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Grote Industries to Receive Innovation Excellence Award from Indiana Manufacturers Association
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (September 28, 2023) - The Indiana Manufacturers Association will host the Indiana Manufacturers Hall of Fame Luncheon on Wednesday, October 18, where Grote Industries, headquartered in Madison, Indiana, will receive the Innovation Excellence Award.
The event is held to celebrate and recognize positive achievements made by the Indiana manufacturing community and to honor the commitment toward innovative thinking, community involvement and leadership.
“I’m proud of our team at Grote for the work they do every day to innovate and grow. We are honored to be recognized among such an esteemed group of Indiana manufacturers,” said John Grote, COO of Grote Industries. He continued, “As a company founded in 1901, the same year as the IMA, we are well-positioned for our future as a vital, family-owned company based in Indiana.”
This year’s keynote speaker is Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb.
In addition to Grote’s 2023 Manufacturing Excellence Award for Innovation Excellence, other winners to be honored are:
• Community Impact Award: Toyota Material Handling, Columbus
• Emerging Leader Award: Matthew Hendey, THG Automation, Indianapolis
• Lifetime Achievement Award:
• Jim Tuerk, Aero Industries, Indianapolis
• David Snow of Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Lafayette
• Manufacturing Talent Champion Award: Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis
Companies being inducted into the Hall of Fame include:
• ARaymond Manufacturing Center North America, Logansport
• Atlas Foundry Company, Inc., Marion
• BCI Solutions, Inc., Bremen
• Brehob Corporation, Indianapolis
• Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, Fort Wayne
• Haynes International, Inc., Kokomo
• Indiana Carton Company, Inc., Bremen
• Nucor Steel, Crawfordsville/Saint Joseph
• Overton Industries, Franklin
• Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Lafayette
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