NEWMA names education award winners

The NEW Manufacturing Alliance announced the winners of its 2020 Excellence in Manufacturing/K-12 Partnerships Awards.

Typically, the alliance would hold an awards dinner that’s open to the public the evening prior to the start of the Manufacturing First Expo & Conference. Due to COVID-19, it will present the awards at a smaller, closed gathering this fall.

NEWMA plans to recognize the winners of its 2021 Manufacturing All Stars awards at a ceremony in March near the time of the New North Summit, scheduled to take place at Lambeau Field on March 11.

Award winners include:

2020 Manufacturing Awards

• Brighter Image: Walker Forge, Inc.
• Educational Partnership: Valley Packaging Industries, Inc.
• Leadership: Sargento Foods Inc.
• Manufacturing Innovation: Plexus
• Visionary: Wilson Jones, Oshkosh Corp.
• Youth Apprenticeship: Suburban Electric

2020 Educator Awards

• Brighter Image: Kaukauna High School
• Career Pathmaker Administrator: Leah Michaud, Winneconne Community School District
• Career Pathmaker Educator: Joe Turner, De Pere High School
• Career Pathmaker Technology Education Teacher: Steve Kiel, Sheboygan North High School
• Education Innovation: Omro High School
• Higher Education: Andrew Rinke, Fox Valley Technical College
• 2020 Community Partnership Award: Michael Frohna, Junior Achievement of Wisconsin

2021 All Star and Mentor Winners Represent

• Fiberglass Solutions LLC
• Fincantieri Ace Marine
• Georgia-Pacific Corp.
• Great Northern Laminations
• Heartland Label Printers
• Jacobs Engineering
• Pioneer Metal Finishing
• Plexus
• TIDI Products, LLC
• Valley Packaging Industries
• Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co., Inc.