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News Release from: Staffordshire Precision Engineering
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 29 November 2005
Leyland's endorsement puts SPE in the
limelight
A North Staffordshire engineering firm has helped to put the region on the map after making great strides in company efficiency - thanks to one of its biggest customers.
A North Staffordshire engineering firm has helped to put the region on the map after making great strides in company efficiency - thanks to one of its biggest customers Newcastle-based Staffordshire Precision Engineering was nominated in the Small SME category at Advantage West Midlands Accelerate Awards, after Leyland Trucks noted the improvements made by Joint Managing Directors Phil and Gary Smith
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Leyland's endorsement pitched the firm, which manufactures specialist components for various industries including the automotive sector, up against well-known names in the automotive industry like Formbend and Advanced Finishing Technologies.
Joint MD Phil Smith explained why he felt SPE had been nominated for the award.
He said: "Our company has put a number of measures in place, all based on lean manufacturing principles, to make us more efficient.
"We had to do this to compete with our more established rivals, and ensure we held on to customers like Leyland, who expect their suppliers to deliver when they need a quick turn-around on an order, for instance".
"To have one of our major customers nominate us for the award shows that our efforts are working, and for it to come from such a prestigious company makes it extra special".
"The more efficient we become, the more work we will get, which can only be good for us and the North Staffordshire economy as a whole".
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