"Select Company"

David Drickhamer

Industry Week

July 2004, pp. 14,18

Industry Week magazine has announced the 25 finalists for its 2004 "Best Plants" awards:

• Aerco International Inc. (Northvale, NJ; commercial heating boilers and water heaters)
• Batesville Casket Co. (Manchester, TN; steel burial caskets)
• Boeing Macon (Macon, GA; aircraft subassemblies)
• Collins and Aikman Plastics (Williamston, MI; automotive headrests and armrests)
• Dana Corp., Perfect Steel Products (Franklin, MI; stainless steel oil ring expanders)
• dj Orthopedics de Mexico S.A. de C.V (Tiajuana, Mexico; rigid knee braces and orthopedic soft goods)
• dj Orthopedics (Vista, CA; custom knee and elbow braces and cold therapy products)
• Exide Technologies (Kansas City, KN; lead acid batteries)
• Guidant Puerto Rico (Dorado, Puerto Rico; wires, vein harvesting systems, heart failure treatment cables)
• Hendrickson Trailer Suspension Systems (Canton, OH; trailer suspension systems)
• Honeywell ES & S ESA (Tempe, AZ; aerospace valves, controls, and systems)
• Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (Camden, AR; military rockets, missiles, and rocket launchers)
• Lockheed Martin Systems Integration (Owego, NY; systems integration and hardware for aerospace and postal automation)
• Maytag Herrin Laundry Products (Herrin, IL; home laundry appliances)
• Maytag Jackson dishwashing Products (Jackson, TN; household dishwashers)
• Nacom Corp. (Griffin, GA; automotive junction blocks, electronic parts and mechanical assemblies)
• National Gypsum Co., Apollo Beach Plant (Gibsonton, FL; gypsum wall board)
• Northrup Grumman Defensive Systems Division (Rolling Meadows, IL; defense electronic systems)
• Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems Consolidated Manufacturing Center (Forest, MS; radio, radar, and electro-optic devices)
• Rockwell Automation Dodge roller Bearing Plant (Marion, NC; mounted roller bearings)
• Schindler Elevator Corp. (Gettysburg, PA; elevators)
• Storage Tek de Puerto Rico (Ponce, Puerto Rico; tape drives, virtual storage systems, tape libraries)
• Thomas & Betts Corp. (Athens, TN; electrical outlet and conduit boxes and covers)
• TRW Automotive (Fowlerville, MI; automotive slip control products)
• Weir Slurry North America (Madison, WI; pumps, valves, hydroclones and mill lining systems)

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