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PRI Presents Export Achievement Award At UK Autosport International Show
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Performance Racing Industry (PRI) presented the Motorsport Industry Association’s (MIA) Export Achievement Award to Xtrac, a motorsports transmission designer and manufacturer, during the MIA’s annual Business Excellence Awards Dinner in conjunction with this month’s Autosport International Show in Birmingham, UK.
Xtrac, headquartered in Berkshire, UK, has two US locations—one in Indianapolis, Indiana, and another in Mooresville, North Carolina. According to the company, over 75 percent of Xtrac sales are exported, including a large portion throughout Europe and the US.
The award, presented by PRI’s Director of Global Sales and Marketing Francisque Savinien, was accepted by Xtrac Chairman Peter Digby and Managing Director Adrian Moore.
“I have known Peter Digby for more than 15 years and I was very pleased to see Xtrac win this award this year,” Savinien said. “They have won [this award] several times in the last decade alone, which is a testimony to what a great company Xtrac is, and how much business they do around the world. Congratulations to them; a very well deserved prize.”
First presented in 1995, the MIA Business Excellence Awards recognize excellence at all levels of the motorsports and high performance engineering industry. This year’s awards were emceed by Alan Gow, series director of the British Touring Car Championship, and chairman of the Motor Sports Association and President of the Federation International de l’Automobile (FIA) Touring Car Commission.
Award-winning companies included:
MIA Service to the Industry Award – Sponsored by Goodridge – presented by Jon Hourihan, Chief Executive EMEA
• Winner – Silverstone Circuits
MIA New Markets Award – Sponsored by 920Engineering – presented by Anthony Blackwell, Managing Director
• Winner – Wirth Research
MIA Export Achievement Award – Sponsored by Performance Racing Industry (PRI) – presented by Francisque Savinien, Director of Global Sales and Marketing
• Winner – Xtrac
MIA Technology & Innovation Award – Sponsored by Ricardo – presented by Iain Wight, Director Transmission Systems
• Winner – Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE)
MIA Teamwork Award – Sponsored by Grainger & Worrall – presented by Phil Ward, Director Performance Products
• Winner – West Surrey Racing (WSR)
MIA Business of the Year with annual sales under £5 million Award – Sponsored by Lestercast – presented by Chris Batty, Managing Director
• Winner – Delta Motorsport
MIA Business of the Year with annual sales over £5 million Award – Sponsored by Xtrac – presented by Adrian Moore, Managing Director
• Winner – M-Sport
The MIA Business Excellence Awards Dinner was attended by an audience of over 500 senior executives from the international motorsports business community. An auction in aid of the Motorsport Foundation raised £2,500 ($3,095), with the prize winners from BTB Exhausts, Lentus Composites and Scott Racing receiving an exclusive Bentley Continental for a weekend, passenger ride in an M-Sport prepared Rally Car and tour of Dovenby Hall, and two tickets to the MIA Business Friday at the Silverstone British Grand Prix, respectively.
Autosport International is a four-day motorsports trade show for both auto industry professionals and fans; this year’s show took place January 12–15 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
Xtrac, headquartered in Berkshire, UK, has two US locations—one in Indianapolis, Indiana, and another in Mooresville, North Carolina. According to the company, over 75 percent of Xtrac sales are exported, including a large portion throughout Europe and the US.
The award, presented by PRI’s Director of Global Sales and Marketing Francisque Savinien, was accepted by Xtrac Chairman Peter Digby and Managing Director Adrian Moore.
“I have known Peter Digby for more than 15 years and I was very pleased to see Xtrac win this award this year,” Savinien said. “They have won [this award] several times in the last decade alone, which is a testimony to what a great company Xtrac is, and how much business they do around the world. Congratulations to them; a very well deserved prize.”
First presented in 1995, the MIA Business Excellence Awards recognize excellence at all levels of the motorsports and high performance engineering industry. This year’s awards were emceed by Alan Gow, series director of the British Touring Car Championship, and chairman of the Motor Sports Association and President of the Federation International de l’Automobile (FIA) Touring Car Commission.
Award-winning companies included:
MIA Service to the Industry Award – Sponsored by Goodridge – presented by Jon Hourihan, Chief Executive EMEA
• Winner – Silverstone Circuits
MIA New Markets Award – Sponsored by 920Engineering – presented by Anthony Blackwell, Managing Director
• Winner – Wirth Research
MIA Export Achievement Award – Sponsored by Performance Racing Industry (PRI) – presented by Francisque Savinien, Director of Global Sales and Marketing
• Winner – Xtrac
MIA Technology & Innovation Award – Sponsored by Ricardo – presented by Iain Wight, Director Transmission Systems
• Winner – Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE)
MIA Teamwork Award – Sponsored by Grainger & Worrall – presented by Phil Ward, Director Performance Products
• Winner – West Surrey Racing (WSR)
MIA Business of the Year with annual sales under £5 million Award – Sponsored by Lestercast – presented by Chris Batty, Managing Director
• Winner – Delta Motorsport
MIA Business of the Year with annual sales over £5 million Award – Sponsored by Xtrac – presented by Adrian Moore, Managing Director
• Winner – M-Sport
The MIA Business Excellence Awards Dinner was attended by an audience of over 500 senior executives from the international motorsports business community. An auction in aid of the Motorsport Foundation raised £2,500 ($3,095), with the prize winners from BTB Exhausts, Lentus Composites and Scott Racing receiving an exclusive Bentley Continental for a weekend, passenger ride in an M-Sport prepared Rally Car and tour of Dovenby Hall, and two tickets to the MIA Business Friday at the Silverstone British Grand Prix, respectively.
Autosport International is a four-day motorsports trade show for both auto industry professionals and fans; this year’s show took place January 12–15 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
