The Manufacturing Excellence TRACC Awards recognise and congratulate organisations that have achieved and sustained long-term excellence in their manufacturing performance.  As CCI senior vice president Kevin Whelan puts it: “A TRACC Award acknowledges successful and sustained best practice implementation coupled with significant performance improvement and a solid return on investment. It also represents great effort by people at all organisational levels. Visionary and effective leadership is crucial, but so are the many hours spent on practical training and implementation. Congratulations to our award recipients and the CCI team who assisted clients along the way."

This year’s winners announced at the TRACC European conference were:

TRACC Platinum Award - SABMiller plc in recognition of its long-standing commitment to Continuous Improvement and WCM, as well as being a valued CCI partner for more than 20 years, represented by Ed Koch and Andy Walter

TRACC Silver Awards - three recipients for reaching  Stage 3.5 in the GEMS Maturity Assessment - Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s., Pilsen plant represented by Pavel Semik ; Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s., Velké Popovice plant represented by Jaroslav Hacko; and Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s., Nošovice plant represented by Ivo Kanak.

TRACC Bronze Award - Pivovary Topvar a.s. závod Pivovar Šariš represented by Peter Laincz for reaching Stage 3 in the GEMS Maturity Assessment.

Picture: from left to right
Ed Koch – SABMiller, Platinum Award
Andy Walter – SABMiller, Platinum Award
Jaroslav Hacko – Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s., Velké Popovice, SABMiller, Silver Award
Peter Laincz – Pivovary Topvar a.s. závod Pivovar Šariš, SABMiller, Bronze Award
Kevin Whelan – Senior Vice President, CCI
Glenn Leask – President, CCI
Pavel Semik – Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s., Pilsen, SABMiller, Silver Award
Ivo Kanak – Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s., Nošovice, SABMiller, Silver Award