Managing Automation Media Announces Winners of the 2009 PM100
Winners to be honored at the Progressive Manufacturing Awards Gala June 11, 2009 at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota, FL
NEW YORK, NY, March 10, 2009 - Managing Automation Media, a Thomas Publishing Company, LLC publication, has announced the Winners of its fifth annual Pr ogr essi ve Manufacturing 100 Awards. The PM100 recognizes 100 projects that have achieved distinction in at least one of the eight core disciplines defined by Managing Automation Media as critical to business success in the years ahead. These disciplines are: Business Model Mastery, Customer Mastery, Supply Network Mastery, Data & Integration Mastery, Innovation Mastery, Training & Education Mastery, Leadership and Operational Excellence.
An independent judging panel chaired by David R. Brousell, Editor-in-Chief, Managing Automation Media, and Jeff Moad, Executive Editor, Managing Automation, reviewed project nominations. Judges included:
Award Winner)
Manufacturer of the Year)
Association of Manufacturers
The PM100 Winners will be honored and presented with their awards at the Progressive Manufacturing Awards Gala to be held on the last day of the Progressive Manufacturing Summit 2009: Redefining the Business of Manufacturing in Turbulent Economic Times, June 9-11, at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Florida. More than 200 manufacturing technology executives are expected to attend. In addition to presenting the awards to the PM 100 Winners, Managing Automation Media will announce at the Gala Dinner High Ach i ever s and Sub-Category Winners in each of the 8 disciplines as well as the 2009 Progressive Manufacturers of the Year at both a large and small company.
"We look forward to recognizing and celebrating our Winners in front of an audience of their peers across all facets of manufacturing at the Progressive Manufacturing Summit in Sarasota this June," said Managing Automation Media Publisher Heather Holst-Knudsen. "In these challenging times, innovators and progressive manufacturers will be among the best positioned to capitalize on a shifting landscape, both in the US and globally."
The 2009 PM100 Winners are:
Alcoa, Inc.
Amcor Ltd.
ASML
ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.
Automation Engineering Corp. (winner for 5 separate projects)
Automation Federation
Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Corp.
Batesville Casket Co. (winner for
2 separate projects)
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
BigBelly Solar
Bosch Rexroth AG
BrassCraft Manufacturing Co.
Bridge Publications, Inc.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Brocade Communications
Systems Inc.
Capral Aluminum Ltd.
Card-Monroe Corp.
Catalina Lighting, Inc.
Chevron Corp.
chocolate potpourri ltd.
Chrysler LLC
CNH Global N.V.
Columbus Foods
CrystalTech
Custom Cupboards
Donghee Industrial Co. Ltd.
Double H Plastics Inc.
The Dow Chemical Co. (winner
for 2 separate projects)
Dream it. Do it.
DriWater, Inc.
Emerson Network Power
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Genentech, Inc.
General Mills, Inc.
Golden Grain Energy, LLC
Graphic West Packaging
Machinery, LLC
Graphicast Inc.
Grayling Industries
Haskel International
IGT
Juice Harvest Corp.
Key Technology, Inc.
KLA-Tencor Corp.
L'Oréal
Lance, Inc.
Livingston & Haven
Lowepro USA
Mack Molding
Magnet Product Design &
Development
Maibec Inc.
Masco Corp.
McLaren Electronic Systems
Mercury Marine
Metalsa
Metrolina Greenhouses Inc.
MicroStrain, Inc.
Mohawk Fine Papers Inc.
Motorola, Inc.
New Belgium Brewing Co.
New Process Gear
Next Intent
Nobel Biocare
Nordson Corp.
OKAY Industries, Inc.
Organic Valley Family of Farms
Paper Island
Pfizer, Inc.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Radar Industries, Inc.
Rain CII Carbon LLC
Rieter Automotive Systems
Rodgers Instruments LLC
Royal Dutch Shell plc
Sanmina-SCI Corp.
Sasol Ltd.
Sauer-Danfoss
Savage Sports Corp.
Severstal Wheeling Inc.
SKF USA Inc.
Solaicx
The Solaria Corp.
Spring Air
Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures
Symetrics Industries, LLC
Tennant Co.
Toshiba America Medical
Systems, Inc.
TVS Motor Co.
Unirac Inc.
Utah Stamping Co.
VIBCO
Viracon, Inc.
VirTex Assembly Services, Inc.
Weston Bakeries Limited
"In the face of one of the worst economic downturns in history, these winning companies dramatically underscore how the manufacturing industry will not only get through this period but emerge in an even stronger position once a recovery takes hold," said David R. Brousell, Editor-in-Chief of Managing Automation Media. "The projects that enabled these companies to become PM100 winners reflect great creativity and inventiveness, a determined willingness to take risk, and an enduring resilience to continually improve every aspect of their business. These companies are leading the way to a better future for all industry."
About Managing Automation Media
Managing Automation Media, a division of Thomas Publishing Company, LLC, provides a complete set of decision-support informational tools for executives and technology decision-makers at progressive manufacturers - companies that are using information and automation technologies to transform their businesses and create a sustainable competitive advantage. In North America with Managing Automation, and now also in EMEA with Manufacturing Executive, they deliver access to the most influential decisionmakers in manufacturing. Additional information can be found at managingautomationmedia.com.
