Made For Trade has concluded 2022 with a trio of runner-up recognitions and an overall category win at the National Fenestration Awards.
Following on from a joint category win in 2021 for the new Korniche Bi-Folding Door, this year the fabricator was shortlisted for a tally of nine categories, recognising everything from the team’s product innovation to in-house manufacturing capability at the Northeast site, plus business, sales and marketing to highlight the progress and growth of this family enterprise.
The nine awards shortlists included Aluminium Fabricator of the Year, Fabricator/Manufacturer of the Year, as well as Bi-Folding Door Manufacturer of the Year.
Further nominations were for Door Component of the Year and New Product 2022 (both for the Korniche Bi-Fold clip-in ‘Speedbead’), while Conservatory Product and Conservatory Fabricator categories recognised the engineering breakthrough and sales success of the Korniche Lantern Roof. Away from the shop floor, the final nominations were for Digital Marketing Campaign of the Year for the Korniche Roof Lantern, as well as a Business Development Manager / Sales Executive of the Year nomination for Chris Caley.
The runner-up spots recognised for the company were Bi-folding Door Manufacturer, Fabricator/Manufacturer and Door Component for the ‘Speedbead’, but the pinnacle of recognition at the event was MFT taking home the trophy for the Aluminium Fabricator of the Year Award.
The company said: “Of all the awards for which MFT was shortlisted, being voted by industry peers as the NFA’s Aluminium Fabricator of the Year was one of the most satisfying and ultimately humbling to-date; summing up everything that the company has been striving to achieve by taking next-level, motorsport-derived precision manufacturing experience to fenestration.
“As the culmination of years of development work and bolstered by game-changing attributes such as MFT’s enviable new ISO9001 quality certification; the award highlights everything Made for Trade is pursuing with the Korniche product line, where engineering continues to underpin the quality and investment in offering the best products with the best service at the best price.
MFT Technical Director Ashley Gaunt said: “Being shortlisted for so many awards was an honour as were the runner-up spots, but we are all delighted to receive the win for Aluminium Fabricator of the Year, especially knowing it is an achievement that has been recognised and voted from within.”
