PMA Names Winners of 2013 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming.

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Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) announced winners of 2013 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming, which recognize standards of achievement set by metalforming industry in areas of design, safety, training and education, process control, quality, and productivity. Winners, honored with special plaque, commemorative flag, and cash prize on November 17 during 2013 FABTECH tradeshow in Chicago, IL, will be featured in December 2013 issue of MetalForming magazine.



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2013 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming Announced



CLEVELAND, OH—The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) has announced the winners of its 2013 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming.  Presented annually, the awards recognize the high standards of achievement set by the metalforming industry in the areas of design, safety, training and education, process control, quality and productivity.



Winners were honored with a special plaque, commemorative flag and a cash prize on November 17, 2013, during the FABTECH tradeshow in Chicago, IL, and will be featured in the December 2013 issue of MetalForming magazine.



PMA applauds the achievements of this year’s winners, who have dedicated themselves to continuous improvement of their products and services:



Higgins-Caditz Design Award

Diemasters Manufacturing, Inc.

Elk Grove Village, IL



Link Systems Process Control Award 

Ramcel Engineering Company

Northbrook, IL



Pitcher Insurance Agency Safety Award

American Roll Formed Products

Painesville, OH



Waukesha® Metal Products Excellence in Quality Award

Pentaflex, Inc.

Springfield, OH



Zierick Manufacturing Corporation Productivity Award

Pentaflex, Inc.

Springfield, OH



A.R. Hedberg Training and Education Award

Pridgeon & Clay, Inc.

Grand Rapids, MI



Clips & Clamps Industries Educational Institution Award (2 winners)

Hennepin Technical College

Minneapolis, MN

and

Southwestern Illinois College

Granite City, IL



For more information about PMA’s Awards of Excellence in Metalforming, please visit www.pma.org/awards.



PMA is the full-service trade association representing the $113-billion metalforming industry of North America—the industry that creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating, spinning, slide forming and roll forming technologies, and other value-added processes.  Its nearly 900 member companies also include suppliers of equipment, materials and services to the industry.  PMA leads innovative member companies toward superior competitiveness and profitability through advocacy, networking, statistics, the PMA Educational Foundation, FABTECH and METALFORM Mexico tradeshows, and MetalForming and Fabricating Product News magazines.

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