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This list showcases the top Sheffield 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.
Ian Mellor
Managing Director of Metalysis
Ian joined Metalysis in September 2004. Prior to this Ian was a Project Manager at Morgan Fuel Cell, a subsidiary of the Morgan Crucible Company plc Ian has a background in physical chemistry, he has over ten years industrial experience leading teams, developing new products and commercialising technologies, primarily in the alternative energy and metals industries. Since joining Metalysis, Ian has developed and led the Technology team to improve the chemistry and morphology of the products, primarily for tantalum and titanium. He has also provided support to the Engineering team for the scale-up of the process. Ian was awarded a PhD in Heterogeneous Catalysis from the Nottingham Trent University.
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About Metalysis: Metalysis, a manufacturer of metals and alloys, offers both economic and environmental benefits over traditional metal production methods.
Alan Stubbs
Non Executive Director of S3 ID Group Ltd
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About S3 ID Group Ltd: S3 ID Group Ltd provides location awareness solutions and manufactures products.
Carol Herdman
Finance Director of Pyronix Ltd
I would describe Pyronix as a friendly environment where staff have a commitment to providing good service. I qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG after University, before moving into the manufacturing industry as a Financial Controller. I then moved to a freight forwarder for a period, before moving to Pyronix 13 years ago. Since then I have progressed from Financial Controller to Finance Director. I enjoy the fast pace of a manufacturing environment and there are always new challenges to consider, although help and support is always on hand when you need it.
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About Pyronix Ltd: Pyronix Ltd is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of products and technologies for use in the security industry.
Valeri Filianov
Product Director of Pyronix Ltd
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About Pyronix Ltd: Pyronix Ltd is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of products and technologies for use in the security industry.
Guy Dodd
Sales Director of Pyronix Ltd
Pyronix is very ethical, honest and open business. Independently owned, which gives us the freedom to innovate and react quickly to market trends and needs. With this being a privately owned company, directors and decision makers are available to their customers. Before I was an enginner, from an apprentice to an installation engineer, to a service engineer with an NSI company in Birmingham for 14 years. Working for Pyronix, I get to work in the industry that I trained to be in – in many ways I’m still and engineer at heart. The beauty of Pyronix is it gives us the opportunity to be honest to our customers, with it being independent it cares more. When I’m not here it’s golf when I get the time and my kids and that’s about all I get time for.
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About Pyronix Ltd: Pyronix Ltd is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of products and technologies for use in the security industry.
Jonathan Williamson
Director & Co-Founder of Pimoroni
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About Pimoroni: Pimoroni is a U.K.-based company that designs, manufactures, and sells quality products for makers, geeks, and educators.
Paul Beech
Director & Co-founder of Pimoroni
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About Pimoroni: Pimoroni is a U.K.-based company that designs, manufactures, and sells quality products for makers, geeks, and educators.
Ben Hargreaves
Sales and Marketing Director of Composites Evolution
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About Composites Evolution: Composites Evolution is a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of prepregs for producing lightweight structures from composite materials.
