Our call for entry for the
Manufacturing Supplier Innovation Awards UK 2025

is now open!

These inaugural awards will celebrate innovation across the all-important suppliers of products and services that help manufacturers to excel.

If you are a supplier, you can nominate yourself in the relevant category, or if you are a manufacturer you can nominate your most innovative suppliers.

You can enter free of charge.

Call for entry will close on 13th December 2024.

  1. Choose Your Category(s): See the complete list of categories below.
  2. Complete the Nomination Form: Simply select your category(s) and fill in the nomination form here.
  3. Provide Basic Details: All you’ll need is:
    • Your contact information
    • For each category, the name and website of the nominated company, along with a product name (if applicable) and a short paragraph explaining the reason for nomination.

You can even submit multiple categories or companies in one form! 

Marketing agencies can also enter on behalf of their clients.

We will let you know if you have been successful in reaching the nominee list, and then we will open that short list up to our readership of Manufacturing Today to vote for their winners.

These will be reviewed by our editorial team and our advisory board drawn from senior executive roles in major manufacturing firms.

The winners will be announced on 24th April 2025.




Industry 4.0
Most Innovative IoT Solution
Most Innovative Big Data and Analytics Solution
Most Innovative AI Solution for Manufacturing
Most Innovative Robotics Solution
Most Innovative Automation Solution
Most Innovative Augmented Reality Solution
Most Innovative Additive Manufacturing Solution
Most Innovative Cloud Computing Solution
Most Innovative Digital Twin Solution
Most Innovative Digital Transformation Solution
Most Innovative Cybersecurity Solution

Manufacturing Operations
Most Innovative SCADA Solution
Most Innovative Factory Value Stream Mapping Solution
Most Innovative Production Planning Solution
Most Innovative Inventory Management Solution
Most Innovative Materials Handling Solution
Most Innovative Quality Control Solution
Most Innovative Predictive Maintenance Solution
Most Innovative Connectivity Solution
Most Innovative Machine Tool Solution
Most Innovative ERP Solution
Most innovative Manufacturing Execution System
Most Innovative Master Data Management Platform
Most Innovative Project Information Management Solution
Most Innovative Document Management Solution
Most Innovative Solution for Process Automation
Most Innovative Solution for Just-in-Time Manufacturing

Sustainable Manufacturing
Most Innovative Energy Management Solution
Most Innovative Renewables Solution
Most Innovative Plant Recycling Solution
Most Innovative Solution for Waste Reduction
Most Innovative Circular Economy Solution
Most Innovative Provider of Sustainable Materials
Most Innovative Sustainable Packaging Solution
Most Innovative Water Management Solution
Most Innovative Carbon Capture Solution
Most Innovative Supply Chain Sustainability Solution

Supply Chain Management
Most Innovative Supply Chain Workflow Simulation Solution
Most Innovative Procurement Management Solution
Most Innovative Demand Forecasting Solution
Most Innovative Solution for Managing Supplier Relations
Most Innovative Supply Chain Optimisation Solution

Editor’s Special Awards
Factory of the Future
Most Innovative Executive in Manufacturing

Adrian Pinder
Head, Digital and Data
DS Smith UK

Nikolay Burlutskiy
Director of Artificial Intelligence
and ML
AstraZeneca

Phill Elston
Operations Director
Brompton Bicycle

Ioana Hera
Head of Improvement
Rolls-Royce

Sudesh Jog
Vice President, Data & Analytics
UK & North America
Apetito UK

Paul Knight
VP, IT & CISO
Turntide Technologies

Filip Nowak
Global Head of Cyber Defense
Ferrero

Malgorzata Samuel
Global Data Lead
McCormick & Company

Mike Wilson
Chief Automation Officer
MTC – Manufacturing
Technology Centre