Meet the 2021 Winners
Individual Honorees:- Strategic Leadership Award – Stuart Benton, CEO and President, Bradford Soap Works
- Manufacturing Champion – Karl Wadensten, CEO and President, VIBCO (read a related case study on a successful VIBCO continuous improvement project)
- Lumetta Inc., for Overall Excellence at a Small Manufacturer
- National Marker Co., for Overall Excellence at a Mid-size Manufacturer
- Amgen Inc., for Overall Excellence at an Enterprise Manufacturer
- Alcor Scientific, for Excellence in Product Innovation & Design
- AVTECH Software Inc., for Excellence in Exporting
- Colonial Mills Inc., for Excellence in Lean Management
- Eco Global Manufacturing, for Family-Owned Business
- Finlay Extracts & Ingredients USA Inc., for Excellence in Safety Performance & Records
- Bradford Soap Works, for Excellence in Green Manufacturing
- Vitae Industries, for Emerging Manufacturer
- William M. Davies Jr. Career & Technical High School, for Collaboration in Manufacturing
- Amerisewn, for Excellence in Workforce Development & Productivity
- G-Form, for Publisher’s Choice Award for Innovation Adaptation



