9 July 2024 ● Royal Lancaster London
Nominations are now open across all categories and will remain open until ?? April, with shortlisting to be completed by the end of that month.
Join us for an afternoon of festivities as we honour the outstanding achievements and exceptional quality within the warehousing sector. This special event will celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of individuals and organisations that have demonstrated excellence and innovation in the industry. Come and be part of this inspiring gathering, where we will recognise the dedication and hard work that drive success in warehousing. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with fellow professionals and celebrate the remarkable strides being made in our field!
With an election in prospect, Alastair Campbell is the perfect choice to present our Awards for Excellence, and we look forward to an entertaining presentation with unique insights into the world of politics and frank advice on what it takes to be a successful leader, all delivered in his trademark ‘no punches pulled’ style!
Smart, witty and never short on opinions, Alastair Campbell was Tony Blair’s right-hand man for ten years, as communications strategist and chief spokesman, often witnessing history in the making.
Today, he is an influential voice and commentator on the political stage,
notably co-hosting the hit podcast The Rest is Politics with Rory Stewart.
VENUE
Royal Lancaster London
RUNNING ORDER
(subject to change)
12:15 ~ Drinks Reception
13:00 ~ Welcome Speeches
13:15 ~ Lunch
14:45 ~ Award Presentations
16:30 ~ Formal Proceedings End
17:00 ~ Networking & Entertainment
19:00 ~ Event Close
Dress Code ~ Smart, no Denim or trainers
UKWA’s prestigious Annual Awards recognise excellence in the warehousing sector and highlight the achievements of the top performing individuals and organisations across our industry.
If you, your organisation or a member of your team deserves to win one of these coveted accolades, we want to hear from you. In all categories the judges will be looking for a concise, relevant and interesting narrative that illustrates originality and a responsive approach towards today’s evolving industry.
Wherever possible, nominations should include endorsement from customers, management and/or colleagues as appropriate.
The winner will be announced at the event.
The Chairman’s Award is a prestigious accolade bestowed to an outstanding individual who has made an exceptional contribution to the industry.
Real Estate
Prologis acquire, develop and maintain the largest collection of high-quality logistics real estate in the world.
Development & Acquisitions
Their expertise in building high-quality, environmentally friendly facilities delivers better buildings and outcomes for sustainability goals.
For Prologis, it’s about so much more than creating buildings
Over the past 20 years they’ve made so much more than industrial logistics buildings: they’ve made places where businesses can grow, employees can thrive and communities and wildlife can flourish. They’ve also built long-standing, trusted relationships with their customers and take great pleasure in watching their businesses succeed on their Parks.
Aisle Master has a vast range of experience in providing cost-effective solutions to materials handling problems. You can be sure of peerless quality and support when buying any Aisle Master articulated forklift truck.
Their machines are built at their site in Monaghan, Ireland – also home to their parent company Combilift. A state-of-the-art production line, plus extensive R&D facilities enable them to pursue their aim of continual product enhancement, thus giving their customers nothing but the best. There are now over 57,000 units working around the world in locations as varied as Alaska and Australia, supported by a network of distributors and factory trained engineers to ensure service and after sales back up is fast and effective.
AutoStore™, founded in 1996, is a technology company that develops order-fulfillment solutions to help businesses achieve efficiency gains within the storage and retrieval of goods. The company offers both hardware and software capabilities and the AutoStore technology is interoperable with other third-party solutions.
AutoStore is global, with 1,250+ Systems in 50 countries. All sales are distributed, designed, installed, and serviced by a network of qualified system integrators referred to as “partners”.
AutoStore was founded in Nedre Vats, on the west coast of Norway. The company has offices in Norway, the U.S., UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and Singapore, as well as production facilities in Koszalin, Poland.
Dexory is paving the way for artificial intelligence and robotics to completely transform logistics.
Dexory makes the complex simple. Using autonomous technology to unlock data and drive insights through all levels of business operations. And they help companies boost their performance and unlock their full potential.
Their passion and drive for their technology and the businesses they serve is underpinned by they purpose:
To uncover intelligence through technology that empowers businesses to optimise, predict and grow.
CONNECTING WORLDS
We are a leading provider of smart logistics solutions, enabling the flow of trade across the globe.
OUR PURPOSE
Our purpose is to make trade flow and change what’s possible for everyone.
We aim to achieve this with fast, sustainable movement of products through a single platform for trade. This is our north star. It guides every decision we make and allows us to make a meaningful difference to the world. Whatever we do, wherever we do it, it all leads here.
Experts in Technology Solutions.
