The National Association of Manufacturers’ Manufacturing Leadership Council recognizes these world-class manufacturing companies and individual leaders as winners of the Manufacturing Leadership Awards.

2022 ML Award Winners

Manufacturing Leader of the Year

  • Dr. Albert Bourla, Pfizer Inc.

Manufacturer of the Year (Small-Medium Enterprise)

  • Protolabs

Manufacturer of the Year (Large Enterprise)

  • Anheuser-Busch InBev

Project Winners

(* – Denotes High Achiever, or highest scoring project in each category)

AI and Machine Learning

  • A.O. Smith Corporation
  • Albemarle Corporation
  • Anheuser Busch InBev (AB InBev) – Utilities Consumption Reduction with AI Engine (SORBA)*
  • AUO Corporation – AU Optronics Smart Factory – L5C Case Factory
  • Corning Incorporated – Product Quality through Automated Vision and Deep Learning
  • Corning Incorporated – Finishing Process Data Analytic Platform Based on Sheet Resume Traceability Data System
  • Corteva Agriscience – Agricultural Product Manufacturing Improvement via Advanced Analytics
  • Ford Motor Company – AI Applied to E-Connectors Not Fully Home Detection
  • Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group – SmartSearch
  • General Electric Renewable Energy
  • Hino Motors Manufacturing, USA
  • Lexmark – Lexmark Optra Edge AI Offering to Streamline Lexmark Printer Manufacturing Complexity
  • Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
  • Repsol
  • Seagate Technology
  • Shell – Chemicals and Products

Collaborative Ecosystems

  • Advanced Manufacturing International (AMI)
  • BAE Systems
  • Dunlop Protective Footwear
  • Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group – Transforming IT and OT at Roche and Genentech to Accelerate the Journey Towards a Digital Manufacturing Network
  • Hitachi Energy
  • Lexmark – Expanding Lexmark’s Circular Economy Opportunities
  • Lockheed Martin – The “Voice of the Machine” at Lockheed Martin
  • MxD – Digital Twins for Process Manufacturing: Open Architecture
  • Protolabs*
  • Schneider Electric – EcoStruxure Automation Expert
  • Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Digital Network Connectivity

  • Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) – Structured Analysis of Downtime and Asset Performance Management Tool (AODS)*
  • AUO Corporation – Whisper from the Robots – How AUO Finds Opportunities with AIoT
  • CertainTeed LLC – CertainTeed FaCTory+ Program
  • Johnson & Johnson – E2E Supply Chain Control Tower
  • Merck & Co., Inc. – Utilities Analytics at Merck & Co. – Unlocking the Potential of our BAS Data
  • Nexteer Automotive – Nexteer Traceability MES

Digital Supply Chains

  • Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • Dow Inc. – Global Digital Trade Facilitation Program*
  • General Motors – General Motors’ Build Shy Initiative to Protect Our Customers
  • IBM Corporation – Agility During Disruption – Managing Supplier and Inbound Activity
  • Johnson & Johnson – Advance Case Management Digital Case Coordination
  • Lexmark – Lexmark ShortStop: A Supply Chain Digital Twin for Navigating Crisis
  • Merck & Co., Inc. – Merck Digital Logistics
  • Pfizer

Engineering and Production Technology

  • Applied Medical – In-House Metal Injection Molding
  • Chart Industries, Inc. – Chart Industries China ISO Capability Expansion
  • CNH Industrial
  • Ford Motor Company – High Complexity Line Troubleshooting Simplification Using Visualization Concept
  • General Motors – Factory ZERO: GM’s Launchpad to an All-Electric Future*
  • Maxion Wheels – Maxion Wheels Uses Industry 4.0 Tools to Reduce Manufacturing Cycle Time and Scrap
  • Kenworth Truck Company – Henrob Error Proofing – Chillicothe
  • Kenworth Truck Company – Kenworth Paint Facility
  • Kenworth Truck Company – Electrostatic Paint Gun Touch Up Facility
  • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics – Visual Verification for Aircraft Assembly
  • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics – Automated Fastener Fill System
  • MxD – Pathfinder Phase I: Securing 3D Printers in Manufacturing
  • National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining – Low Cost Reduced Range Practice Rockets – LCRRPR
  • National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining – High Performance Additive Manufacturing Thermoplastics
  • Peterbilt Motors Company – Structural Fastening Equipment Modernization
  • VIRTEX
  • Webasto Americas

