HydraForce Hydraulics Ltd Named Manufacturer of the year at ‘Made in the Midlands’ Awards Night
16 Jun 2016
HydraForce Hydraulics Ltd. was named Large Manufacturing Company of the Year at the “Made in the Midlands” Awards night to celebrate manufacturing excellence in May 2016. The event is organised by Insider Media Limited, the United Kingdom’s national Business to Business media company.
The award recognised HydraForce for actively investing in Midlands manufacturing by building a 120,000 square-foot production facility on Aston Hall Road in the Birmingham Advanced Manufacturing Hub, and employing more than 300 people there. “HydraForce showed dedication to exports, training and quality improvement and fought to stay in the Midlands,” said Jason Mohammad, the broadcasting personality who presented the award.
Peter Macdonald, HydraForce Managing Director, and Christine Tolley, Human Resources Manager, accepted the Award at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole NEC, along with a team of employees from across the business.
HydraForce Hydraulics Ltd. was one of eight companies recognized at the event in this particular category. The others included Purity Brewing Company, Fracino Expresso Machines, Cooper Research Technology, ECAM, Portmeirion Group, Warner Edwards Distillery and Sorion Electronics.
HydraForce Hydraulics Ltd., designs and manufactures high performance electrohydraulic control products at its new 120,000 sq. ft. production facility in Birmingham, Great Britain. The company employs 360 people in Birmingham and Europe and 1,000 worldwide.
PHOTO – The HydraForce Ltd. manufacturing team accepted the “Made in the Midlands” Top Manufacturer Award (left to right) Matt Harpin, Manifold Business Unit Manager; Phil O’Hare, OEM Warranty Manager; Michael Gillbee, Manufacturing Manager; Peter Macdonald, Managing Director; Mike Abbott, Valve Business Unit Manager; Paul Creighton, Stores, Despatch & Good In Manager; Mark Hyde, Plant Engineering Manager; Tina Averall, Customer Services Manager; Christine Tolley, Human Resources Manager; and Neil Kelleher, Financial Controller.
For further information about HydraForce Hydraulics please visit their website www.hydraforce.com