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13th April 2023

Briggs shortlisted for three major awards

Briggs of Burton have been shortlisted for three major awards at the upcoming Made in the Midlands Awards held at the prestigious Macdonald Burlington Hotel in Birmingham. The awards will celebrate prominent manufacturers in the region, demonstrating their ambition to continue growing UK manufacturing alongside international markets.

Briggs have been shortlisted for the following categories :

  • Export Award – This award is to recognise manufacturing companies who are demonstrating international presence, export growth and can provide evidence that exports are a large proportion of their overall sales in the last year.
  • Sustainable Ethical Manufacturer – This award is for the company that has demonstrated the greatest commitment, though its products and processes, to forging a sustainable future for their company and region.
  • Manufacturing Apprenticeship Training Scheme – This award will recognise manufacturers that have done the most to further their apprenticeship programme, training and upskilling of its overall team.

Last year, Briggs won the top prize of Manufacturer of the Year – Over £25m at the awards and were recognised for their rapid international growth in both delivering large scale engineering projects as well as the opening of new offices.

About Briggs of Burton

If you have eaten or drunk it there is a chance that Briggs of Burton has helped to produce it.

Briggs are the engineers behind supplying the equipment, engineering and automation to the world’s largest food, alcoholic beverage, and pharmaceutical manufacturers

Today Briggs employs over 300 colleagues across six sites in the UK, Scotland, USA, Mexico, China, and Australia. The team deliver turnkey engineering projects for leading household brands covering North America, Europe, Central America, Africa, Australia, and Asia. Briggs’ benefits from a global network of stainless-steel manufacturing facilities, including their own located in Burton on Trent and Prestonpans, Scotland.

Briggs are actively developing sustainable engineering solutions, focusing on their customer’s requirements towards carbon neutrality. 

Briggs shortlisted for three major awards

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