Enterprise Integration and Technology

  • Bergin Fruit & Nut Company Inc.
  • Clarios
  • Corning Incorporated – M4.0 Framework
  • Flex – Facilitating the Production of the World’s Most Complex Product with the Evolution of a Smart Factory*
  • Ford Motor Company – Machine Event Cycletime Monitoring (MECM)
  • Intertape Polymer Group
  • Johnson & Johnson – Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain SMART Factory*
  • Merck & Co., Inc. – Merck Animal Health Presents: The Next Generation of Biopharmaceutical Data Analytics
  • Nexteer Automotive – Nexteer Digital Process Data Monitor
  • Spice World, LLC
  • The Hershey Company
  • Whirlpool Corporation – Project Tracking System (PET)
  • Worthington Industries
  • Zebra Technologies Corporation

Operational Excellence

  • ACP Solutions Inc.
  • Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) – AI Digital Workforce and Knowledge Share Platform (Acadia + DeepHow)*
  • Applied Medical – Custom Electronic Device History Record (eDHR) Application with Iris Scanning Technology
  • Big Ass Fans
  • Chart Industries, Inc. – Chart Industries Teddy Trailer Revamp
  • Chart Industries, Inc. – Tulsa Flex Facility
  • Cooley Group – Cooley Creates Digital Thread to Optimize Manufacturing Performance in Real Time
  • Corteva Agriscience – Isoclast™ Capacity Expansion and Yield Improvement Project
  • Flex – The LISA Line Stop Assistant: Putting Employees at the Center of Efficient Operations
  • Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group – Genentech Vacaville Facility Programming
  • GM Defense, LLC
  • Maxion Wheels – Maxion Wheels Improves Fallout with Track and Trace Digitalization System
  • Peterbilt Motors Company – Peterbilt Offline Priority Dashboard
  • Procter & Gamble – Integrated Work System 5.0
  • Smithfield Foods, Inc. – Innovation Effort at Smithfield’s Cudahy Facility Achieves Operational Excellence
  • Starkey
  • Synthomer
  • The Raymond Corporation
  • Whirlpool Corporation – Global Kaizen Power Pitch

Sustainability and the Circular Economy

  • AUO Corporation – Meet the Water Drop for 27 Times in AUO*
  • CertainTeed, LLC – Leveraging Operational Efficiency to Solve for Sustainability and Circular Economy
  • Cooley Group – Cooley’s Energy Conservation Projects Drive to Net Zero Waste
  • Corteva Agriscience – Advanced Technology for Successful Reklemel™ Active Ingredient Product Manufacture
  • Dow Inc. – Dow St. Charles Operations Hydrogen Optimization and Carbon Reduction
  • Flex – Advancing Sustainability with Ambitious Goals and Across Value Chain Partnerships
  • Hologic Inc.
  • IBM Corporation – Empowering Sustainability, One Supply Chain at a Time … from Development to Fulfillment to Services
  • Ingersoll Rand
  • Maxion Wheels – Maxion Wheels Reduces Carbon Footprint with Online Utilities Monitoring
  • Morgan Advanced Materials
  • Procter & Gamble – P&G SKII Manufacturing to Net Zero
  • Pure & Gentle, Inc.
  • Saudi Aramco – Energy Intensity Reduction at Multiple Gas-Oil Separation Plants through Innovative Patents and Energy Management Program
  • Saudi Aramco – Zero-Flaring Invention to Boost Production from Low-Pressure Oil Wells and Revival of Dead Wells
  • Schneider Electric – Leveraging Energy Efficiency and Circular Economy to Enhance Sustainability
  • Smithfield Foods, Inc. – How Smithfield Foods’ Renewables Projects are Achieving its Net Zero Goals

Transformational Cultures

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne
  • ALOM Technologies*
  • Benchmark
  • Cooley Group – Cooley Breaks Down Traditional Power Structures to Empower All Employees to Create Change
  • General Mills, Inc.
  • General Motors – Factory ZERO: Driving EVolution on the AVenue of Engagement
  • Greene Tweed
  • IBM Corporation – Citizen Data Scientist: Next Gen Drivers of Transformation
  • MxD –  Advantages and Barriers to Smart Manufacturing for Medical Products
  • Oracle
  • Peterbilt Motors Company – Safety Program Improvements
  • WCCO Belting, Inc.

