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Winners Announced for the 2012 Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML100) Awards

The top manufacturing executives and organizations are honored for their achievements

New York, Jan. 26, 2012 -- Manufacturing Executive, the global community for manufacturing leadership and producer of the Manufacturing Leadership Summit and Awards program, today announced the winners of the 2012 Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML100) Awards.

The winners in the four individual awards categories are:

Next-Generation Leadership and Culture

Jagdish S. Amane, Tata Motors Ltd.

Puneet Bhasin, Waste Management Inc.

Clark Dressen, Dow Kokam

Donnie Haye, IBM Corp.

Brad Martin, Enterasys Networks Inc.

Terry Smith, Lion Vallen Industries

Steve Taylor, Nalco Co.

Advocacy

James Dyson, Dyson Ltd.

Daniel James Paterson, Manufacturingchange.org

Manufacturing Entrepreneur

Carey Smith, Big Ass Fans

Joanne Wright, IBM Corp.

Turnaround

Joseph M. Bione, Constar Inc.

Terry Burleson, Nalco Co.

Jeff Forman, Governair LLC

Chuck Mooty, Faribault Woolen Mill Co.

The organizations honored for their achievements in the seven company/project categories are:

Innovative Enterprise

3M Corp.

Aribex Inc.

Card-Monroe Corp.

Eram Scientific Solutions Ltd.

Honeywell FM&T(Discovery-Based Capability Development Gated Process)

IBM Corp. (HIP Defect Mechanism)

Local Motors

Polygon Solutions Inc.

StreetScooter

Global Value Chain

BAE Systems Land & Armaments

Chirch Global Manufacturing LLC

CooperVision

IBM Corp. (Critical Parts Management)

IBM Corp. (Global Customer Solutions CenterNetwork)

IBM Corp. (Value-Added Concept)

Midmark Corp.

Navico Inc.

Oracle Corp.

PPG Industries

Stanley Black & Decker

Toshiba America Business Solutions

TVS Motor Co. Ltd.

New Workforce

Automation Federation

Bridge Publications Inc.

Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.

Manchester School of Technology

Sustainability

BMW AG

Columbia Manufacturing

Harbec Inc.

Institute for Sustainable Communities

Lexmark International Inc.

Pentair Inc.

Nalco Co.

Game-Changing Technologies

Eaton Corp.

EMC

First Solar Inc.

Gloucester Engineering Company Inc.

GoPro

L’Oréal (chATMAN)

PRIDE Industries Inc.

Operational Excellence

Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp.

Boston Scientific

Cardinal Ethanol LLC

Cummins Inc.

Dunn-Edwards Corp.

Ford Motor Co.

IBM (Cultural and Lean Transformation)

International Game Technology

KAO Brands

Kerry Group Plc

L’Oréal USA Inc.

Lion Vallen Industries

MBX Systems

Michelin N.A.

Mity-Lite Inc.

PACCAR Inc.

Pella Corp.

Tessy Plastics Corp.

Worthington Industries

Information Leadership

Beam Inc.

Bodypoint Inc.

Cast Aluminum Solutions LLC

Clips & Clamps Industries

Drallim Industries

Eagle Picher Technologies

EE Tech Technologies

Elkay Manufacturing Co.

Enterasys Networks Inc.

GE Aviation

Geophysical Survey Systems Inc.

Georg Fischer Central Plastics LLC

Governair LLC

Hiawatha Rubber

IBM Corp. (Bridge High-End Dashboard)

IBM Corp. (Hazmat IT Transformation)

John I Haas Inc.

Lifetime Brands Inc.

Mar-Bal Inc.

Mitsubishi Electric Cooling and Heating

MiaSolé

Rocky Brands Inc.

Spring Dynamics

U.S. Air Force Logistical Operations

Waste Management Inc.

The awards, created eight years ago as the Progressive Manufacturing 100 Awards, have established themselves as the premier program for honoring transformational business projects, innovation, and excellence in a variety of manufacturing categories including operational excellence and sustainability, global value chain, andworkforce development excellence. www.ml100awards.com

All ML100 Award winners will be honored at a galadinner and reception during the Manufacturing Leadership Summit (April 29-May 2, 2012) at The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL. www.mlsummit.com. At the gala event, winners of the annual Manufacturing Leadership100 Project and Manufacturer of the Year Awards and other high-level awards willbe announced. Those winners will be selected from among the 2012 ML100 Award companies.

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