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MOTY Award Winners to be Revealed February 25, 2010
December 14, 2009, Madison – Forty Wisconsin businesses have been nominated for the 22nd Annual Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Awards (MOTY) for outstanding achievements in manufacturing, the sponsors announced today.
The MOTY Awards recognize Wisconsin companies that demonstrate a commitment to business excellence which has a positive impact on the company and the state, making Wisconsin a better place to live, work and play. Winners will be announced at a black-tie awards dinner and program on Thursday, February 25, 2010, at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.
The Grand Awards are categorized based on employee count; small, medium, large and mega. Each company is evaluated in areas such as financial growth or consistency, technological advances, product development, environmental solutions, operational excellence/continuous improvement, commitment to employees, and effective research and development. Returning for a second year is the Grand Award for Sustainability, which will be presented to the manufacturer who has demonstrated a commitment to and successfully implemented sustainable manufacturing practices that are environmentally and economically sound.
An independent panel of judges, with representatives from business, education, government and the media, selects the 2009 Manufacturer of the Year Award winners. More information about the Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Awards program can be found at http://www.wimoty.com.
2009 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award Nominees:
City – Company – Category
Beaver Dam – Northwoods Paper Converting, Inc. – Small
Beloit – Frito Lay, Inc. – Mega & Sustainability
Black River Falls – D&S Manufacturing – Medium
Chilton – Kaytee Products Incorporated – Large
Chippewa Falls – Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC – Medium & Sustainability
Chippewa Falls – Spectrum Industries Inc. – Medium
Edgerton – Edgerton Gear, Inc. – Small
Fond du Lac – Natural Stone Veneers International, Inc. – Small
Germantown – Cambridge Major Laboratories, Inc. – Medium
Germantown – KLH Industries, Inc. – Small
Germantown – Plastic Components, Inc. – Medium
Green Bay – Sanimax Industries, Inc. – Mega
Green Bay – WS Packaging Group, Inc. – Mega & Sustainability
Greenville – Fox Valley Spring Company – Small
Janesville – Coextruded Plastic Technologies, LLC – Small
Juneau – Animix LLC – Small
La Crosse – Main Street Ingredients, LLC – Medium
La Crosse – WalzCraft Industries, Inc. – Medium & Sustainability
Ladysmith – 5R Processors Ltd. – Medium
Manitowoc – The Manitowoc Co. Inc. – Cranes Division – Mega
Manitowoc – Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Company, Inc. – Large
Mayville – Mayville Engineering Company Inc. (MEC) – Mega & Sustainability
Medford – HWD Acquisition, Inc. d/b/a Hurd Windows & Doors – Large
Mequon – General Metal Works Corp. (GenMet) – Small
Middleton – Standard Imaging, Inc. – Sustainability
Milwaukee – American Signal Corporation – Small
Milwaukee – Derse Inc. – Large & Sustainability
Monroe – Klondike Cheese Co. – Small
Nashotah – Dickten Masch Plastics, LLC – Medium
Neenah – Veolia ES, Special Services, Inc – Large
New Berlin – ABB, Inc. – Mega & Sustainability
Oconomowoc – Sentry Equipment Corp. – Medium & Sustainability
Osceola – Northwire, Inc. – Medium & Sustainability
Oshkosh – Oshkosh Corporation – Defense Division – Mega
Plymouth – Sargento Foods Inc. – Mega
Shawano – Genex Cooperative, Inc., a subsidiary of Cooperative Resources International – Mega
Sheboygan – American Orthodontics Corporation – Large
Sussex – Power Test Incorporated – Small
Waukesha – Generac Power Systems Inc. – Mega
West Allis – Solaris, Inc. – Small
The MOTY Awards Program is co-sponsored by Michael Best and Friedrich LLP, a preeminent Midwest-based law firm; Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP, the nation’s 13th largest accounting and advisory firm; and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the state’s largest business association.
