Birmingham-based G&P (www.gpqm.com), which offers total quality management solutions for manufacturing companies, has won the International Trade Award at the West Midlands Business Masters 2018.

This was the first time G&P entered the awards, where it was also a finalist in the large business and innovation categories.

Accepting the award earlier this month, managing director Julian Dawes said: “This is a fantastic achievement by G&P, as there was some very strong competition from other leading businesses in the region.

"It is also a real accomplishment that the company was recognised for its outstanding success in other areas, such as large business and innovation, proving that G&P is making a real difference to the West Midlands.”

The company works with many of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers and their key suppliers at manufacturing facilities around the globe; it is also transferring this expertise and experience into the aerospace industry, which
has similar complex supply-chain issues.

G&P’s overseas expansion has been possible due to the success of its award-winning Quality Excellence Model, which helped the company’s automotive and aerospace customers to reduce their levels of waste by more than £1.4 billion in 2017 alone.

As a result, the company has expanded significantly and now employs 1,400 people around the world.