Awards • acquisitions

Electromate received a Foundation Award from the Association for High Technology Distribution (AHTD), recognizing the company’s 25 years of membership and support. This is the first year the award has been given, honoring a small group of members out of approximately 300 automation solution providers and manufacturers. The AHTD is dedicated to maximizing the productivity,…

In recognition of its significant contribution to the greater Hartland area, and in particular its support for local and national businesses producing personal protective equipment (PPE) products in the fight against COVID-19, Dorner was the recipient of the 2020 Manufacturer of the Year award bestowed by the Hartland (Wisconsin) Chamber of Commerce. This award is…

With the HERMES AWARD, Deutsche Messe AG honors a company every year whose product or solution has a particularly high level of technological innovation. Only technology solutions that have already been tried and tested in industry are eligible. The award ceremony will take place during the HANNOVER MESSE Digital Edition on 12 April in Hannover.…

Würth Industry North America (WINA) announced that it has acquired Atlantic Fasteners Inc., a mainstay in the structural industry with 36 years of history manufacturing structural bolts and distributing standard and specialty fasteners. The purchase will better serve the needs of Würth Industry’s customers in the construction and structural markets by providing end-to-end distribution and manufacturing…

Epson Robots has announced it signed Industrial Control, a minority-owned provider of factory automation solutions, products, and training, as an official distributor of Epson Robots automation solutions in the state of Michigan. Industrial Control’s wealth of knowledge and experience gained through long-standing relationships with machine builders, combined with Epson Robots’ reputation for easy-to-use, proven, innovative…

Altra Motion, a premier global designer and manufacturer of motion control and power transmission solutions, has formed a strategic partnership with factory intelligence and software specialist, MTEK. Following Altra’s acquisition of leading motion control companies Kollmorgen, Thomson, and Portescap, the alliance with MTEK supports Altra’s ongoing commitment to continue moving up the technology spectrum, offering…

Smalley was presented the General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award for the year 2019, marking the 8th consecutive year to receive this prestigious honor. General Motors works with thousands of suppliers worldwide, but only a small percentage are presented with this award. The Supplier Quality Excellence Award is exclusive to top-performing suppliers that have met…

After reviewing over 400 entries, judges of the face mask X-prize picked a team of students from Arizona State University as the winner of the $500,000 top award. The ASU team, dubbed Luminosity Lab, came up with a mask design that includes a bifurcated filtration chamber that directs hot expelled breaths away from the wearer’s…

Bishop-Wisecarver, a trusted industrial automation company offering proven mechatronic solutions that are expertly designed and delivered to perform, today announced that Ramzi Latreche from Ygnacio Valley High School has won its first-ever Wisecarver Innovation Award. Through this student design contest, Bishop-Wisecarver challenged students in primary or secondary accredited educational facilities in their community to develop…

Matthew Kelley has been appointed as Regional Sales Director for Dorner. In this newly created position, Kelley will lead a team of Dorner regional managers to grow the company’s industrial and sanitary conveyor business. Dorner is an industry leader in the design, application, manufacturing, and integration of precision industrial and sanitary conveyor systems. Kelley brings…

The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) has named Bill Childers the 29th recipient of its Warren Pike Award for lifetime achievement in the power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) industry. Bill received the award, named for PTDA’s co-founder and first president, during the PTDA Virtual Industry Summit. The award was established in 1984 to honor individuals who…

Wendy B. McDonald was one of the power transmission/motion control industry’s true pioneers. To honor her memory, the PTDA Foundation established the Wendy B. McDonald Award in 2014. The award is given to a woman who has established herself as a critical contributor to her company’s success and has affected positive change within the power…

The winners of the 2020 LEAP Awards (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) were announced yesterday in a digital ceremony, with products across 12 categories. Critical to LEAP’s success is the involvement of the engineering community. No one at WTWH Media selected the winners. Instead, our editorial team did the arduous work of assembling a top-notch…

Winning entries in the 2020 LEAP (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) Awards were announced by WTWH Media today in 12 categories: Additive Manufacturing Connectivity Embedded Computing Hydraulics Industrial Automation Mechanical Motion Control Pneumatics Power Electronics Software Switches & Sensors, and Test & Measurement. These brands cross four of the company’s design engineering brands: Design World, Fluid…

Drive specialist maxon, renowned for its Mars motors, is joining forces with the robotics startup ANYbotics and will in future supply the drive systems of the autonomous ANYmal inspection robot. The robot will soon be marketed in large quantities. This cooperation will also benefit maxon, since ANYbotics provides important robotics know-how and is currently the…

Advanced Assembly, the pioneers of the quick-turn PCB assembly services, today announced it has received the AS9100D certification. The certification was awarded after an extensive audit conducted by NQA, a division of NTS. AS9100D is the quality standard for organizations that design and manufacture products for the aerospace industry, including parts, components, and assemblies. Developed…

The categories for this year’s LEAP Awards (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) are roughly divided across four of our flagship publications’ brands: Design World, Fastener Engineering, Fluid Power World and EE World. These 12 categories represent products and components across the engineering spectrum. Additive Manufacturing Connectivity Embedded Computing Hydraulics Industrial Automation Mechanical (includes Fastening) Motion Control…

High speeds, long travels and compact installation spaces: every two years, igus GmbH bestows the vector award, with which fascinating and creative energy chain applications are honored. This year, 266 entries from 32 countries were received. The gold vector was won by the multi-spindle lathe of Gildemeister Italiana S.p.A. In a very restricted installation space,…

ERIKS North America and Fenner Dunlop have announced a partnership to provide conveyor belting products and services to industrial customers in northern California and Nevada. Scott Holquist, vice president, conveying systems products, ERIKS North America, said the companies offer a unique combination of specialized expertise, enabling them to deliver advanced conveyor belting solutions for agriculture,…

The 2019 Best Workplaces in Canada list is compiled by the Great Place to Work Institute. The competition process is based on two criteria: two-thirds of the total score comes from confidential employee survey results and the remaining one-third comes from an in-depth review of the organization’s culture. This offers a rigorous representation of the…

Quadion LLC, d.b.a. Minnesota Rubber and Plastics (“MRP” or the “Company”), a leading provider of highly engineered elastomer and thermoplastic solutions, announced today that it has received the 2019 Supplier Excellence Award from Medtronic. MRP is one of 10 companies from Medtronic’s base of over 48,000 direct and indirect suppliers to receive the award. This…

SPIROL International Corporation has announced that two of its manufacturing locations have received the 2018 General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award for achieving operational excellence and quality control. This is SPIROL Canada’s fifth year and SPIROL Connecticut’s fourth consecutive year receiving the award. According to the letter sent by General Motors notifying SPIROL of the…

Peninsular Cylinder in Roseville, was voted #1 in the 2nd annual Michigan Manufacturing Association’s “Coolest Thing made In Michigan” competition. This annual competition is open to all Michigan manufacturing companies. Each company submits a product at the Michigan Manufacturing Association website for viewing and judging. From there, association members can vote via social media. Peninsular…

Smalley was presented the General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award for the year 2018. This marks the seventh consecutive year that Smalley has received this prestigious honor. Of more than 4,000 GM suppliers worldwide, 432 recipients were selected this year. A supplier must pass a rigorous quality audit involving 13 specific requirements to receive this…

PTI Engineered Plastics has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2019 honor by The Detroit Free Press. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC, a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools. The anonymous survey measures several aspects of workplace culture, including alignment, execution,…