an impact disproportionate to their years, providing inspiration for the future of manufacturing in the UK.

Investors in New Markets – Those who have been courageous in finding new markets, increased revenue by venturing overseas and helped reshape one or multiple markets by providing a new and competitive business model involving UK manufacturing.