‘Assembly Plant of the Year’ Award Call for Nominations

The Taylor Guitars factory in El Cajon, CA, was the recipient of the 2023 Assembly Plant of the Year award.

Photo courtesy Taylor Guitars

CHICAGO—ASSEMBLY is seeking nominations for its 2024 Assembly Plant of the Year award. The 21st annual award will recognize a manufacturing facility in the United States that has applied world-class processes to reduce production costs, increase productivity, shorten time to market and improve product quality.

Entries will be judged by ASSEMBLY’s editorial staff on a broad range of operational performance measures and the use of production tools. The winning facility will receive a crystal award and a commemorative banner. It will also be profiled in the October issue of ASSEMBLY.

Previous recipients of the award have been Taylor Guitars, El Cajon, CA (2023); Brose Tuscaloosa Inc., Vance, AL (2022); GKN Automotive, Newton, NC (2021); Murakami Manufacturing USA Inc., Campbellsville, KY (2020); GE Appliances, Decatur, AL (2019); Ford Motor Co., Sterling Heights, MI (2018); AGCO Corp., Jackson, MN (2017); Bosch Rexroth Corp., Fountain Inn, SC (2016); Polaris Industries Inc., Spirit Lake, IA (2015); STIHL Inc., Virginia Beach, VA (2014); Northrop Grumman Corp., Palmdale, CA (2013); Ford Motor Co., Wayne, MI (2012); Philips Respironics, New Kensington, PA (2011); Eaton Corp., Lincoln, IL (2010); Batesville Casket Co., Manchester, TN (2009); IBM Corp., Poughkeepsie, NY (2008); Schneider Electric/Square D, Lexington, KY (2007); Lear Corp., Montgomery, AL (2006); Xerox Corp., Webster, NY (2005); and Paccar Inc./Kenworth Truck Co., Renton, WA (2004).

Companies interested in applying for the 2024 Assembly Plant of the Year award can fill out the online form at www.assemblymag.com/plantoftheyear. There is no entry fee, and more than one plant may be nominated.

The deadline for submissions is May 1. For more information, contact Austin Weber at webera@bnpmedia.com or 224-202-2340.

Austin has been senior editor for ASSEMBLY Magazine since September 1999. He has more than 21 years of b-to-b publishing experience and has written about a wide variety of manufacturing and engineering topics. Austin is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

The ASSEMBLY Show South

ASSEMBLY is thrilled to return to the Music City Center in Nashville, TN for The ASSEMBLY Show SOUTH on May 1-2, 2024. This is a booming time for manufacturing and the U.S. South is right in the heart of the action. According to ASSEMBLY’s most recent annual capital spending survey, the South is projected to account for 31 percent of total spending this year, marking the fifth straight year this region has accounted for at least 30 percent of capital spending in the U.S.

In this session, manufacturers will learn how Quality function deployment (QFD) can transform consumers’ qualitative demands into quantitative parameters that will shape the design of their product and, ultimately, their manufacturing process.

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