Editor’s Choice Award

Flex – LISA Line Stop Assistant

Individual Winners

Digital Transformation Leadership

  • Catherine Briley, Cooley Group
  • Cornelia Coles, Johnson & Johnson
  • Michael Everly, Renfro Brands
  • Matthew Fabrizio, Greene Tweed
  • Mike Gerlach, 3M
  • Ethan Hill, Greene Tweed
  • Brent Railey, Chevron Phillips Chemical
  • Jeff Skarda, Kimberly-Clark North America
  • Jessica Spurlock, Rubberlite, Inc.
  • Jeffrey R. Tazelaar, Dow Inc.
  • Bharatbhushan Virmani, Schneider Electric
  • Brian White, BAE Systems
  • Jon Wilk, CompoSecure, L.L.C.
  • Joan Yeo Lay Him, IBM Corporation

Next-Generation Leadership

  • Blaise Nugent, Ford Motor Company
  • Daniel Shrives, Saint-Gobain
  • Danielle Renham, WCCO Belting, Inc.
  • Gorashi Gorashi, Genentech, Inc.
  • Hayley Dwight, Cooley Group
  • Katelyn Kelsey, Dow Inc.
  • Martin Daniel Jimenez Rodriguez, IBM Corporation
  • Nate Aguilar, Starkey
  • Sarah Walworth, Webasto Americas
  • Wildaline Serin, MxD

Partner Winners

  • Advanced Technology Services
  • AVEVA
  • Dassault Systèmes
  • ECI Software
  • FORCAM
  • IoTco
  • L2L
  • NTT DATA, Inc.
  • Oro, Inc.
  • Predictronics
  • Seeq
  • Ultra Consultants

2021 ML Award Winners

Manufacturing Leader of the Year

Given to the medical supply, biomed and pharmaceutical manufacturing sectors, as well as all frontline manufacturing workers, in recognition of their tremendous efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Manufacturer of the Year (Small-Medium Enterprise)

  • Hologic Inc.

Manufacturer of the Year (Large Enterprise)

  • Dow, Inc.

Project Winners

(* – Denotes High Achiever, or highest-scoring project in each category)

Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics Leadership

  • Cisco Systems – Cisco’s Data & Analytics Office Brings AI to Life All Across Cisco
  • Cisco Systems – Component Quality Early Sensing Platform
  • CNH Industrial
  • HELLA
  • IBM Corporation – Manufacturing Quality Inspection with AI and Edge Computing*
  • MacLean-Fogg
  • Merck & Co., Inc. – Automated Vision Inspection Platform
  • NCDMM – Joint Additive Manufacturing Model Exchange – JAMMEX

Collaborative Innovation Leadership

  • Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) – COVID-19 Response: Infrastructure for Good
  • Flex – A Mask-Making Journey
  • IBM Corporation – IBM Customer Solution Center NYC Department of Education Remote Learning Enablement
  • Johnson & Johnson – Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain Wearables Smart Glasses
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals – COVID-19 Response Team
  • Merck & Co., Inc. – DigInnovate Community
  • Roche and Genentech – Rapid Technical Transfer*
  • Roche and Genentech – Continuing Pharma Manufacturing When the World Stopped
  • VIRTEX

Engineering and Production Technology Leadership

  • Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) – Project Segue*
  • Corteva Agriscience – Pyraxalt Active Product Manufacturing & Process Optimization
  • Dana
  • Ford Motor Company – In-Station Process Control for Gear Machining Processes
  • Ford Motor Company – 2D Laser Profiling for High-Speed CNC Compensation
  • General Motors*
  • Johnson & Johnson – Ethicon Digital Surgery Molded Components
  • Kenworth Truck Company – Tension Control Tooling Improvement
  • Kenworth Truck Company – Sealed Beam Headlamp Aimer
  • Lexmark International
  • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics – F35 Seal Frame Accelerated Cure Project
  • NCDMM – Conformal Fan Duct Heat Exchangers for Engine Thermal Management Systems
  • Peterbilt Motors Company – Paint Air Ladder Calibration Project
  • PULS GmbH
  • SAUDI ARAMCO

