Deadline nears to nominate for Salute to Manufacturing Awards

Now is the time to nominate a difference-maker in South Carolina’s manufacturing industry for the SCMEP Salute to Manufacturing Awards.

An awards luncheon recognizing the honorees is the capstone event of the annual South Carolina Manufacturing Conference and Expo presented by SC Biz News and the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

This year’s event will be held Nov. 9-10 at the Greenville Convention Center.

Click here for more information, and to access the nomination form for each category.

Here are the categories:

Emerging Manufacturer of the Year Award: This award is presented to one company that has been in operation for five or fewer years and has demonstrated superior performance.

Innovator of the Year Award: This award recognizes a company that has, through the innovation of new devices, ideas/inventions and/or processes, transformed their business and bettered the South Carolina manufacturing community.

Outreach Award: This award honors a manufacturer making a tangible and measurable impact on communities in South Carolina.

Transformational and Operational Excellence Award: This is awarded to a company that can demonstrate to the business community real world, bottom line results achieved through the adoption of continuous improvement and/or operational excellence tools and techniques.

Chuck Spangler Outstanding Manufacturing Lifetime Service Award: This award recognizes an individual whose contributions have had a significant and lasting impact on the South Carolina manufacturing community over several years.

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