Universal Robots wins “Manufacturer of the Year” award

Universal Robots wins “Manufacturer of the Year” award
Universal Robots wins “Manufacturer of the Year” award

The Manufacturing Leadership Council, representing around 1,000 senior-level members from many of the world's leading manufacturing companies, has awarded Universal Robots “Manufacturer of the Year” in the Small/Medium Enterprise category.

At the 14th Annual Manufacturing Leadership (ML) Awards Gala in Huntington Beach, California, USA, CTO and co-founder of Universal Robots, Esben Østergaard, received the award that recognizes outstanding manufacturing achievements.

In the delivery of the prestigious award, the Manufacturing Leadership Council emphasized Universal Robots pioneering work in creating and popularizing collaborative robots, which are helping manufacturers of all sizes cope with intense cost pressures and customer demand for high mix, low volume production.”

Universal Robots was selected among hundreds of nominations and also won an additional three awards:

Collaborative Innovation Leadership - The UR+ platform
Smart Products and Services Leadership - The UR product portfolio
Visionary Leadership- Esben Østergaard

The Visionary Leadership award was granted candidates that have transformed their companies and made important contributions to their industries by challenging assumptions, achieving results and empowering others.

Stuart Shepherd, Regional Sales Director of Universal Robots’ Americas Region, (second from the right) received the Manufacturing Award in the “Smart Products and Services Leadership” category for the UR product line and the award for “Collaborative Innovation Leadership” for the UR+ platform.

Esben Østergaard also received a personal award for ”Visionary Leadership”.

About the Manufacturing Leadership Council:
Established in 2008, the Manufacturing Leadership Council's mission is to inspire and support manufacturing executives to achieve transformational growth for themselves, their companies, and the industry at large through enlightened leadership. With around 1,000 senior-level members from many of the world's leading manufacturing companies, the Council focuses on the intersection of advanced technologies and the business, identifying growth and improvement opportunities in the operation, organization and leadership of manufacturing enterprises as they pursue their journeys to Manufacturing 4.0.

Universal Robots

We believe that collaborative robotic technology can be used to benefit all aspects of task-based businesses – no matter what their size.

We believe that the latest collaborative robot technology should be available to all businesses. The nominal investment cost is quickly recovered as our robotic arms have an average payback period of just six months.

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