MANAGEMENT TODAY AWARDS FOR MANUFACTURING 2002: MOST IMPROVED PLANT - The English Partnerships Award

WINNER: BEST ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL PLANT - Highly Commended: Domino Printing Sciences.

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You can't have a world-leading product without a world-leading manufacturing process - at least not for long. Cambridge-based Domino Printing Sciences, maker of industrial inkjet printers, is well aware of the relationship between the two. Demand for its printers, used for putting date stamps and codes on everything from eggs to window frames, is global - 85% of its output is exported. But so is the competition. And both technology and prices are moving fast. So advances in product features must be matched by improvements in manufacturing to reduce costs and increase reliability and quality.