Woking: McLaren wins major UK manufacturer award
The McLaren Production Centre (MPC), the world-class McLaren Automotive production facility in Woking, won the 2015 Manufacturing In Action Award at The Manufacturer MX Awards.
The Manufacturing In Action Award is presented to the company that best demonstrates an efficient, modern and profitable business with examples of product excellence, innovation and customer satisfaction. It also focuses on the investment of the company in people, training, effective management and efforts to become more sustainable in both process and products. The McLaren Production Centre triumphed over other shortlisted companies such as Brandauer, Brompton Bicycles, Naylor Industries, SPI Lasers and Torin Sifan.
Upon receiving the award, Alan Foster, executive director of operations for McLaren Automotive commented: "This important award is a great recognition for all of the team working at the McLaren Production Centre in Woking, and another sign of the continued development of the company. It is a real pleasure for myself and Andy Piatek [Executive Director – Manufacturing] to lead such a strong team, and we are very proud to have created the world’s finest car production facility. Since assembly started in 2011, more than 6,000 vehicles have been produced by a talented team of production engineers. The recent start of production of the McLaren Sports Series is just the latest in the long line of milestones for our state-of-the-art production facility."
The Manufacturer MX Awards were formed in 2015 by the merger of two of the industry’s high-profile awards: The Manufacturer of the Year, run by The Manufacturer magazine and the Manufacturing Excellence Awards, run by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. With a combined history of over 40 years, the new awards are designed to encourage and promote competitive manufacturing in the UK, and celebrate the industry’s best annually.
McLaren is at number three in the Southern Manufacturing 100 list compiled by The Business Magazine.
