Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year: 2014 award nominees announced

Contact:

Katy Pettersen, (608) 661-6916

2014 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award Nominees Announced

39 companies nominated

Madison – Thirty-nine Wisconsin manufacturers have been nominated for the 2014 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year awards.

Celebrating its 27th year, the MOTY program recognizes a diverse array of manufacturers of all sizes and sectors of the economy for their paramount economic contributions to the great state of Wisconsin. A total of five Grand Award winners will be chosen: four in categories based on company size, and one for being an exceptional example to all in inventing and implementing innovative workforce development best practices.

2014 Nominees

Alliance Laundry Systems LLC – Ripon;
Ameriquip Corporation – Kiel;
Apache Stainless Equipment Corporation – Beaver Dam;
Didion Milling, Inc. – Johnson Creek;
E.K. Machine Co. Inc. – Fall River;
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery – Ellsworth;
EmbedTek, LLC – Hartland;
Empire Screen Printing, Inc. – Onalaska;
EVCO Plastics – DeForest;
Fox River Fiber Company, LLC – De Pere;
Gamber-Johnson LLC – Stevens Point;
General Plastics, Inc. – Milwaukee;
Global Finishing Solutions LLC – Osseo;
Grede Holdings LLC – Southfield;
Green Bay Packaging Inc. – Green Bay;
Hatco Corporation – Milwaukee;
HUSCO International, Inc. – Waukesha;
Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc. – Wausau;
MEGTEC Systems, Inc. – De Pere;
MGS Mfg. Group, Inc. – Germantown;
N.E.W. Plastics Corp – Luxemburg;
Nicolet Plastics, Inc. – Mountain;
Orion Labels LLC – Seymour;
Plank Enterprises, Inc. – Eau Claire;
Plexus Corp. – Neenah;
Seats, Incorporated – Reedsburg;
Services Plus, Inc. – Green Bay;
Signicast LLC – Hartford;
Spectrum Industries, Inc. – Chippewa Falls;
Super Steel LLC – Milwaukee;
Tenere, Inc. – Dresser;
TLX Technologies, LLC – Pewaukee;
Trostel, Ltd. – Lake Geneva;
Universal Acoustic & Emission Technologies – Stoughton;
Vargo Tool & Die, Inc. – Marinette;
Visual Impressions, Inc. – Milwaukee;
Waukesha Metal Products, LLC – Sussex;
Winsert, Inc. – Marinette;
Wisconsin Metal Parts, Inc – Waukesha;

The accounting and advisory firm of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, the law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, and the business association Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce sponsor the annual MOTY awards program. The sponsors will celebrate the nominees and reveal the winners at a ceremony February 26, 2015, at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.

Additional information and can be found online at www.wimoty.com or by calling (800) 362-7301.