Enterprise Integration Technology Leadership

  • Array Technologies
  • Cisco Systems – Hardware Failure Prediction
  • Dow Inc. – Dow Manufacturing 4.0*
  • Flex – Utilizing Simulation in Manufacturing
  • Ford Motor Company – Ford Teams with Drishti for Process Improvements in Manual Assembly
  • IBM Corporation – Embracing Complexity, a Compass to Digital Transformation
  • Merck & Co., Inc.- Remote Assist
  • MxD – MxD Cyber Box
  • Nexteer Automotive
  • Rapid Turn Laser & Machine LLC
  • Xenith

Industrial Internet of Things Leadership

  • Dow Inc. – Accelerating Innovation in Instrumentation and Sensors at Dow Texas Operations
  • Intertape Polymer Group – Operational Excellence Through Digital Transformation*
  • Maxion Wheels
  • MxD – MxD Cyber Platform

Operational Excellence Leadership

  • ADAC Automotive
  • Bridge Publications Inc.
  • Church & Dwight
  • Comez International s.r.l. – a Jakob Mueller company
  • Corteva Agriscience – Spinetoram Active Insecticide
  • Excel Connection
  • Flex – Ventilator Production
  • Geico Taikisha
  • General Mills
  • Iochpe-Maxion S.A.
  • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics – Aircraft Optical Network Diagnostic System*
  • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics – Wireless Harness Automated Measurement System
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals – Packaging Process Improvement
  • NCDMM – Manufacturing Technology for Complex Missile Seekers (JAGM CMS)
  • Peterbilt Motors Company – Engine Trim Error Proofing
  • The Raymond Corporation

Supply Chain Leadership

  • ALOM
  • Central Garden & Pet
  • Corning Incorporated*
  • Dow Inc. – E2E Business Planning Program
  • Hologic Inc. – Supply Chain: Impacting Lives, Every Day
  • Johnson & Johnson – Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Transformation
  • Roche and Genentech – Unlocking Manufacturing Network Capacity at Roche and Genentech

Sustainability Leadership

  • Corteva Agriscience – Advanced Technology for Successful Rinskor Active Ingredient Product Manufacture
  • FloraCraft
  • Intertape Polymer Group – Incorporating Sustainability into Lean Manufacturing Production System
  • Owens Corning*
  • Peterbilt Motors Company – Paint Emissions Reduction
  • Protolabs
  • Pure & Gentle

Talent Management Leadership

  • Essentra
  • Hologic Inc. – Building a Talent Management System for a 4.0 Medical Device Company in Costa Rica*
  • MxD – MxD’s Hiring Guide: Cybersecurity in Manufacturing

Individual Winners

Digital Transformation Leadership

  • Maria Martinez, Cisco Systems
  • Dave Evans, Fictiv
  • Billy B. Bardin, Dow Inc.
  • Veronica Gutierrez Magallanes, IBM Corporation
  • Raja Shembekar, Denso
  • Jayendran Sundararaman, Intertape Polymer Group
  • Jeff Gleeson, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Next-Generation Leadership

  • Kasia Karimee Garcia Bracho, IBM Corporation
  • Katherine Duggan, Dow Inc.
  • Jonathan Jones, Corteva Agriscience
  • Katia Valenzuela, MxD

Partner Winners

  • Ceridian
  • Dassault Systèmes
  • Drishti
  • ECI Software Solutions
  • EPSoft Technologies
  • Ernst & Young LLC
  • iBASEt
  • KBMax
  • Leading2Lean
  • Logility
  • Markforged
  • Paperless Parts
  • Predictronics

2020 ML Award Winners

The National Association of Manufacturers’ Manufacturing Leadership Council recognizes these world-class manufacturing companies and individual leaders as winners of the 2020 Manufacturing Leadership Awards. Companies with project names listed were winners of multiple awards.

Manufacturing Leader of the Year

  • Gerald Johnson, General Motors

Manufacturer of the Year (Small-Medium Enterprise)

  • Humtown Products

Manufacturer of the Year (Large Enterprise)

  • Corteva Agriscience

Project Winners

Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics Leadership

  • BAE Systems
  • Cisco Systems (Adaptive Calibration)
  • Cisco Systems (Predicting Known Issues)
  • Clif Bar & Company (Visual Bakery: Transforming Manufacturing Data Into Action)
  • Ford Motor Company (AI Vision System to Detect Panel Defects)
  • General Motors Company (Transforming Automotive Stamping with Industrial AI)
  • Linde
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation (F-35 Augmented Reality Shop Floor Mobility)
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation (Sustainment Affordability & Innovation)
  • MxD (The Model-Based Feature Information Network (MFIN))

