Fifty-three Wisconsin manufacturers have been nominated for the 2011 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year awards, which recognizes manufacturers and specialities.
Five Grand Award winners will be chosen: four in categories based on company size, and one for leading the way with environmentally sustainable best practices.
2011 nominees, in alphabetical order, include: Access Battery, LLC, Milwaukee; American Packaging Corp., Columbus; Atlas Resin Proppants, LLC, Taylor; Baptista’s Bakery, Inc. Franklin; Bell Laboratories, Inc., Madison; Berres Brothers, Inc., Watertown; Brady Corp., Milwaukee; Cambridge Major Laboratories, Inc., Germantown.
Edstrom Industries, Inc., Waterford; EMT International, Hobart; Fiberdome Inc., LLC, Lake Mills; Frito Lay, Inc., Beloit; Generac Holdings, Inc., Waukesha; Grede Holdings, LLC, Menomonee Falls; Hanel Corporation, New Berlin; HUSCO Automotive Holdings, LLC, Whitewater.
HWD Acquistion, doing business as Hurd Windows and Doors, Medford; Imagination Trends, LLC, DeForest; iMARK Molding, Inc., Woodville; JL French Automotive Castings, Inc. – Sheboygan; Joy Global, Inc., Milwaukee; Kaysun Corp., Manitowoc; KHS USA, Inc., Waukesha; KLH Industries, Inc., Germantown.
L.T. Hampel Corp., Germantown; Linetec, Wausau; MAG IAS, LLC, Fond Du Lac; Maletto Packaging, Inc., Eau Claire; MGS Mfg. Group, Inc., Germantown; Nelson Container Corp., Germantown; Northwoods Paper Converting, Inc., Beaver Dam; Patriot Taxiway Industries, Inc., Lomira; Phillips Plastics Corp., Hudson; Plexus, Neenah; Power Test, Inc., Sussex; Realityworks, Eau Claire.
SCA Tissue North America, Neenah; Schwabe North America, Green Bay; Sign Effectz, Inc., Milwaukee; Solaris, Inc., West Allis; Springs Window Fashions, LLC, Middleton;
Spuncast, Inc., Watertown; Stoughton Trailers, LLC, Stoughton; Superior Diesel, Inc., Rhinelander.
TLX Technologies, LLC, Waukesha; Walker Forge, Inc., Clintonville; Waukesha Metal Products, Sussex; Weldall Mfg., Inc., Waukesha; Winsert, Inc., Marinette; Wisconsin Film and Bag, Shawano; Wiscraft, Inc., Milwaukee; WS Packaging Group, Green Bay; Xten Industries, Kenosha.
The awards program is sponsored by 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 and Commerce.
The sponsors will reveal and celebrate the winners at a ceremony Feb. 23, 2012, at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.
