Trend scoops manufacturing award

Trend Control Systems has emerged as overall winner of the prestigious 2007 Manufacturing Excellence Awards. The judges’ summary of this manufacturer of building-management systems remarked on ‘an outstanding record in product innovation, process innovation, customer focus and business development’. They added that Trend ‘stood out head and shoulders above all the others’. The MX Awards are presented by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and sponsored by the DTI’s manufacturing advisory service. Trend also won the Warwick Manufacturing Group award for logistics and resource efficiency. The overall-winner award was presented to Trend by Margaret Hodge, Minister for State for Industry and the Regions at the Department for Trade & Industry. She said, ‘The future of manufacturing depends on industry raising investment, applying science and innovation, best practice and skills to create even better British products that comply with world demand in today’s markets. The MX Awards show it can be done.’ Tim Darkes, managing director of Trend says, ‘This is a fantastic recognition of a great business and a great team. Trend continues to go from strength to strength, with significant growth in both our UK and international markets.
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