Collaborative Innovation Leadership

  • CNH Industrial (Mixed Reality Parametric Environment for Product Development (MR4PD))
  • Cooley Group (Cooley Group “Team of Teams” Collaboration Model)
  • IBM (Epic Collaborative Innovation)
  • Merck & Co., Inc. (Securing Our Products: Digital Fingerprinting)
  • Protolabs
  • Western Digital

Engineering and Production Technology Leadership

  • Allegion
  • The Boeing Company (Airplane Customer Passenger Layout Arrangements Optimization Visualization and Engineering (CLOVER))
  • Centerline (Windsor) Limited
  • Florim, USA, Inc.
  • Humtown Products (Commercialization of 3D Printing in the Metal Casting Industry)
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation (Mobile Robotic Drilling Solutions)
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (Hobart Packaging Serialization Project)
  • Merck & Co., Inc. (Biotech Factory of the Future)
  • NCDMM (On Tool Inspection of Automated Composite Material Placement)
  • NCDMM (A5 – Advanced Automation for Agile Aerospace Applications)
  • PACCAR – Kenworth (PACCAR Axle Trim Efficiency Improvement)
  • Rauland, a Division of AMETEK
  • Saudi Aramco Oil Company (Smart Demulsifier Control & Optimization)
  • Siemens Energy Inc.
  • Webasto Roof Systems, Inc.

Enterprise Integration Technology Leadership

  • Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation
  • Flex LTD (Automated Global KPIs for Flex Manufacturing)
  • Ford Motor Company (Symbiotic Simulation in the Automotive Sector)
  • Hausbeck Pickles & Peppers
  • IBM (Migrating Supply Chain Quality Management Workload to Cloud)
  • Logan Aluminum
  • Tuff Shed
  • VIRTEX

Industrial Internet of Things Leadership

  • CAMSO LOADSTAR – MTD
  • Cooley Group (Cooley Group Transforms Legacy Machinery into Smart Tech)
  • Grace Technologies (GraceSense™ Configurable IIoT Solution)
  • PADNOS
  • Titan International

Operational Excellence Leadership

  • BASF Corporation (Transformation of Prill Unit Through Continuous Improvement)
  • BASF Corporation (2EHA Production Rate Increase)
  • Bridge Publications Inc.
  • CNH Industrial (Forklift Simulator Using Virtual Reality Technology)
  • Corteva Agriscience (Arylex Active Production via Direct Coupling – Innovation for Manufacturing)
  • Dow Inc. (Experts Closer to the Machine)
  • Greene Tweed
  • Hologic Inc. (Building a Culture of Operational Excellence)
  • Johnson Controls
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (Hobart Packaging Changeover Improvements)
  • MSA – The Safety Company
  • PACCAR – Kenworth (SMART Tool Error Proofing System)
  • PACCAR – Kenworth (2.1M Finish Line)
  • Peterbilt Motors Company (Peterbilt Capacity Expansion)
  • Purple Innovations
  • The Raymond Corporation
  • Saint-Gobain Corporation (Saint-Gobain World-Class Manufacturing)
  • WCCO Belting, Inc.

Supply Chain Leadership

  • Amkor
  • Cisco Systems (Factory Quality Automation)
  • Corteva Agriscience (Corteva Agriscience Formulations & Packaging Asset Footprint Optimization)
  • Haggar Clothing Co.
  • Merck & Co., Inc. (Ask Julia)
  • MxD (Supply Chain Risk Alert)
  • NCDMM (AMNOW)
  • Oracle
  • Starkey Hearing Technologies
  • Tillamook County Creamery Association

Sustainability Leadership

  • The Boeing Company (Diverting Waste to Landfill While Upcycling Excess Airplane Carbon Fiber)
  • Clif Bar & Company (Setting a New Green Energy Standard with a Pollinator-Friendly Solar Farm)
  • Cooley Group (Cooley Group Converts Landfill Waste to Energy)
  • Corteva Agriscience (Advanced Technology for Successful Inatreq Active Product Manufacture)
  • Dow Inc. (Plastics Recycling into Pavement)
  • Flex Ltd. (Smartbin: Curbing Reverse Logistics Costs, Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions Through IoT)
  • Genentech, a Member of the Roche Group (Northern California Sustainability Impact (Oceanside VV, SSF))
  • Lexmark International, Inc.
  • Saint-Gobain Corporation (Saint-Gobain Sustainability WWE)
  • Saudi Aramco Oil Company (Conserving Scarce Resources through Vapor Compression Crystallization Water Treatment)
  • Smithfield Foods, Inc.
  • Trane Technologies (Achieving Operations Climate Commitment)

