Manufacturers Association for Plastic Processors: Innovation Award

Introducing the 2024 Innovation Award: Automated Manufacturing Solutions: Smart Manufacturing Solutions or Labor Solutions

The 2024 Innovation Award Winners will be announced at the 2024 Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference! Stay tuned for more details.

Thank you for your interest in the 2024 Innovation Award focused on Automated Manufacturing Solutions. There are once again two categories for this year's awards: Smart Manufacturing Solutions (ex. Lights Out, IoT, Industry 4.0, Remote Monitoring, etc.) and Labor Solutions (Projects that have impacted the labor shortage or allowed for redeployment of labor). Member companies may submit multiple entries for each category.

Submit your innovation here!

The Innovation Award celebrates, recognizes, and shares best practices from innovative companies that take the initiative to incorporate new ideas to help their business stay ahead in competitive manufacturing industries. Award submissions will be compiled and distributed to MAPP and ARPM members for anonymous voting.

Winners of this year's awards will receive an award and recognition at the 2024 Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference.

All submissions will be shared in the electronic version of the 2024 Best Practices Handbook which will be featured on both the MAPP and ARPM websites.

Submissions can include a description and any photos or video footage that you would like to include. Your submission will be judged on the following criteria:

Level of Impact (Overall Impact)
Level of Innovation (Creativity)
Level of Sustainability (Ability to Duplicate/ Re-deploy quickly on mass scale)
Level of Value (Monetary Value)
Level of In-House Creation

You can view all the winners & submissions in the annual Best Practices Books.

2023 Innovation Award Winners: Automation Manufacturing Solutions: Smart Manufacturing Solutions or Labor Solutions

Smart Manufacturing Solutions:

Beaumont Advanced Processing
Natech Plastics
Noble Plastics

Labor Solutions:

Texas Injection Molding
Beacon Engineered Solutions
Falcon Plastics

2022 Innovation Award Winners: Automated Manufacturing Solutions

Greater than $15 Million in Annual Revenue:

KW Container
Beacon Engineered Solutions
Crescent Industries

Less than $15 Million in Annual Revenue:

Champion Plastics
Noble Plastics
Natech Plastics

2021 Innovation Award Winners: Employee Retention

< 150 Employees Winners:

Plastic Components Inc.
Intertech Plastics, Inc.
Greenleaf Industries

≥ 150 Employees Winners:

Seitz Corporation
Deluxe Plastics - Medford
Viking Plastics

2020 Innovation Award Winners: Technology on the Plant Floor

Under $15M Annual Sales Winners:

Automation Plastics
Noble Plastics
Bamar Plastics

Above $15M Annual Sales Winners:

Intertech Medical
Falcon Plastics
HPC

2019 Innovation Award Winners: Workstation Layout

Under $15M Annual Sales Winners:

Blue Ridge Molding
Wadal Plastics
Bruin Manufacturing

Above $15M Annual Sales Winners:

Intertech Medical
Plastic Components Inc (PCI)
Falcon Plastics, Lexington

2018 Innovation Award Winners: Defect Detection

Microplastics, Inc.
Intertech Medical
Byrne Electrical Specialists
Donnelly Custom Manufacturing
Falcon Plastics - Lexington

2017: Innovation Award Winners: Automation Deployment

Intertech Plastics
Microplastics
Makuta Technics
Wisconsin Plastics

2016: Innovation Award Winners: Water Manifold Systems

DeKalb Molded Plastics
Dymotek
Nicolet Plastics

2015: Innovation Awards Winners: SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) Carts

Deluxe Plastics
PMT (Plastic Molding Technology Inc)
Microplastics