36th Annual (2024) Manufacturer of the Year Finalists

Nearly two dozen Wisconsin manufacturers were selected as finalists for the 36th Annual Manufacturer of the Year (MOTY) Awards.

The program highlights manufacturing as the state’s top industry, employing 1 in 6 Wisconsin workers and producing nearly $72 billion in economic output each year. The finalists represent the diversity and power of Wisconsin’s manufacturing industry and its wide-reaching impact.

Small Category (1-99 employees)

  • JR Machine LLC – Shawano
  • Lemke Industrial Machine LLE – Marathon
  • Omnia Wood Products LLC (Smokey Woods) – Crivitz
  • Pindel Global Precision – New Berlin
  • Saco Foods, LLC – Middleton

Medium Category (100-249 employees)

  • EK Machine Co., Inc. – Fall River
  • N.E.W. Plastics Corp. – Luxemburg
  • Plas-Tech Engineering – Lake Geneva
  • Radius Packaging – New Berlin
  • Redline Plastics, LLC – Manitowoc
  • Winsert, LLC – Marinette

Large Category (250-499 employees)

  • Custom Fabricating & Repair Inc. – Marshfield
  • Gamber-Johnson – Stevens Point
  • Inland Label and Marketing Services LLC – La Crosse
  • Weinbrenner Shoe Company – Merrill

Mega Category (500+ employees)

  • ANGI Energy Systems LLC – Janesville
  • Crystal Finishing – Schofield
  • Essity Professional Hygiene North America LLC – Greenville
  • Lawton Standard Co. – De Pere
  • Plexus Corp. – Neenah
  • VARC, Inc – Viroqua

Baker Tilly, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce sponsor the annual MOTY awards program.