Warren Albutt
Managing Director
S2F started life as a marketing agency with a mission to support the manufacturing industry. It is still very much a position it promotes, having realised back then, as indeed it is still the case today; an industry that is under-resourced in the strategic implementation of marketing.
With countless cases illustrating how a marketing strategy and outsourced activity can help a manufacturing business grow significantly, S2F has become the number one partner for the industry.
Manufacturing in the UK contributes significantly to the UK’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It drives economic growth through high productivity levels and generates substantial income for the economy. The sector is vital for maintaining economic stability because it diversifies the economic base beyond services and finance. And there are many other important reasons – employee opportunities, exports and trade balance, or supply chain infrastructure. But there are a couple of trends in particular that will cement its position for years to come – innovation and sustainability. As a champion of the industry and committed to promoting its presence, these trends hold significant importance to S2F.
Manufacturing in the UK is at the forefront of Innovation. It accounts for a significant portion of total R&D expenditure, driving advancements in technology and new product development. This not only helps the manufacturing sector itself evolve but also stimulates innovation in other sectors through technological spillovers.
Innovation is piggybacking on the sustainability and environmental leadership trend. With increasing emphasis on sustainability, the UK’s manufacturing sector is pivotal in advancing environmental standards. Through green manufacturing techniques and the development of eco-friendly products, the sector can lead in reducing environmental footprints.
For this reason, the PP Plus network, founded by PP Control & Automation is an important endeavour to ensure that green technology innovators can truly make their mark. As a founding partner, S2F is positioning itself as the go-to marketing support for the network and is joined by over 20 other leading support organisations.
As was the case when life at S2F began, it is creating a platform for manufacturing businesses to thrive. Through PP Plus, it supports the next generation of manufacturers and ensures that marketing is considered strategically early in the process of building a business and a brand.
PP Plus is an easy access support network designed to help create a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future by supporting the growth of technological innovations in the UK.
The best of manufacturing, business and academia have come together to bridge the £bn+ commercial valley of death in the UK. PP Plus grants access to hundreds of capabilities, services, and methods to help you rise through seed investment, to the flourishing market debut of your groundbreaking green technology.
More than 20 organisations are involved in the biggest growth support network currently available in the UK, including the likes of Brandauer, Centre for Advanced Low Carbon Propulsion Systems, Cleveland Scott York, Product Approvals, Protolabs, Silverstone Technology Cluster and WMG.
The network is a carefully curated collective, selected with discernment and purpose, sharing a unique blueprint for better collaboration. Together, they can take innovators from concept development and prototyping to protecting their IP, contract manufacturing and driving sales through PR and marketing.
You are invited to take a look for yourself by visiting the S2F developed PP Plus website at https://pp-plus.org/.
PP Plus is all about unlocking and commercialising the ideas that will contribute to a more sustainable future, making UK manufacturing stronger and more successful.
It is clear – the UK has a wealth of innovative companies that come up with new concepts and ideas that have true commercial potential and the opportunity to scale. However, they simply don’t have the capacity or additional expertise to realise these fantastic ideas.
Even if they know where to look for this, they often tie themselves in knots trying to find the right route as the traditional support network is convoluted. We know this first hand from working with companies on innovative new technologies, so felt the best approach was to create our own way forward.
Tony Hague, CEO, PP Control & Automation
See our full portfolio for a more in-depth understanding of our capabilities. Simply put, we are the best at what we do, and we aren’t shy to shout about it. Take a detailed look through our work and make your own mind up. We’re confident you’ll want to engage the services of S2F.
From strategy to design, online tactics to implementation, measuring results to converting a sale, marketing for manufacturing companies can be a lot of work. That’s why we offer a complete marketing for manufacturing solution that takes care of all your marketing. We have a team of experienced inhouse marketing professionals who can help you with all your marketing from start to finish.
We understand that every business is different, so we offer a flexible approach to marketing. We can work with you on a one-off project or a long-term retainer. We’re here to help you achieve your marketing goals, no matter what they are.
Contact us today to organise a one-to-one over teams so we can learn more about you and how we can help you achieve your business goals.
Let us take care of your marketing so you can focus on running your manufacturing business.
Using all our team skills allows you to save time & money on your marketing.
Our creative content marketing for manufacturing companies has a proven track record of success with monthly reporting on ROI.
You can rest assured that your marketing is in good hands.
We asked our staff and clients “why S2F?”. The results came back with a familiar response time and time again: “They take the time to understand us as their clients”.
We know marketing is considered to be the ‘fluffy stuff’, which of course we get, however, for us it’s about getting to understand the ins and outs. What are your challenges? And just as importantly, what are your customers’ pains?
Understand this and the marketing strategy builds itself. We work collaboratively with you to ensure the best results. No jargon; just plain and simple communication.
M4M impressed me from day 1, as we had some immediate needs – a global partners event within a few days of my 1st discussion with Warren. He mobilised a team to support what turned out to be a very successful event, and we haven’t looked back since. Many thanks to Warren and his excellent team, they feel like an integral part of our company.
Alan Peel Chairman, Impression Technologies (ITL)
In M4M we have finally found a marketing company that has genuinely strived to understand our growth opportunities, and their experience has both strengthened our strategy, and focused our customer offering
Richard Barton Group CEO, Strip Tinning
With 720% increase in online lead generation, M4M have contributed massively to our fantastic growth over the last 10 years.
Matthew Rose Sales Director, MWA Technology
We’ve been working with M4M for years and with their help we are the UK market leaders in our industry and have now started trading internationally. I would recommend M4M to any business looking to grow.
Archie Logan Sales Director, Storm Environmental
Working as an integral part of our business, Marketing for Manufacturing has contributed massively to our fantastic growth over the last four years and continue to support our future business growth.
Martin Wardell Managing Director, MWA Technology
We have found M4M to be a refreshing change from more traditional marketing companies, who understand design, but do not appreciate the overall strategy of marketing, and indeed selling. Eye catching design is not enough for OEMs such as ourselves; we need a return on our investment and we need to see how the marketing services provided are very much in line and reinforce the sales, marketing goals and deliverables.
Tony Hague Managing Director, PP C&A
While working with M4M we have refocused our product offer, sales and marketing. Business is booming. I would recommend M4M to anyone looking to boost sales.
Stewart Coull Managing Director
M4M have been instrumental in our brand. They understand our business, work closely with us and offer a fantastic creative marketing service. I would happily recommend M4M.
James Lomas Sales Director, Arrow Solutions
Our new website is winning us new stainless steel stamping business. A visual show and tell! I can highly recommend the services of Marketing for Manufacturing. Great to deal with and always deliver!
Rowan Crozier Managing Director, Brandauer
M4M really understand our business. I would gladly recommend them to anyone.
Adam Land Operations Director, TechnoGroup
I’ve been working with M4M for the past 4 years and found each team member to be professional, friendly, supportive, and people I would genuinely class as work friends. With support from Warren and Steve from the very top, to the daily support by Richard Hill, Luke and Sam, our account is always in safe hands.
Nikki Crook Marketing Manager, Photofab
We have been working with M4M for a number of years now and their professionalism and creative design has taken our brand to the next level. By creating a structured and proactive marketing strategy for our company we have seen a huge increase in sales over this period.
Ian Bytheway Managing Director, Conveyor Units
Since 2005, our team at Marketing for ManufacturingTM have grown with a core understanding of our business ethos ‘look after the customer and success will look after itself’. We are all experienced, creative, and conscientious marketers with focused areas of expertise. Combined we are a force to be reckoned with; an ideal marketing team for any business looking to stand out from the crowd.
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