More than 40 Wisconsin manufacturers have been selected as finalists for the 37th Annual Manufacturer of the Year Awards.
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.
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 will 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.