Page 22 - MetalForming December 2013

2013
2013
Awards of
Awards of
Excellence in
Excellence in
Metalforming
Metalforming
2013 Award Winners
Higgins-Caditz Design Award
The Diemasters, Elk Grove Village, IL
Link Systems Process Control Award
Ramcel Engineering, Northbrook, IL
Pitcher Insurance Agency Safety Award
American Roll Formed Products Corp., Painesville, OH
A.R. Hedberg Training & Education Award
Pridgeon & Clay, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI
Waukesha® Metal Products Excellence in Quality Award
Pentaflex, Inc., Springfield, OH
Zierick Manufacturing Corporation Productivity Award
Pentaflex, Inc., Springfield, OH
Clips & Clamps Industries Educational Institution Award
Hennepin Technical College, Minneapolis, MN Southwestern Illinois College, Granite City, IL
The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) used the FABTECH stage in Chicago on November 17 to present its 2013 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming. Receiving recognition were five well-deserving metal- forming companies and two outstanding education and training facilities. Pre- sented annually, the awards recognize the high standards of achievement set by the metalforming industry in the areas of design, safety, process control, quality, productivity, and training and education.
Excellence in Design
Diemasters Manufacturing, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL, received the 2013 Higgins-Caditz Design Award for its redesign of the ViewScan microfilm/microfiche reader that it manufactures for ST Imaging. The read- er finds use throughout the library/education and civil defense industries. Diemasters employs more than 100 workers who create as many as 250,000 stamped parts, assemblies and fabrications daily for the lawn and garden, automotive, medical and aerospace industries.
When ST Imaging began manufacturing the ST ViewScan in 2005, Diemasters produced only its fabricated metal exterior casing. In 2009, when ST Imaging started encountering quality and late delivery issues with its overseas supplier, it asked Diemasters to examine whether it could take on greater responsi-
The ViewScan II, redesigned by Diemasters.