Talent Management Leadership

  • American Crane & Equipment Corporation
  • Amway Corporation
  • Genentech, a Member of the Roche Group (Manufacturing University, VV Production Services)
  • General Motors Company (General Motors Next-Generation Manufacturing System Support)
  • Grace Technologies (Grace’s Cultural Transformation)
  • Hologic Inc. (Building Manufacturing 4.0’s Workforce of the Future)
  • Humtown Products (Unleashing Human Potential)
  • IBM (IBM Supply Chain Mind-Facturing the Future)
  • Nexteer Automotive
  • Peterbilt Motors Company (Peterbilt Women’s Initiative (PBWIN))
  • RoyOMartin (RoyOMartin “I Believe”)
  • RoyOMartin (RoyOMartin Woodworks)
  • Trane Technologies (ReLaunch Your Engineering Career)

Individual Winners

Community Service Leadership

  • Jaime Gonzales Vallejo, Genentech, a Member of the Roche Group
  • Marjorie White, Dow Inc.

Digital Transformation Leadership

  • Miguel Danao, Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation
  • Priyanka Deva, IBM
  • Fernando Torres, Greene Tweed

Next-Generation Leadership

  • Drew Allen, Grace Technologies
  • Juan Banales, Corteva Agriscience
  • Katie Fayman, MxD
  • Arsenio L. Foster, Dow Inc.
  • Vienna Polanco, IBM
  • Burlan A. Sizemore, Saint-Gobain Corporation

Editor’s Choice Awards

  • Arconic (Howmet Aerospace)
  • Richards Industrials

Manufacturing Leadership Partner Award Winners

  • BDO USA, LLP
  • Birlasoft
  • Dassault Systèmes
  • FORCAM
  • Hitachi Vantara
  • Infosys
  • Leading2Lean
  • Logility
  • Oracle
  • Plex Systems
  • PTC
  • SAS Institute
  • Uptake

2019 ML Award Winners

Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Jim Davis

Manufacturing Leader of the Year

  • Ron Castro, IBM

Manufacturer of the Year (Small-Medium Enterprise)

  • LION-Vallen Industries

Manufacturer of the Year (Large Enterprise)

  • Merck

Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics Leadership

  • Cisco Systems, Inc. (The Fully-Connected Customer Experience)
  • Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute
  • General Mills
  • IBM (Augmented Intelligence for IBM Supply Chain)
  • Maxion Wheels
  • Northrop Grumman (Assembly Metadata Integration)

Collaborative Innovation Leadership

  • AGCO Corp.
  • BAE Systems
  • HP, Inc. (The Next Chapter in the Digital Industrial Revolution)
  • Samtec, Inc.
  • The Dow Chemical Company (Digital Centers)

Engineering and Production Technology Leadership

  • IBM Systems Hardware Design for Excellence Process)
  • Corteva Agriscience (Spinetoram Strain Improvement)
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (St. Louis Project Pinnacle – Chemistry & Facility Modernization)
  • Merck & Co., Inc. (3D Technologies: Where Physical meets Digital)
  • Northrop Grumman (Leveraging Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality and 3D Data Analytics to Improve Airframe Manufacturing Processes)
  • Northrop Grumman (​Analytics-Enabled Complex Assemblies)
  • Protolabs
  • Saint-Gobain North America (Saint-Gobain North America Stellar Factory Initiative)
  • The Dow Chemical Company (Dow Energy Systems Optimization for Improved Profitability)

Enterprise Integration Technology Leadership

  • Cisco Systems, Inc. (Footprint Blockchain)
  • Dynomax, Inc.
  • El Dorado Packaging
  • Flex (XR Stream Remote Assistance Augmented Reality Application)
  • Jabil
  • Lockheed Martin (Shop Floor Management at Lockheed Martin’s Smart Digital Factory)
  • Nexteer Automotive
  • Smithfield Foods, Inc. (Integrating and Streamlining Business Functions through Smithfield’s OneSAP Project)

