MADISON – Over 40 Wisconsin manufacturers have been selected as finalists for the 37th Annual Manufacturer of the Year (MOTY) Awards. The MOTY program, sponsored by Baker Tilly, Michael Best & Fredrich LLP, and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), recognizes the state’s top manufacturers of all sectors and sizes for innovations, philanthropy, technological advances, commitment to customer satisfaction and the quality jobs they create.
The program highlights manufacturing as the state’s top industry, employing 1 in 6 Wisconsin workers and generating $73.7 billion in economic output each year. The finalists represent the diversity and power of Wisconsin’s manufacturing industry and its wide-reaching impact.
Four Grand Award winners will be recognized for their impeccable performance across all benchmarks. This year, the program organizers have also launched a Spotlight Award track to recognize specialized excellence in a specific benchmark. Spotlight Awards will be awarded in four categories: Business Resilience & Growth, Community Impact & Investment, Excellence in Product & Process Innovation, and Commitment to Workforce.
The 37th Annual Manufacturer of the Year Award finalists:
- Alto-Shaam, Inc. – Menomonee Falls
- AMPCO METAL Inc. – Sturtevant
- Aries Industries, Inc. – Waukesha
- Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC – Arcadia
- Bassett Inc. – Kaukauna
- Bell Laboratories, Inc. – Windsor
- Blended Waxes, Inc. – Oshkosh
- Brakebush Brothers Inc. – Westfield
- Custom Fabricating & Repair, Inc. – Marshfield
- Dairy State Cheese LLC – Rudolph
- Drylock Technologies, Ltd – Eau Claire
- E.K. Machine Co., Inc. – Fall River
- Eaton Corporation – Waukesha
- Eck Industries, Inc. – Manitowoc
- Eli Lilly – Pleasant Prairie
- Endres Manufacturing Company – Waunakee
- Everbrite, LLC – Greenfield
- Fraser Industries LLC – Superior
- Gamber-Johnson LLC – Stevens Point
- Generac Holdings Inc. – Waukesha
- Imperial Industries, Inc. – Rothschild
- Inland Label & Marketing Services, LLC – La Crosse
- IPMF, LLC (dba NaturPak) – Janesville
- Kapco Inc. – Grafton
- Kenosha Metal Products – Pleasant Prairie
- Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co. – Wausau
- Lemke Industrial Machine LLC – Marathon City
- M2S Group (Material and Science Solutions) – Appleton
- Milwaukee Tool – Brookfield
- Omnia Wood Products LLC (DBA Smokey Woods™) – Crivitz
- Radius Packaging – New Berlin
- Reader Precision Solutions, Inc. – Elkhorn
- Redline Plastics – Manitowoc
- Robinson, Inc. – De Pere
- Royle Printing Co. – Sun Prairie
- Sentry Equipment Corp. – Oconomowoc
- Spacesaver Corporation – Fort Atkinson
- Spark Ops Metalworks LLC – Fond du Lac
- Steele Solutions – South Milwaukee
- The Lawton Standard Co. – De Pere
- VARC – Viroqua
An independent panel of judges – made up of trusted leaders from Wisconsin’s manufacturing, education, and business communities – will carefully review every application and select winners, which will be announced at a black-tie ceremony on February 19 at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. Additional information can be found online at www.wimoty.com.
