{"id":8212,"date":"2024-01-11T15:44:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T16:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=8212"},"modified":"2024-01-11T16:59:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T16:59:23","slug":"wisconsin-manufacturer-of-the-year-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=8212","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Finalists Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/wisconsin-manufacturer-of-the-year-finalists-announced\/\">https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/wisconsin-manufacturer-of-the-year-finalists-announced\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MADISON<\/strong> \u2013 Thirty-six Wisconsin manufacturers have been selected as finalists for the 35th Annual Manufacturer of the Year (MOTY) Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing is the state\u2019s top industry, employing nearly half a million Wisconsinites and producing over $70 billion in economic output each year. The finalists represent the diversity and power of Wisconsin\u2019s manufacturing industry and highlight the high-wage, family-supporting careers within the sector.<\/p>\n<p>The MOTY program recognizes the state\u2019s top manufacturers of all sectors and sizes for their commitment to quality careers, good business practices, financial growth, innovative processes and reinvestment into local communities.<\/p>\n<p>Grand Award winners will be selected in four categories based on company size.<\/p>\n<p>The 35th Annual Manufacturer of the Year Award finalists are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Small Category<\/strong> (1-99 employees)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Enerquip Thermal Solutions \u2013 Medford<br \/>\n\u2022 Former Associates LLC \u2013 Kenosha<br \/>\n\u2022 Keenline Conveyor Systems, LLC \u2013 Omro<br \/>\n\u2022 Lemke Industrial Machine LLC \u2013 Marathon<br \/>\n\u2022 Pindel Global Precision, Inc. \u2013 New Berlin<br \/>\n\u2022 Precision Plus, Inc. \u2013 Elkhorn<br \/>\n\u2022 Smokey Woods \u2013 Crivitz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medium Category<\/strong> (100-249 employees)<br \/>\n\u2022 ANGI Energy Systems LLC \u2013 Janesville<br \/>\n\u2022 Beyond Vision \u2013 West Allis<br \/>\n\u2022 Eck Industries, Inc. \u2013 Manitowoc<br \/>\n\u2022 Empire Screen Printing Inc \u2013 Onalaska<br \/>\n\u2022 IKI Manufacturing Inc \u2013 Edgerton<br \/>\n\u2022 Minnesota Wire &amp; Cable Co \u2013 Eau Claire<br \/>\n\u2022 Muza Sheet Metal Company LLC \u2013 Oshkosh<br \/>\n\u2022 Plas-Tech Engineering \u2013 Lake Geneva<br \/>\n\u2022 Red Line Plastics, LLC \u2013 Manitowoc<br \/>\n\u2022 Royal Basket Trucks, Inc. \u2013 Darien<br \/>\n\u2022 Winsert, LLC \u2013 Marinette<br \/>\n\u2022 Wisconsin Metal Parts, Inc. \u2013 Waukesha<\/p>\n<p><strong>Large Category<\/strong> (250-499 employees)<br \/>\n\u2022 Custom Fabricating &amp; Repair, Inc. \u201cCFR\u201d \u2013 Marshfield<br \/>\n\u2022 Inland Label and Marketing Services LLC \u2013 La Crosse<br \/>\n\u2022 Metal-Era, LLC \u2013 Waukesha<br \/>\n\u2022 Midwest Products and Engineering Inc. \u2013 Milwaukee<br \/>\n\u2022 OEM Fabricators, Inc. \u2013 Woodville<br \/>\n\u2022 Radius Packaging \u2013 New Berlin<br \/>\n\u2022 Volm Companies Inc. \u2013 Antigo<br \/>\n\u2022 Weinbrenner Shoe Company Inc \u2013 Merrill<br \/>\n\u2022 Weldall MFG., Inc. \u2013 Waukesha<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mega Category<\/strong> (500+ employees)<br \/>\n\u2022 Brakebush Brothers, Inc. \u2013 Westfield<br \/>\n\u2022 Husco International, Inc. \u2013 Waukesha<br \/>\n\u2022 Kapco, Inc. \u2013 Grafton<br \/>\n\u2022 Kruger Family Industries, LLC \u2013 Portage<br \/>\n\u2022 Menasha Corporation \u2013 Neenah<br \/>\n\u2022 Plexus Corp. \u2013 Neenah<br \/>\n\u2022 Stella and Chewy\u2019s \u2013 Oak Creek<br \/>\n\u2022 Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry \u2013 Manitowoc<\/p>\n<p>Baker Tilly, Michael Best &amp; Friedrich LLP and Wisconsin Manufacturers &amp; Commerce sponsor the annual MOTY awards program. These partners will celebrate the finalists and reveal the winners on Feb. 22 at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.bakertilly.com\/event\/917e6d23-b4fa-4365-8840-2f7906aa9b68\/regProcessStep1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration<\/a><\/span> for the award ceremony is now open. Additional information can be found online at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wimoty.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.wimoty.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/wisconsin-manufacturer-of-the-year-finalists-announced\/\">Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Finalists Announced<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\">WMC Wisconsin&#8217;s Chamber <\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/wisconsin-manufacturer-of-the-year-finalists-announced\/ MADISON \u2013 Thirty-six Wisconsin manufacturers have been selected as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8213,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8212\/revisions\/8213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}