Industrial Internet of Things Leadership

  • Jergens Industrial Supply
  • Kamco Industries, a Subsidiary of Kumi Kasei
  • Lockheed Martin (IIoT Shop Floor Dashboard Analytics Project)
  • Noble Plastics

Next-Generation Leadership

  • Callie Sher, Evanger’s Dog and Cat Food Company / NutriPack, LLC
  • Kristi Dunham, The Dow Chemical Company
  • Zohair Mehkri, Flex

Operational Excellence Leadership

  • Ambrell Corp.
  • Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
  • Bridge Publications, Inc.
  • Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cloud Maturity Model)
  • Gibbs Die Casting
  • Hologic, Inc. (Dimensions Test Transformation)
  • Latécoère
  • Lockheed Martin (C-130J Trim Fabrication Transformation)
  • Merck & Co., Inc. (Gardasil Vaccine – OpEx for Cancer Prevention)
  • Peterbilt Motors Co. (Safety Model Line)
  • Kenworth Division / PACCAR Inc. (Damage Reduction Initiative)
  • Rauland – Division of AMETEK
  • Starkey Hearing Technologies
  • The Boeing Company
  • Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (Synchron – Sell 1 Make 1 Procure)
  • Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (Six Weeks Delivery of Tractors to Export Market)
  • Vermeer Corp.

Supply Chain Leadership

  • Flex (Pulse – Intelligent Supply Chain Platform)
  • Flex (Integrated Product Development Model)
  • Ford Motor Company
  • General Electric
  • HP, Inc. (Reinventing HP with Multi Jet Fusion)
  • IBM (Infusing Blockchain in IBM Supply Chain)
  • Juniper Networks
  • Lexmark International, Inc.
  • LION, Inc.
  • Merck & Co., Inc. (Project Ivan)
  • Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (Collaborative Cost Re-Engineering Using Advanced Tools – PROSPERO)

Sustainability Leadership

  • Allegion
  • Cooley Group
  • Hologic, Inc.( Fostering Innovation for Sustainability)
  • Johnson Controls, Inc.
  • Oracle
  • Sinctronics
  • Smithfield Foods, Inc. (Leveraging Zero Waste to Landfill to Support Sustainability Goals)

Talent Management Leadership

  • Genentech, a Member of the Roche Group
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (Hobart Training Startegy Deployment)
  • Miller Fabrication Systems
  • Saint-Gobain North America (Essentials of Manufacturing)
  • The Dow Chemical Company (M&E Technical Talent Academy)
  • The Raymond Corp.

Visionary Leadership

  • James Knott, Jr., Riverdale Mills
  • Johnny Chavez, The Dow Chemical Company
  • Robb Misso, Dynamic Manufacturing Solutions
  • Ronald Castro, IBM

2018 ML Awards Winners

The Manufacturing Leadership Council recognizes these world-class manufacturing companies and individual leaders as winners of the 2018 Manufacturing Leadership Award.

Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Richard E. Morley

Manufacturing Leader of the Year

  • Peter Holicki

Manufacturer of the Year (Small-Medium Enterprise)

  • Universal Robots

Manufacturer of the Year (Large Enterprise)

  • IBM

Collaborative Innovation Leadership

  • Cisco Systems, Inc. (Customer Heat Map)
  • Dotson Iron Castings> HP Inc.
  • LAI International (BA Stator Segment Program)
  • MBX Systems
  • Universal Robots (UR+ Project)

Data & Analytics Leadership

  • Cisco Systems, Inc. (Software Failure Analysis)
  • IBM Corp. (Watson Approach to Optical Quality)
  • Lexmark International, Inc. (Overall Equipment Effectiveness Automation)
  • Merck & Company (Model Area – Zero Loss Project)
  • Micron Technology, Inc.
  • NXP Semiconductors N.V.

