Staffordshire-based technical PR agency Stone Junction has secured
seven wins at this year’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)
Midlands Awards, with campaigns delivered for clients including Ovarro,
CP Automation, Ultralife, MintMech and WEG recognised by judges. Stone
Junction received awards across integrated campaign work, alongside
recognition for B2B activity and international delivery, reflecting
outstanding work produced by its team.
Stone Junction received awards for its integrated campaign work, alongside
recognition for B2B and international PR, reflecting the outstanding work done by
its team.
Campaign activity with CP Automation was awarded Gold for Best Integrated
Campaign, while Stone Junction’s work with MintMech also received Gold for
Best Public Affairs Campaign.
The agency also secured both Gold and Silver recognition in the Best B2B
Campaign category, with CP Automation awarded Gold and a campaign for
Ultralife receiving Silver.
Work delivered for Ovarro received Silver for Best Use of Social Media, while
activity delivered for WEG received Silver for Best International Campaign.
Lucia Scarano, account executive at Stone Junction, also won silver in the Rising
Star category, recognising her work in expanding the company’s media relations
activity in Italy and developing relationships with journalists in the region.
Scarano’s work forms part of the agency’s wider international activity, supporting
client campaigns beyond the UK and contributing to continued growth across
overseas markets.
"Taking home seven awards at the CIPR Midlands Awards 2026 is a real
reflection of the consistency the team has shown across very different client
campaigns this year,” said Richard Stone, founder of Stone Junction.
“Companies in the engineering and automation sectors face real pressure to build credibility with the people making purchasing decisions, and PR is central to how they do that. Maintaining that quality across multiple campaigns at once is genuinely difficult, and I'm proud in particular of the lead generation work these campaigns contained, something which isn’t always common in PR."
Based in Stafford, Germany and Romania, Stone Junction delivers campaign
work across the engineering, science and technology sectors, with recent awards
reflecting activity across a range of client projects.
The CIPR Midlands Awards 2026 recognise public relations and communications
work across the region, with entries assessed on strategy, execution and results.
The awards highlight campaigns that demonstrate clear thinking and measurable
impact across a range of sectors.
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