CLEVELAND, Feb. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IndustryWeek, the leading publication that serves operations and executive decision-makers in the manufacturing industry, today announces the winners of the 2018 IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards.

IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards

Established in 1990, the IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards program annually recognizes plants, located in North America, that are on the leading edge of efforts to increase competitiveness, enhance customer satisfaction, and create stimulating and rewarding work environments. Its further goal is to encourage other manufacturing managers and work teams to emulate the honorees by adopting world-class practices, technologies, and improvement strategies.

The 2018 IndustryWeek Best Plants winners are: (in alphabetical order)

• Adient - West Point, Georgia
   
• Applied Technical Services, Washington Operations - Everett, Washington
   
• Intertape Polymer Group - Blythewood, South Carolina 
   
• Johnson Controls - Norman, Oklahoma 
   
• The Raymond Corporation - Greene, New York 
   
• T&S Brass and Bronze Works Inc. - Travelers Rest, South Carolina                   

“The 2018 IndustryWeek Best Plants winners showcase the best of the best among North American manufacturing facilities, and we salute their accomplishments, practices and performance,” said Travis Hessman, IndustryWeek’s editor-in-chief. “They demonstrate that operational excellence continues to thrive in manufacturing. It is our great pleasure to share their success stories.”

The IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards program, now in its twenty-ninth year, is an institution in manufacturing. Entrants are evaluated on a comprehensive set of criteria that includes: manufacturing plant-floor operations, customer and supplier relations, management practices, level of employee involvement, safety, as well as an evidence of competitiveness and other quantifiable performance indicators.

The 2018 winners will be honored during an awards ceremony at the 2019 Manufacturing & Technology 2019, an IndustryWeek event, (www.mfgtechshow.com), where they also will share their stories of continuous improvement and other business-critical insights. The conference is April 1-3, 2019 in Pittsburgh, PA. To register for Manufacturing & Technology 2019, an IndustryWeek event, click here.

The individual winning plant profiles will appear in the March/April issue of IndustryWeek and will be posted at www.industryweek.com beginning March 4, 2019.  Follow news about the winners and conference on Twitter at @IndustryWeek.

Applications for the 2019 Best Plants competition are now available at www.industryweek.com/bpapplication.

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