Subcon is proud to announce the return of the Manufacturing Solutions Show Awards for the second year. The awards celebrate the best and brightest in the manufacturing industry, shining a well-earned light on the significant innovations and contributions to the sector.

After much deliberation, we are excited to announce the nominees:

Nominees

•              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. Winners are selected by a hand-picked panel of industry luminaries, meet our judges:

Judges

•              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

David Tomalin, delivery manager, strategic key accounts for the West Midlands Combined Authority, 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.

Subcon has been the UK’s leading event for subcontract manufacturing for more than 40 years. It is an unmissable event in the manufacturing calendar.