Sponsoring the Rising Star of the Year Award

At the Engineering Technology Group (ETG), we provide some of the world’s leading high-technology machine tool brands such as Nakamura-Tome, Chiron, Quaser, Mitsubishi, OPS Ingersoll and AXILE. We then build upon the strengths of these brands to deliver value-added systems and unparalleled service for our customers.

At ETG, we bring a new kind of thinking to the high-technology machine tool market – combining our decades of expertise in applications, service and customer support to deliver turnkey solutions that meet your exact needs. By providing in-depth support and applying our insight, experience and expertise, we aim to help you get the maximum benefit from advanced manufacturing technologies.

Nowhere is this emphasised more than in our dedicated 5-axis Product Division or the recently introduced Fabrication Division that incorporates renowned brands like the VLB Group to cater for all your sheet metal manufacturing needs. Both departments are solution-led with experts on hand to ensure that our customers receive a level of service unsurpassed in the industry.

Our commitment is to offer you the same exceptional levels of service, in-depth product knowledge and factory-trained support teams that you would expect from a direct subsidiary of these world-class companies – all with productivity and cost-saving benefits that will put your business ‘streets-ahead’ of the competition.

We want to be your partner – supporting you at every step, helping you to not just be competitive, but to be the industry benchmark in global markets.

Sponsoring the Manufacturing Productivity Improvement Award

Binnies UK stands at the forefront of engineering, environmental, and asset management services, delivering innovative solutions that drive sustainable, efficient delivery across the water, industrial, manufacturing and environmental sectors. With a legacy of more than 100 years, Binnies is a trusted partner for both public and private clients, offering comprehensive services that cover the full asset lifecycle.

Our Asset Management services are designed to optimise the performance, longevity, and value of our clients' assets. Leveraging cutting-edge technology and our deep industry expertise, we provide a holistic approach to managing assets, ensuring they meet the demands of today and tomorrow.

Sponsoring the Health, Safety & Wellbeing Award

Combilift has revolutionised the material-handling sector by providing custom-made and space-saving solutions to your problems for 25 years.

Since the first unit was built in 1998, the Irish-based manufacturer has exported more than 80,000 units to over 85 countries
Combilift offers a wide range of multidirectional forklifts, pedestrian stackers, sideloaders, narrow aisle articulated trucks, container loaders and straddle carriers and caters to all types of industries (steel, timber, concrete, renewable energy, modular construction, agriculture, retail, warehouse and logistics…)

Combilift’s innovative products are designed to handle long and awkward loads while navigating tight spaces. This helps improve operational efficiency, safety, and storage space optimisation.

Sponsoring the Engineering Impact Award

Enginuity is a charity dedicated to finding new ways to close skills gaps in UK engineering and manufacturing. The UK has an engineering and manufacturing skills gap, and rapidly changing challenges and technologies make it even harder for employers to identify and find the right skills at the right time. We’ve created a ‘common language’ for engineering and manufacturing occupation and skills data. We use this unique approach to sector data, alongside our deep understanding of the skills needs of UK engineering and manufacturing businesses, to help employers have the right skills at the right time to adapt faster to change.

Sponsoring the Net Zero Champion Award

Inspired PLC (AIM:INSE) is a leading B2B technology-based service provider supporting corporate businesses to control energy costs and enable their journey to net-zero.

To enable our clients to respond to the climate emergency, we focus on solving their toughest sustainability challenges. By managing data comprehensively, offering expert insight and providing advisory services to reduce carbon efficiently, we enable our clients to control costs effectively, make authentic environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures and achieve their net-zero targets.

Our solutions create clear and actionable long-term plans, making investment easier to obtain and carbon reductions quicker to realise.

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Sponsoring the Industry Leader Award

Menzies, founded in 1912 and headquartered in London, is a leading UK business advisory and accountancy firm with international reach. We support businesses and individuals in achieving their goals through financial, operational, and strategic optimisation. Our services include audit, tax and compliance, accounts advisory, financial planning, and transaction services. Our ten-sector specialist teams collaborate with Menzies experts to create value for clients, with one of the main sectors being Manufacturing. Despite our growth, we maintain a partner-led approach and use our Brighter Thinking methodology to empower clients. Menzies operates globally through HLB, with over 600 partners and staff, and HLB have 50,000 partners and staff across 157 countries.

SSG Insight boasts over 41 years of experience in the maintenance management sector, helping engineers and maintenance professionals across various industry verticals – predominantly manufacturing – improve their maintenance operations.

We combine our cutting-edge CMMS solution, Agility, with practical expertise to deliver solutions that not only manage maintenance activities, but also anticipate and prevent potential issues, ensuring reliable and efficient operations. Agility CMMS has empowered organisations around the world to achieve their desired goals, and transforms how maintenance tasks are managed; through comprehensive asset management, insightful reporting and analytics, efficient workflow automation, and much more

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As an independent engineering charity, we’ve been empowering engineers and their families to thrive since 1890 - helping to ensure they never have to face life's challenges alone. Whether it’s tailored grants to help struggling families rebuild their financial independence, or expert resources to help community members take control of their wellbeing, we provide a supportive foothold to help our community meet their emotional, physical, and financial needs. Funded by the engineering community, for the engineering community, Foothold is a starting point, giving you the tools you need to make your life better – right now.