Established in 1983, Kestronics is a leading provider of technology solutions and services for end-to-end supply chain management. Working closely with many well-known industry brands offering products such as mobile computers and tablets, barcode scanners, thermal printers, RFID readers, POS systems, machine vision and much more!
With customers across the UK, Europe, and the Americas, they deliver technical support and hardware maintenance along with software integration if required.
At Kestronics they also offer an extensive range of accessories including spare batteries, charging docks, thermal printheads, print labels and print ribbons. Their in-house experts can recommend the latest and most suitable technology for any project, whether it’s large-scale, end-to-end, or a one-off hardware purchase.
Nulogy is an award-winning provider of supply chain collaboration and operational solutions.
Their cloud-based multi-enterprise platform synchronizes the network, allowing manufacturers and their external supply chain partners to respond seamlessly to a volatile retail and consumer environment, all while reducing waste, minimizing costs, and accelerating growth.
The Nulogy Platform powers hundreds of contract manufacturing, co-packing, third-party logistics, and raw material and packaging sites all around the world. Many of the world’s leading brands and their partners use Nulogy to strengthen the performance of their external supply networks.
Founded in the USA in 1986, Panattoni has grown to become the world’s largest privately-owned industrial developer. With a commitment to excellence and innovation, Panattoni has served over 2,500 customers globally, developing more than 610 million square feet of logistics space. For the past eight years, they have been recognized as the top logistics developer across the UK and Europe.
In the UK, Panattoni stands out as the largest speculative developer, annually committing to the development of over 3 million square feet. Their clients, include DHL, Evri, Amazon, Eddie Stobart, and Hotel Chocolat, trusting them to meet their diverse logistics needs with reliability and efficiency.
They are dedicated to achieving net zero carbon in their construction phase across projects in their portfolio, ensuring that their growth is aligned with responsible environmental practices.
For over 100 years SEGRO have been creating the space that enables extraordinary things to happen. From modern big box warehouses, used primarily for regional, national and international distribution hubs, to urban warehousing, they provide the high-quality assets that allow their customers to thrive.
TOPREGAL UK is the new arm to TOPREGAL, a family run business based near Stuttgart and supplying workplace equipment across Europe. They’re bringing their many years experience as a customer-focused specialist in the fields of shelving and racking into the UK Market with a wide product range covering Warehouse, Office, Transport, Storage and Premises.
TOPREGAL GmbH – their parent company – is family-run, operating throughout Europe with headquarters in Filderstadt (near Stuttgart). Their many years of experience as a specialist shelving dealer / online mail order company for company supplies, as well as their customer-oriented approach, make them your reliable partner in furnishing questions in the warehouse and office. Due to their distinctive specialization in the field of heavy duty shelving, they can assist you in every stage of warehouse planning, warehouse setup and testing.
Toyota Material Handling UK are proud to be the world’s number one in producing innovative and high quality materials handling equipment, tailored to your needs since 2001, with over 100 years experience.
For top quality industrial trucks to suit all your material handling needs, they offer a complete range of forklift trucks and warehouse equipment. Their products are suitable for a wide range of applications and environments such as manufacturing, warehouses, production, quiet operations, retail & supermarkets, cold store & wet areas, outdoors, and weighing. They also support this with industry leading services and solutions, including truck rental, used trucks, service & maintenance, parts & accessories, and operator training.
The Unipart Group has a successful history of reinvention.
From their strong heritage in the automotive industry, Unipart has grown into a global company with operations in manufacturing, logistics, and consultancy in operational excellence.
Their core philosophy and values enshrined in The Unipart Way empower everyone at every level of the organisation to deliver benefits to customers.
Through continuous improvement their 8,000 employees have embraced the Fourth Industrial Revolution, using a digital lens with a green tint to identify safer, more efficient, more sustainable solutions for their customers.
Expanding capabilities since 1951
Since 1951, Whittan have poured their energy into expanding capabilities with storage to suit the needs of diverse sectors. This goes beyond designing, manufacturing and installing innovative shelving and pallet rack solutions – they dive deep into what matters to their customers and their operations to experience business their way. Understanding their priorities and showing them possibilities. Creating opportunities for them to grow. This makes it easier for Whittan to design exactly the right storage to match their needs – now and in the future.
Whittan has grown to achieve revenues of £200m, working with many leading names in retail, manufacturing, transport, property, construction, local and national government and professional services. They employ over 800+ work colleagues and their factories process 1,000 tonnes of steel each week.
With scalable solutions for every environment, there’s no better name than Whittan to handle all your storage solutions needs.
