Excellence in Composites Manufacturing Awards

In recognition of the valuable contributions within the composites manufacturing industry, the Composites Manufacturing Tech Group, which is part of SME's Plastics, Composites & Coatings Community, developed two technical awards to acknowledge the valuable roles that both large and small manufacturers play within the industry. The awards are bestowed during SME's annual Composites Manufacturing Conference.

The awards are presented annually to one large company and one small company that have demonstrated "excellence in the field of advanced composites manufacturing." This is an international award, and the competition is open and unrestricted to all companies that manufacture products from advanced composite materials. These annual awards recognize those companies that have demonstrated dedication and ongoing contribution to further advance the design and development of technology used in the manufacturing of advanced composites.

Each award will showcase those companies that have excelled in manufacturing products made from advanced composite materials. That excellence will include developing an innovative way via tooling and/or manufacturing process techniques, which will help manufacture future products made from these materials; or have shown accelerated growth by providing superior service, quality or cost reduction initiatives. The award recipients will have demonstrated all of the initiatives that have helped advance the overall composite manufacturing industry.

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EXCELLENCE IN COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING LARGE COMPANY

 

2013 Northrop Grumman  Falls Church,Va. More

Dave Dickson (left), The Boeing Company,  with Northrop Grumman's Todd Szallay (right), Excellence in Composites Manufacturing Large Company awardee.

2012 The Boeing Co. Seattle More

Lou Dorworth (left), 2012 chair, Plastics, Composites & Coating Community, with Dave Dickson of The Boeing Co. (large company awardee).

2011 Callaway Golf Carlsbad, Calif. More

A Callaway Golf representative accepting the Excellence in Composites Manufacturing Large Company award from Brock Strunk, former chair of the Composites Manufacturing Tech Group.

 

EXCELLENCE IN COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING SMALL COMPANY

 

									2013 Janicki Industries Sedro-Woolley, Wash. More		Brian Holmes, Janicki Industries, 2013 Excellence in Composites Manufaturing: Small Company  awardee.
									2012 EnCore Composite Structures Inc.  Brea, Calif. More		Lou Dorworth, 2012 chair, Plastics, Composites & Coating Community, with Brian Jones of Encore Structures Inc. (small company awardee).
									2011 Royal Engineered Composites  Minden, Neb. More		A Royal Engineered Composites representative accepting the Excellence in Composites Manufacturing Small Company award from Brock Strunk, former chair of the Composites Manufacturing Tech Group.