The Manufacturer Live

Featuring the Manufacturing Leaders' Summit, TMMX Awards, and Top 100 Alumni Networking

Each year, the industry migrates to Liverpool to enjoy a series of award-winning events produced by The Manufacturer that champion the sector, promote innovation and recognise achievement - a tradition with a heritage of over 50 years. Columbus are sponsoring the event again this year, hosting roundtable discussions and serving on the judging panel of the TMMX Awards. Join us for the annual celebration of UK manufacturing!

Meet our experts

Kevin Bull 2
Kevin Bull Product Strategy Director
Jack Binnall
Jack Binnall Principal Power Platform Consultant

Events

Manufacturing Leaders' Summit, TMMX Awards, Top 100 Alumni Networking

When & Where

Nov 11, 2025 - Nov 12, 2025
Titanic Hotel, Liverpool

Manufacturing Leaders' Summit

Leaders, senior executives and decision-makers representing all industries across the manufacturing sector converge with thought leaders and industrial futurists for two days of knowledge-sharing, debate and discussion that shapes the industry for the coming 12 months.

Columbus will be leading five roundtable sessions across the two-day event surrounding the topic 'Making Manufacturing Truly Data-Driven - From Gut Feeling to Fact-Based Decisions'.

Register your place

The Manufacturer Live roundtables at the Manufacturing Leaders' Summit

TMMX Awards Ceremony

The Manufacturer MX Awards (TMMX) exist to encourage, benchmark and celebrate manufacturing excellence, with every stage of the programme providing value for participants, regardless of their excellence maturity.

This year, Columbus are sponsoring the 'Supply Chain Excellence' category, which awards the manufacturer with an integrated supply chain strategy that embraces the whole business process, from raw materials or component procurement, through to customer delivery.

Additionally, our Product Strategy Director, Kevin Bull, is returning to the judging panel of the 'Smart Factory' category this year, to shortlist the winner who has made the best use of data and technology to maximise its competitive advantage within the manufacturing facility.

View his insights from the TMMX Awards judging process below.

Read the article

Top 100 Alumni Networking

Join us for a gathering of the 100 most dynamic leaders and innovators in manufacturing, awarded in June 2025 at The Manufacturer Top 100 awards ceremony as part of Smart Manufacturing Week.


Columbus are this year's Top 100 Headline Sponsor, proud to be celebrating the best of UK manufacturing.

Take a look at 2025's Top 100 award-winning manufacturers below.

Find out more 

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