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This list showcases the top Cheshire based Director operating in the Manufacturing space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Rebecca Woodley-Jones
Commercial Director of Swellaway
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About Swellaway: Swellaway is manufactures electronic medical rehabilitative device which offers wireless/mobile patient monitoring.
Oliver Nulty
Director of ONFAB
ONFAB Limited, (formerly CSP UK) was founded in 2004 Oliver Nulty CEng, MIMechE, MIET. Having held senior positions in Engineering, Project and Production management, Oliver has built up a wealth of valuable experience in the field of containment, working for blue chip companies such ICI and AstraZeneca. It was during this time that he realised the need for flexible containment and left to start up the business. He has since developed unrivalled and successful designs, that are being used sucessfully all over the world
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About ONFAB: ONFAB is a design and supply company that matched the values we expect and appreciate as a customer.
Robert Pepper
Managing Director of JWC Environmental
Mr. Pepper has four decades of experience in the wastewater treatment sector, including leading the design of several products still on the market today. His background includes managing engineering projects in the textile, pump manufacture and food industries. In the 1990s Mr. Pepper spent several years in the United States overseeing JWC’s expansion into foreign markets. Then, in 2001 he moved back to the UK to start JWC’s European manufacturing and customer service operations in Congleton. The facility now produces Monster screens and grinders for the European, Euro-Asian and African markets. Mr. Pepper is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (ACIM).
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About JWC Environmental: JWC Environmental designs, builds and services the world’s most dependable waste shredders and screening systems.
Robert Pepper
Managing Director of JWC Environmental
Mr. Pepper has four decades of experience in the wastewater treatment sector, including leading the design of several products still on the market today. His background includes managing engineering projects in the textile, pump manufacture and food industries. In the 1990s Mr. Pepper spent several years in the United States overseeing JWC’s expansion into foreign markets. Then, in 2001 he moved back to the UK to start JWC’s European manufacturing and customer service operations in Congleton. The facility now produces Monster screens and grinders for the European, Euro-Asian and African markets. Mr. Pepper is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (ACIM).
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About JWC Environmental: JWC Environmental designs, builds and services the world’s most dependable waste shredders and screening systems.
Patrick Thorpe
Managing Director of Spiro Control
Patrick has a career that spans more than 25 years working in industrial process control. He has specialist knowledge in the application of advanced process control to ethylene production and gas processing. He has also worked in a diverse range of industries including food, mining, energy, chemicals and polymers. Patrick trained as an application engineer with Exxon Chemical before moving to Predictive Control where he was involved in product development and application. Foxboro subsequently acquired Predictive Control’s technology and he led the integration with Foxboro’s distributed control system. He has also worked as an advisor with Aspen Technology. Prior to founding Spiro Control, Patrick co-founded Aptitude, a technology leader in advanced process control. In the role of operations director, he built a team of engineers located in the UK and India, leading the development of a commercial system identification software. Patrick holds a PhD in Chemical Engineer from Loughborough University.
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About Spiro Control: Spiro Control delivers process data analytics and real-time control applications embedded on edge devices that ingest real-time plant data.
Patrick Thorpe
Managing Director of Spiro Control
Patrick has a career that spans more than 25 years working in industrial process control. He has specialist knowledge in the application of advanced process control to ethylene production and gas processing. He has also worked in a diverse range of industries including food, mining, energy, chemicals and polymers. Patrick trained as an application engineer with Exxon Chemical before moving to Predictive Control where he was involved in product development and application. Foxboro subsequently acquired Predictive Control’s technology and he led the integration with Foxboro’s distributed control system. He has also worked as an advisor with Aspen Technology. Prior to founding Spiro Control, Patrick co-founded Aptitude, a technology leader in advanced process control. In the role of operations director, he built a team of engineers located in the UK and India, leading the development of a commercial system identification software. Patrick holds a PhD in Chemical Engineer from Loughborough University.
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About Spiro Control: Spiro Control delivers process data analytics and real-time control applications embedded on edge devices that ingest real-time plant data.
