Celebrating the Achievements of the UK Composites Industry
Every November, Composites UK hosts its Industry Awards Dinner to coincide with the Advanced Engineering Show.
This event has gone from strength-to-strength since its creation in 2012, going from 70 attendees to over 300. Here, awards are given out for innovation in materials, manufacture, design, health and safety, environmental/sustainability projects as well as personnel awards celebrating employer, employee and trainee/apprentice of the year.
Case Studies
Below are some case studies from our past winners showing their innovative work and how the accolade has helped their business.
2025 Winners
- Apprentice of the Year – Kurtis Russ – R-Tech Materials
- Prof Alan Banks Young Engineer of the Year – Guy Lawrence – Composite Braiding
- Social Impact – CTG – Safran Group
- Sustainability: Circularity – Centre of Expertise in Advanced Materials and Sustainability (CEAMS)
- Sustainability: Net-Zero – Composite Braiding
- Innovation in Design – Composite Braiding
- Innovation in Materials – HyPStore Project
- Innovation in Manufacture – Cygnet Texkimp with McLaren Automotive
- Outstanding Contribution to the Composites Industry – John Davidson – Cygnet Texkimp
2025 Finalists
Apprentice of the Year
Prof. Alan Banks Young Engineer of the Year Award
Social Impact
Sustainability: Circularity
- AMRC with Longworth and NCC
- HyPStore Project
- Longworth with Scott Bader
- PRF Composite Materials
- Sm8rt
- Uplift360
Sustainability: Net-Zero Initiative
Innovation in Design
Innovation in Materials
Innovation in Materials
- Dream Big Composites
- HyPStore Project
- Plataine
- Rockwood Composites
- Scott and Fyfe
- TWI
- Williams Jet Tenders
- Zund
Outstanding Contribution to the Composites Industry Award
- Highly Commended: Grace Atkinson – Atlas Composite Technologies
- Highly Commended: Sam Turner – AMIC
2024 Winners
- Apprentice of the Year: James Coxon – McLaren
- Employer of the Year: Leybold UK Ltd
- Social Impact Award: Leybold UK Ltd
- Sustainability Award: Circularity: Composite Braiding
- Sustainability Award: Net-Zero Initiative: JLR & Partners – SOCA Project
- Innovation in Composite Design: Plyable
- Innovation in Composite Materials: Lineat & SHD Composite Materials
- Innovation in Composites Manufacture: Longworth (EMPHASIZING Project)
- Special Recognition Award: Graham Harrison
- Outstanding Contribution to the Composites Industry: Prof. Mike Hinton
2024 Shortlisted Entries
The other companies and individuals shortlisted in 2024 were:
Apprentice of the Year
Social Impact Award
Sustainability Award: Circularity
Sustainability Award: Net-Zero Initiative
Innovation in Composite Materials
Innovation in Composites Manufacture
2023 Winners
The 2023 Composites UK Industry Award winners were:
- Apprentice of the Year: Marcus Mullins
- Employer of the Year: Leybold
- Social Impact Award: GRP Solutions
- Sustainability Award – Circularity: Gen 2 Carbon
- Sustainability Award – Net-Zero Initiative: TISICS
- Innovation in Composites Design: FAC Technology
- Innovation in Composites Manufacture: Far UK
- Innovation in Composites Materials: TISICS
- Outstanding Contribution to the Composites Industry: Mona Jesri
2023 Shortlisted Entries
The other companies and individuals shortlisted in 2023 were:
Apprentice of the Year
Employer of the Year
Sustainability Award – Circularity
- Sustainability Award – Circularity: Longworth and Partners
- Sustainability Award – Circularity: Qube Buildings
Sustainability Award – Net-Zero Initiatives
- Sustainability Award – Net-Zero Initiative: Far UK
- Sustainability Award – Net-Zero Initiative: SHD Composite Materials
Innovation in Design
- Innovation in Composites Design: Carbon ThreeSixty
- Innovation in Composites Design: Chemical Processing Services
- Innovation in Composites Design: National Composites Centre
Innovation in Manufacture
Innovation in Materials
- Innovation in Composites Materials: PRF Composite Materials
- Innovation in Composites Materials: R-Tech Materials
Outstanding Contribution to the Composites Industry
2022 Winners and Shortlisted Entries
You can now download case studies of the 2022 winning and shortlisted entries:
Winners:
- Apprentice of the Year: Britoni Farrer-Williams, McLaren F1
- Employer of the Year: Cristex Composite Materials
- Social Impact Award: Leybold UK Ltd
- Sustainability Award: Circularity – Lineat Composites
- Sustainability Award: Net-Zero – Composite Braiding
- Innovation in Composite Design: Ford Motor Company
- Innovation in Composite Materials: Cygnet Texkimp/B&M Longworth/NCC
- Innovation in Composite Manufacture: Composite Integration
- Outstanding Contribution Award: Prof. Michael Wisnom
Shortlisted:
- Apprentice of the Year: Jasmine Moore, Fluency
- Employer of the Year: Prodrive
- Social Impact Award: Fluency
- Sustainability Award | Circularity: Prodrive Composites
- Sustainability Award | Net-Zero: Jo Bird and Co
- Innovation in Composite Design: iCOMAT
- Innovation in Composite Materials: Lineat Composites
- Innovation in Composite Manufacture: Taziker
- Innovation in Composite Manufacture: Zund UK
- Outstanding Contribution Award – Special Recognition: Robert Burnell
2021 Winners
The winners of the 2021 awards will be announced in November 2021.
- Innovation in Manufacture: Loop Technology
- Innovation in Materials: Composite Braiding
- Innovation in Design: Jaguar Land Rover
- Sustainability Award: B&M Longworth
- Employer of the Year: Leybold
2021 Runners Up
- Innovation in Manufacture: iCOMAT
- Innovation in Materials: Cecence
- Innovation ni Design: Network Rail
- Sustainability Awards: Prodrive Composites
- Employer of the Year: MPM
2020 Winners
- Innovation in Manufacture: Cygnet Texkimp
- Innovation in Materials: Bitrez
- Innovation in Design: Ford
- Health and Safety Award: Bitrez
- Sustainability Award: Prodrive Composites
- Start-Up Business of the Year: iCOMAT
- Employee of the Year: R-Tech Materials – Geraint Havard
- Trainee/Apprentice of the Year: Teledyne CML Composites – Thomas Wakefield
2020 Runners Up
- Innovation in Manufacture: CCP Gransden
- Innovation in Materials: Alvant
- Innovation in Design: Cecence
- Sustainability Award: Chemical Processing Services
- Employee of the Year: MPM – Nick Robinson
- Trainee/Apprentice of the Year: CCP Gransden – James Stewart