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Barmy Tech receives manufacturing award
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Well done
DOrothy Cummings of Barmy Tech in Walton, received one
of three Corporate Citizenship Awards from Chris Meier of
the Huron Manufacturing Association at the first annual
Huron Manufacturing Excellence Awards held in Wingham,
Nov. 22. (Photo submitted)
The Huron Manufacturing
Association (HMA) in conjunction
with the County of Huron presented
the first annual Manufacturing
Excellence Awards at a gala
celebration dinner in the North
Huron Wescast Community
Complex on Nov. 22.
Twelve awards were presented in
six different categories. The winners
for the following categories were:
Youth Integration and Training
Award — for the three companies
who best support training and youth
integration in their business: R&R
Machine and Tool Inc., CapProducts
Ltd. and Volvo Construction
Equipment.
Innovative Manufacturing Award —
for the three companies who
achieved best results by applying
innovative manufacturing
techniques: EXI-PLAST Custom
Moulding Ltd., Syfilco Ltd. and
Dashwood Industries Ltd.
Innovative Product Award for the
most innovative new product
brought to market: Fibro Light and
Miser Lighting Inc.
Corporate Citizenship Award for
the three companies who made
outstanding contributions to ace
community and environment, and
the goals and activities of HMA:
Barmy Tech, Andex Metal Products
Ltd and Wescast Industries Inc.
(Where there are three awards in a
category, companies have bee'n
divided according to number of
employees).
The Chairman's Award for
Leadership was presented to Tony de
Boer. He has been a dedicated
private sector leader for economic
development in Huron County. He
has given countless hours of
volunteer time to the South Huron
Chamber of Commerce and the
HMA over the past decade. de
Boer's legacy of service to the HMA
began even before there was an
HMA. In 1998 he joined with fellow
manufacturers to form the Huron
Manufacturing Group.
In 1999 de Boer worked to help
create a strategic plan with input
from 100 per cent of the
manufacturing businesses in Huron.
His contribution of one-on-one
interviews ensured the success of the
plan. This strategic plan won the
Royal Bank Economic Development
Program Award in 2000. Under de
Boer's leadership the Huron
Manufacturing Association was
incorporated in 2004.
The highlight of the evening was
the presentation of the Huron
County Manufacturer of the Year
Award by warden Rob Morley. to
Volvo Construction Equipment.
Volvo Construction Equipment
launched a completely redesigned
Volvo Motor Grader product family
with seven new models early in
2006.
These graders have improved fuel
economy with an 11 speed
transmission giving more precise
control over motor grader operation.
They also implemented an
innovative modular manufacturing
and assembly process that enabled
significant ergonomic and process
improvements.
This new concept developed in
Goderich has been applied
throughout Volvo Construction
Equipment worldwide.
The awards are made possible
through the support of sponsors from
the community. Each sponsor will
donate $100 to the Huron United
Way on behalf of the award winners.
The HMA and the Huron United
Way thank, The County of Huron,
Huron Tract Holdings, Constraints
Management Systems, BM Ross,
Township of North Huron, Huron
Solutions, Town of Goderich,
Comco Distributing, Simple
Solutions, Huron-Perth Ontario
Youth Apprenticeship Program,
Huron Business Development
Corporation, Primus, Municipality
of Bluewater, ProSafe, Advisory
Services GPA and the Bruce Grey,
Huron Perth, Georgian Triangle
Training Board.
CKNX, ETM TV, Fibro Light and
Media Solutions International are
media sponsors of the event.
The Huron Manufacturing
Association's (HMA)'s mission is to
support local manufacturers in their
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