MANAGEMENT TODAY AWARDS FOR MANUFACTURING 2002: BEST ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL PLANT - The InFocus Corporation Award

WINNER: TREND CONTROL SYSTEMS

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One good reason for pursuing manufacturing excellence is to keep control of your own destiny. Within the Novar (ex-Caradon) group, Horsham-based Trend Control Systems, maker of energy management systems for commercial buildings, is a minnow and as such has little purchase over broad group strategic direction and resource allocation.