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Newbury: Xtrac celebrates manufacturing industry award

31 December 2015
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Vehicle drive system technology and motorsport transmission specialist Xtrac has notched up yet another Manufacturer of the Year Award.  Renamed this year the TMMX 2015 Awards, and held for the first time in association with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Xtrac received from The Manufacturer magazine the prestigious ‘People and Skills’ award.  
“The TMMX Awards showcase the best manufacturing companies and people in the UK,” said a delighted Peter Digby.  “It was the opinion of the judges that Xtrac best demonstrated how skills and workforce development can help optimise productivity and quality, which has always been one of our key priorities.

“The judges commended us for our focus on talent and performance, and the motivation among members of staff to strive for improvement.”

“During their rigorous assessment, the judges toured our facilities and interviewed numerous staff throughout the organisation,” said recently-promoted managing director Adrian Moore. “This was followed by equally demanding formal interviews with key personnel. In particular, they liked our fortnightly team briefings, quarterly meetings for the whole factory, apprentice and undergraduate schemes, and applauded the ownership of our company by its employees.

“I’m also delighted that the automotive and motorsport industries were well represented in these awards,” said Moore.  “My congratulations go to our industry colleagues at The McLaren Production Centre (MPC) in Woking, which secured the Manufacturing in Action Award.

Xtrac was also a finalist for the Exporter of the Year award. The judges commended us for consistently exporting almost 80% of our high-technology products, and for having established facilities in Indiana and North Carolina to grow our export market in the USA. I’m also personally delighted of course that Tim Plows, a second year apprentice, was classified as a finalist for the Apprentice of the Year award.”


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