MANNY Award – the CAMP CONNECTOR (May 2000)

CAMP C-Hosts 3rd Annual MANNY Awards

May / June 2000
From The CAMP CONNECTION

More than 300 local manufacturers and business representatives gathered at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel in May to honor the winners of the third annual MANNY Awards.

Hosted by Inside Business Magazine in partnership with CAMP, the MANNY Awards celebrate manufacturing excellence in Northeast Ohio.

CAMP member winners this year included Osborn International, Parker Hannifin Corp. and Talan Products. Other winners included CAM-LEM Inc., EasiJet Inc., Lighting Products Inc. and MeriTool. CAMP member finalists included Haitek Solutions. Additional finalists were Advanced Technology Corp., ATC Nymold Corp. and VendorTech.

Winners were chosen on the basis of how each company solved various challenges showcasing invention, cooperation and excellence. Judges included Inside Business editor Steve Gleydura, moved from a bearings distribution company to a technology company, noting that “In addition to broadening our product lines, we needed to add value to our customer transactions by assisting them in applying ever-changing technologies.”

In offering useful insights and advice for the future, Dannemiller notes that “it’s important that you (companies) think in a manner that allows for developments that extend beyond our human ability to anticipate only what we now understand. Your company will be truly revolutionary when it learns faster than its competition!”

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