The region's top-performing manufacturing and engineering businesses have been shortlisted for this year's Insider Made in the North East Awards.
Now in their 12th year, these prestigious awards celebrate and reward the high quality manufacturing businesses based in the North East and the skilled workforces they employ.
The awards showcase those companies which have excelled in innovation, product development and growth in either domestic or overseas markets over the course of the last 12 months.
An independent panel of expert judges scrutinised and assessed all the entry submissions received by Insider. The panel decided which companies merited being shortlisted in each of the award categories, and also selected the ultimate winners.
The winners will be revealed at the gala dinner taking place at the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead Hotel on 14 March 2024.
All the winners of the Made in the North East Awards will automatically go through to compete in Insider's national final event, the Made in the UK Awards, which take place in the Summer.
This year’s headline sponsor of the Made in the North East Awards is Made Smarter. Other sponsors are Barclays, Horizon Works, Theo James Recruitment and Digital Catapult North East Tees Valley. The drinks reception sponsor is Muckle LLP.
The shortlists for the Made in the North East Awards 2024 are:
Manufacturing Future Talent Award
Sponsored by: Made Smarter Adoption North East
Ford Aerospace
Liebherr Sunderland Works
AkzoNobel Ashington
GEM Partnership/Gestamp Tallent
The Expanded Metal Company
Industrial & Marine Hydraulics (IMH)
Digital Engineering / Technology Award
Pragmatic Semiconductor
Wootzano
Intasite
Fitfactory Technology
sms technology
Vantec Europe
Automotive, Aerospace & Rail Award
Petards Rail
Houghton International
CAV Systems
Food & Drink Award
Primula
Allendale Brew Co.
Prima Cheese
Apprentice of the Year
Jack Naylor, Liebherr Sunderland Works
Tiegan Cranney, The Expanded Metal Company
Owen Bradbury, Houghton International
Sam Casey, Gestamp Tallent UK (Aycliffe)
Leia Sunter, Hydram Engineering
Ethan Nattress, CA Group
Lucas Pilling, B2B Injection Moulding
Sadie Dickinson, Pragmatic Semiconductor
Jonathan Kay, CA Group
Ryan Applegarth, Liebherr Sunderland Works
Ciaran Conway, EDM Zone
Manufacturing Start-Up Award
X-Heat
SMS Tech
Armitage and Wilson Furniture
Export Award
Leica Biosystems
Janus International Europe
AGMA
JDR Cable Systems
Filtronic
Sustainable / Ethical Manufacturer of the Year
Sponsored by: Barclays Corporate Banking
Lionweld Kennedy
BTS Facades and Fabrications
Houghton International
CA Group
Janus International Europe
iPac Packaging Innovations
Raytec
Manufacturing Innovation Award
Sponsored by: Digital Catapult North East Tees Valley
MAC International
Clearly Drinks
Raytec
Turtle Enviro
Houghton International
Manufacturer of the Year (below £25m)
Sponsored by: Horizon Works
Turnmill Engineering
Gate 7
BTS Facades and Fabrications
Ford Aerospace
iPac Packaging Innovations
The Expanded Metal Company
Houghton International
Filtronic
CAV Systems
Manufacturer of the Year (above £25m)
Sponsored by: Theo James Recruitment
Prima Cheese
Liebherr Sunderland Works
CA Group
Janus International Europe
Lionweld Kennedy
Leica Biosystems
To book tickets for the gala dinner please click here.
To sponsor the Made in the North East Awards, contact Tom Allport at [email protected] or call 07377 664841.
For any queries relating to the event please email Megan Jones at [email protected] or call 0161 686 2427.
