The annual CEE Manufacturing Excellence & Industrial Property Awards will support and recognize manufacturing success in all sectors of the industry, and is now widely trumpeted as the most prestigious manufacturing awards promoting the region to the international manufacturing sector.

The selected companies will compete for manufacturing business achievement in 2015 including manufacturing, suppliers, companies, industry professionals and excellence in leadership.

The awards are judged by an independent elite panel of industry professionals from the leading companies of the manufacturing sector and its international industry partners. The Jury will debate to select the winners of the awards from the shortlisted companies. In order to ensure maximum objectivity and transparency of the final results, the judging procedure is overseen by EY - one of the world's leading professional services organizations.

The semi-final results have been narrowed down from a field of over 300 nominated companies to determine the following semi-finalists:

Short-Listed Professional Service Providers of the Year

These awards recognize excellence in the advisory and outsourcing services, innovative products and IT systems that are provided to manufacturing companies.

Professional Service Provider

Antal International

Avis

Blue Projects

DeBenedetti Majewski Szcześniak Kancelaria Prawnicza

Hays Poland

ID Logistics Polska

Wierzbowski Eversheds

Facilities Maintenance/Property Management

ATHENA Property Management

BilFinger

SPIE Polska

Corporate Real Estate Consultancy

Axi Immo

CBRE

Colliers International

Cushman & Wakefield

JLL

Developer

Goodman

Panattoni Europe

P3

SEGRO Poland

Waimea Holding

Short-listed BTS Project of the Year Awards

BTS Project of the Year awards will be presented to the best BTS developments from across Central Europe. Projects are primarily rated on environmental development principles and practices as well as quality of design, building efficiency, quality of location and commercial success.

BTS Project of the Year - Small (under 20,000 sqm)

Panattoni Bombardier BTS - Panattoni Europe

Panattoni Transgourmet BTS - Panattoni Europe

Panattoni Kongsberg BTS - Panattoni Europe

Panattoni TNT BTS - Panattoni Europe

Panattoni Johnson Electric BTS - Panattoni Europe

BTS Project of the Year - Medium (over 30,000 sqm)

GE Bielsko-Biała - Panattoni Europe

IDL Logistics, P3 Mszczonów - P3

VF Corporation Expansion, P3 Prague D8 - P3

Volkswagen Group Polska in SEGRO Logistics Park Poznań, Komorniki - SEGRO

BTS Project of the Year - Large (over 50,000 sqm)

Amazon Fulfilment Centre - Panattoni Europe

North-West Logistic Park - Waimea Holding

Manufacturing Supplier Categories

Enterprise/Industrial Software Supplier

Controlling Systems

more7 Polska

SII

Robotics/Automation Supplier

Flex

igus

Nexteer Automotive

Manufacturing Supplier of the Year

Aweco Polska Appliance

Denios

Electropoli

Flex

Frapol

FWT

Gamesa

igus

Nexteer Automotive

SII

Short-listed Manufacturers of the Year

Plant Manager

Piotr Sroka - WABCO Polska

Andrzej Połojko - Flex

Ralf Jakubiak - A. Kayser Automotive Systems

Jarosław Miąc - Johnson Controls

Krystian Szypka - Electropoli Poland

Jacek Goska - SPX Flow Technology

Andrzej Dąbrowski - SGX Europe

Sławomir Kluszczyński - Lotte Wedel

Jacek Lis - BASF Polska

Dariusz Praga - Aweco Polska Appliance

Sustainability and Environment

The modern manufacturer should focus on the effects of their activities on the environment, the sustainable use of materials and waste and energy consumption. The jury will score manufacturers in this category on their use of environmentally friendly and cost effective solutions.

Sustainability and Environment

Denios

Flex

Lynka

Recaro

Information Technology for Manufacturing

The winner of this prize in this category is the company that shows the most progress and success in the planning and implementation of their of IT infrastructures, resulting in a substantial return on investment (ROI).

Apator SA

Nexteer Automotive

Recaro

Production Innovation

Introducing new products and production methods is one of the main features of the modern enterprise. In these categories, companies are demonstrating their vision of placing products on the market - from product design concepts and prototypes to implementation of the entire production line processes. The jury will pay attention to such factors as increased competitiveness resulting from innovation, the pace of implementation of innovation and responsiveness to market requirements.

Product Design/Life Cycle Management/Production Innovation

Apator SA

BASF

Nexteer Automotive

Recaro

SGX Europe

SPX Flow Technology Poland

Robotics/Automation

DWS Draexlmaier

Flex

Nexteer Automotive

SITECH

Excellence in Manufacturing Management

These categories judge the use of modern management methods and how they help to improve virtually all indicators of an enterprise, for example, modern management methods and techniques such as Lean, Six Sigma, TQM and Business Intelligence etc.

Supply Chain Management (SCM) / Logistics

BASF

Flex

Gonvarri Polska

Recaro

WABCO Polska

Customer Relationship Management/Customer Service/Customer Satisfaction

Gonvarri Polska

Flex

Lynka

Quality Control

Gonvarri Polska

Johnson Controls

Lynka

Nexteer Automotive Poland

Recaro

Valeo Group

Manufacturer of the Year

A. Kayser Automotive Systems

Alumetal S.A.

Apator SA

Aweco Polska Appliance

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