SOME of the world’s best manufacturers are sharing insights, experience and their vision of the future at a conference in Knutsford this week.

The Enterprise Excellence Conference, staged by The Manufacturing Institute, is taking place at Mere Golf Resort and Spa until October 3.

The conference features a line-up of award-winning manufacturers from 16 sites in the UK, US and Ireland.

There are keynote speakers from Abbott Vascular and DePuy, the first ever European winners of the prestigious Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, as well as fellow winners Rexam, Leyland Trucks and Lake Region Medical.

Other delegates are from Rolls-Royce, Unilever, Royal Mint, Syngenta, Jaguar Land Rover, Unisys, Boston Scientific, Lundbeck, Fairphone, Maersk, Cygnet Group and Chemring.

Councillor Don Stockton, Cheshire East’s Housing and Jobs Portfolio Holder, said: “I am delighted that senior people from so many of the world’s finest companies are coming here for this event. It’s a great opportunity for us to get the message across that Cheshire East means business.”