The MIA's Business Excellence Awards... 13.01.2012: ...recognise another successful year for the UK Motorsport Industry Ricardo secures MIA Business of the Year Award for 2011

...recognise another successful year for the UK Motorsport Industry


Ricardo secures MIA Business of the Year Award for 2011


The British motorsport industry has emerged from a challenging 2011 with flying colours, and remains an outstanding example by which other, high-tech sectors should be judged. This success was last night (Thursday 12 January) marked by the Motorsport Industry Association's (MIA) coveted Business Excellence Awards, during its prestigious annual dinner at the NEC, Birmingham. These covered seven important yet separate business categories.
 

The MIA Business of the Year Award was presented to Ricardo. Ricardo has had a superb year and successfully secured new contracts in all areas of the business. It has a number of new, long-term contracts in place with blue chip manufacturers, to provide growth and increased stability for the future in the motorsports sector.
 

All companies in the motorsport industry are eligible for the MIA's sought-after awards. Nominations are made by MIA members - so it is the recognition of peers that makes these accolades especially meaningful to the winners.
 

The sell-out MIA Awards Dinner was attended by an audience of 500 senior executives from the international motorsport business community. The main event was supported by Xtrac, Performance Racing Industry, Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership, FARO, Travelers, Desk Top Engineering, Ricardo and Autosport International.
 


First presented in 1995, the MIA Business Excellence Awards were created to recognise excellence at all levels within the motorsport and high performance engineering industry.
 


The 2011 winners, in the seven categories, were:


:: Business of the Year Award (sponsored by Xtrac)
Winner: Ricardo
 

:: Teamwork Award (sponsored by Travelers)
Winner: Red Bull Racing
 

:: Small Business of the Year Award (sponsored by Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership)
Winner: Anglo American Oil
 

:: Export Achievement Award (sponsored by Performance Racing Industry, USA)
Winner: D C Electronics
 

:: New Markets Award (sponsored by FARO)
Winner: Lifeline Fire and Safety Ltd
 

:: Technology and Innovation Award (sponsored by Ricardo)
Winner: Flybrid Systems
 

:: Service to the Industry Award (sponsored by Desk Top Engineering)
Winner: Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground
 


 

:: The Motorsport Industry Association (MIA) is the world's leading trade association for Motorsport's performance engineering, services and tuning industry. It represents the specialised needs of this highly successful industry which, although extending throughout the world and rapidly expanding in the developing nations, is centred here in the UK.


:: The MIA membership displays a wide demographic spread, including motorsport and performance engineering companies, race and rally teams, governing bodies, motorsport services, research organisations, race circuits and universities and colleges.

 
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