The Queen's Awards Magazine 2018

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Company Description in the ‘List of Winners’ preceeding the section, for checking: Red Arch Manufacturing Ltd Singl s ce aut mo ive OE small/medium volume component and accessory part specialists. Ex erts in powertrain and exhaust system components

Company Description in the ‘List of Winners’ preceeding the section, for checking: The Midcounties Co-operative Working in partnership with local communities to deliver Sustainable Communities.

Red Arch Manufacturing Ltd

The Midcounties Co-operative

The MIDCOUNTIES CO OPERATIVE has launched our ‘Sustainable Communities’ programme to help members save energy, promote renewable energy and help alleviate fuel poverty. Our ‘Regional Community’ programme, established in 2015, provides a strong foundation to mobilise existing community and school partnerships to deliver our Sustainable Communities concept.

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BMWM2 Exhaust production in RA Daventry plant.

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the gravity and high pressure die casting processes. Subsequent precision machining operations are performed by MRT’s 23 highly automated CNC machining centres. Surface nishing processes are managed by MRT through a network of local specialist subcontractors. Finally, MRT oer a comprehensive electro- mechanical assembly service to integrate their castings into nished products ready for direct distribution. Phil Rawnson, Managing Director and grandson of the Company’s founder, said “We were incredibly honoured to receive the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, particularly in Her Majesty’s 90th Birthday year. It was a great tribute to the skill and hard work of the whole team at MRT, and gave us a wonderful opportunity to pause and reect on our recent achievements. The past few years have been a busy and RED ARCH (RA) is one of the UK’s leading Automotive OE small/ medium volume component and accessory parts specialists. For over 20 years RA has worked closely with the worlds largest vehicle manufacturers, providing innovative solutions and products for some of the world’s most famous vehicle brands. From development of an initial concept to realisation, RA oers a single source for a wide range of products covering all vehicle systems, with a specialist knowledge of powertrain and exhaust system components. Continuous investment in technology and people in the areas of product, process and quality has resulted in growth of more than 450% over a four year period and a wide range of innovative products. With a dedicated and skilled team of 80 employees over three sites in Northamptonshire, RA delivers the highest quality products to its international customer base. RED ARCH MANUFACTURING LTD March House, Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 4NR • Tel: +44 (0)1327 871255 info@redarcheng.co.uk • www.redarcheng.co.uk • Z @redarcheng

The Sustainable Communities programme builds on the Society’s Co- operative Energy business helping people save money on their energy bills and promoting energy eciency in the local community, particularly among vulnerable and hard to reach groups. Projects have been launched across our trading area working with local schools to educate students on renewable energy and encouraging customers, members and colleagues to become better informed, included and involved in their Society. The programme will help us deliver the Society’s ‘Imagined Future’ of ‘creating a better, fairer world by building strong local communities’.

THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE Warwick Technology Park, Gallows Hill, Warwick. CV34 6DA Tel: +44 (0)1926 516000 • www.midcounties.coop n The Midcounties Co-operative Z @midcountiescoop

MRT Castings Ltd

MRT CASTINGS was established in 1947 in South London, and relocated to its current production base in Hampshire in 1965. MRT manufactures aluminium and zinc die castings, precision machined components and innovative electro-mechanical assemblies for hi-tech OEMs across the world. The company remains a family owned business, and has a highly skilled workforce of 55 sta. MRT’s Queen’s Award for International Trade 2016 was a recognition of the company’s outstanding growth in export sales over recent years. New production contracts from customers in the USA, Ireland, Hungary, Poland, France and Germany grew exports to 56% of the company’s total sales. To support this expansion the company invested £1.5m in additional production capacity and automation, and moved into two additional manufacturing

units adjacent to its existing site in Andover. In 2018 our growth will continue, with construction commencing on a state-of-the-art new foundry building to open next year. MRT focus on producing complex components for applications in the medical, defence, aerospace and electronics industries. Working in partnership with their customers from the initial component design concept, MRT add value by managing the complete production supply chain. The company’s foundry produces castings through

exciting period in the Company’s history, and the Award was a great motivation to continue our development to create one of the most innovative and exible production facilities in the global foundry industry.” MRT CASTINGS LTD South Way, Walworth Business Park, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 5JT, UK Tel: +44 (0)1264 324021 Fax: +44 (0)1264 333773 www.mrt-castings.co.uk n MRT Castings Ltd Z @MRTcastings F MRT Castings Ltd

The company remains a family owned business and has a highly skilled workforce.

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