Engineering and Production Technology Leadership

  • Ford Motor Company (Scalable Powertrain Assembly Lines Enabled by Flexible Robotic Technology)
  • Herbalife Ltd.
  • IBM Corp. (Singapore Advanced Manufacturing (Industrie 4.0) Initiative)
  • Ichor Systems, Inc.
  • Kenworth Truck Company
  • Johnson Controls (AGM Capacity Expansion Project)
  • LAI International (IHI Sheath Expansion Project)
  • Lockheed Martin (AutoDrill Integration & Enhancement)
  • Lockheed Martin (Fastener Measurement Tool Project)
  • Merck & Company (Design, Evaluation, and Implementation of Single-Use Components for Ebola Zaire Vaccine Drug Substance Manufacturing)
  • Mercury Systems
  • Nexteer Automotive
  • RAMLAB
  • Rauland
  • Saudi Aramco (Demulsifier Dosing Automation Design Enhancement (Simplified Logic Injection Control (SLIC)
  • Saudi Aramco (Online Direct Conductivity and Online Single Solvent Salt-in-Crude Analyzers)
  • The Dow Chemical Company (Gulfstream Project)
  • Unity Scientific
  • University of New Hampshire – John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center
  • Virgin Orbit

Enterprise Integration Technology Leadership

  • AGM Container Controls, Inc.
  • AutolivAmbrell Corp.
  • Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
  • Commscope, Inc. (BeehiveNet)
  • CorvalentJBS USA
  • Johnson Controls (Enterprise IT Tools Supporting JCMS)
  • LAI International (Factory of the Future)
  • PACCAR Engine Company (Data Handling System)
  • Roche Tissue Diagnostics
  • Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd. (Digital Quality Management System)
  • Toshiba International Corp.
  • VirTex Enterprises

Industrial Internet of Things Leadership

  • Ford Motor Company (Traceability-Enabled Quality Data Tracking and Analysis Systems)
  • Bosch Mondeville, a Robert Bosch (France) factory
  • Senet, Inc.

Operational Excellence Leadership

  • BASF
  • Card-Monroe Corp.
  • Cisco Systems, Inc. (Universal Order Visibility & Delivery Excellence)
  • Fiat Chrysler Automobiles S.p.a.
  • Hologic, Inc. (Affirm Prone Biopsy Product Line Re-Layout)
  • Hologic, Inc. (Dimensions AWS Flex Line Kaizens)
  • Hologic, Inc. (Stepping Stones Towards Hologic Operational Excellence)
  • Johnson Controls (JCMS Deployment and Tyco Integration)
  • Lexmark International, Inc. (Technical Support Center (TSC) Lean Transformation)
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (True North Operational Excellence)
  • Protolabs> Saudi Aramco (Oilfield APC in a Conventional Oilfield)
  • Schlage de Mexico S. A de C. V.
  • Segway, Inc.
  • The Dow Chemical Company (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Robotic Platform Initiative)
  • The Raymond Corp.
  • Triumph International

Smart Products and Services Leadership

  • KPIT Technologies Ltd. (Integrated Intelligent Transport System)
  • Lexmark International, Inc. (Auto Configuration & Debrief Tool)
  • Lockheed Martin (Fiber Optic Quality System)
  • OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
  • Puls GmbH
  • Universal Robots (UR3, the UR5 and the UR10 Project)

Supply Chain Leadership

  • Baker Hughes, a GE Company
  • Commscope, Inc. (Mobile Logistics Transformation)
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (True North Supply Chain)
  • Merck & Company (Product/SKU Optimization)
  • Monsanto
  • Peterbilt Motors Company/PACCAR Inc. (One Piece Material Flow Kitting)
  • Seagate Technology PLC
  • TenCate Protective Fabrics
  • Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd. (Differential Engagement with Suppliers)
  • Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd. (Supplier Risk Mitigation and Disruption Management)

Sustainability Leadership

  • Flex
  • KPIT Technologies Ltd. (REVOLO Project)
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (True North Sustainability)
  • The Dow Chemical Company (Sustainability – Leading the Industry)

Talent Management Leadership

  • Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute
  • IBM Corp. (Competency & Talent Acceleration for Advanced Manufacturing in IBM Systems Supply Chain)

Visionary Leadership

  • Raul Ayuso, IVECO ESPAÑA SL
  • Christopher Hillman, Starkey Hearing Technologies
  • Peter Holicki, The Dow Chemical Company
  • Gregory Marks, Markforged
  • Abdallah Massaad, RAK Ceramics, PJSC
  • Esben Østergaard, Universal Robots
  • Denise Ramos, ITT, Inc.
  • Dr. B. Kim Lee Sim, PhD, Sanaria, Inc.

Partner Award Winners

  • Adexa, Inc.
  • Autodesk, Inc.
  • Demand Management, Inc.
  • iBASEt, Inc.
  • JDA Software Group, Inc.
  • Leading2Lean