Leading body-in-white supplier wins EEF Business Growth Award
24 April 2015
Stadco, the leading international supplier of body-in-white products and services to the automotive industry, has won silver at the national finals of the EEF/Aldermore Future Manufacturing Awards.
The company was selected from a panel of judges drawn from business leaders, industry experts and academics and was up against stiff competition from a range of businesses, across the UK.
The Business Growth Award recognises manufacturers who have achieved dynamic business growth through actively managed and consistently delivered growth strategies and was given in recognition of Stadco’s rapid expansion. Since 2010 Stadco has developed and invested more than £50m in the UK in the latest smartest flexible manufacturing solutions and facility upgrades. This investment includes: the acquisition of its Telford facility in 2010; two leading edge transfer press lines and installation of fully flexible automated cells capable of producing 260,000 assemblies per year across a range of vehicle models. Stadco has created more than 400 new jobs since 2009, 200 of those during 2014/15.
The award was presented to Stadco’s Managing Director Chris Fisher at the EEF National Gala Dinner which took place on the 15 April at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London.
Jill Davies, Chief Executive at Westfield Health, says: “Manufacturing is a dynamic and exciting part of the economy with a valuable role to play. These awards recognise the contribution made by manufacturers across the UK and companies that are constantly looking to improve their performance must be supported and rewarded for their efforts. Stadco deserves this recognition in being named runner-up of this national award for taking great strides to grow their business.”
Chris Fisher, Managing Director at Stadco, says: “There are so many fantastic manufacturers in the UK – to be named runner-up for this national award is a massive compliment and a huge achievement for our staff. Manufacturing is a thriving industry that drives jobs, growth and prosperity and we hope our success will encourage other manufacturers to step forward and share their achievements.
“It’s clear that our value is being increasingly recognised. We’re all delighted and feel that our hard work and dedication has paid off.”
The hunt for next year’s Future Manufacturing Awards winners has already started and other manufacturers are being encouraged to follow in Stadco’s footsteps. For more information about the awards visit: http://www.eef.org.uk/campaigning/awards-and-competitions/future-manufacturing-awards.
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Notes to editors
About EEF
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, is the representative voice of UK manufacturing, with offices in London, Brussels, every English region and Wales.
Collectively we represent 20,000 companies of all sizes, from start-ups to multinationals, across engineering, manufacturing, technology and the wider industrial sector. We directly represent over 5,000 businesses who are members of EEF. Everything we do – from providing essential business support and training to championing manufacturing industry in the UK and the EU – is designed to help British manufacturers compete, innovate and grow.
From HR and employment law, health and safety to environmental and productivity improvement, our advice, expertise and influence enables businesses to remain safe, compliant and future-focused.
More information at www.eef.org.uk
About Aldermore:
Aldermore is a British bank providing award-winning savings, mortgages and commercial finance to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), homeowners and savers.
Operating with modern, scalable and legacy free infrastructure, Aldermore has no branch network but serves customers and intermediary partners online, by phone and face to face through its network of twelve regional offices located around the UK.
Building on its core values of being reliable, expert, straightforward and dynamic, Aldermore aims to deliver banking as it should be.
Established in 2009, the Bank has grown significantly and now has over 750 employees. At the end of 2013, lending to customers stood at £3.4 billion, customer deposits totalled £3.4 billion and the Bank delivered a pre-tax profit of £22.4 million.
Aldermore is backed by funds advised by AnaCap Financial Partners LLP, a specialist private equity investor in the financial services sector and other institutional investors.
Aldermore is regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and is registered under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
For more information, please visit www.aldermore.co.uk.
About Westfield Health:
In 1919 we committed to being at the forefront of keeping hardworking people fit and healthy.
Almost a century on and we still have the same beliefs, the same vision and the same values we started out with - leading the way with affordable, innovative and best in class health cover solutions that work harder to support people throughout their working lives.
As the leading provider of corporate health cash plans, including the EEF Health Plan, nobody knows more about keeping people healthy, motivated and fit for work than we do. We provide a whole range of flexible, market leading solutions to suit any business – and some 8000 businesses already trust Westfield Health to work harder for their companies.
Because we’re not for profit, we keep investing our surplus to constantly improve our products and services, as well as being able to make significant donations to the NHS and medically related charities.