Custom Manufacturing & Engineering™
awarded MTAPP Innovation in Manufacturing Award
St Petersburg , Florida , January 1, 2007. ("MTAPP Summit focuses on critical supply chain needs", as featured in: Air Force Small Business Outreach Perspective, Volume V, Number 4, Fall-Winter 2006)
San Antonio was the site for this year's Manufacturing Technical Assistance Production Program's annual Summit. The Summit, among the Air Force Outreach Program Office's most successful activities, was held November 13-16, and brought together small businesses, acquisition professionals and prime contractors to discuss ways to help meet the supply and technical requirements of the Air Force and the Department of Defense.
The MTAPP Summit helped MTAPP member companies prepare for new business opportunities, according to Lt. Col. William Blakeman, MTAPP Program Chief.
"The Summit also connected acquisition professionals with MTAPP members and facilitated meetings between MTAPP members and prime contractors," he said.
Summit speakers covered topics such as Defense Acquisition Reform and its impact on Small Business Supply Chain Sustainment, and becoming a World Class Manufacturing Firm, in addition to a variety of other presentations. The Summit also included panel discussions by aerospace prime contractors and MTAPP companies, a matchmaking event, and a tour of a San Antonio MTAPP Graduate manufacturing firm, M2 Global Technology.
The culmination of the Summit was the MTAPP Graduation and Awards Banquet, with a keynote address by Dr. Ross Robson, Executive Director of the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing.
Recognized during the Awards Banquet were the 25 MTAPP Graduate companies, as well as several award winners. The following MTAPP companies received awards:
MTAPP Innovation in Manufacturing Award
Intelligent Power Management System
Custom Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc.
St. Petersburg, FL
Foam Matrix , Inc
Inglewood, CA
MTAPP Teaming Award
Eagle Tool & Machine Company
Springfield, OH
MTAPP Jointness Award
Kit Pack Company
Las Cruces, NM
MTAPP Mission Award
Certified Manufacturing
Holt, FL
Blakeman said that the Summit was a great success. "All in all, it was a real opportunity for learning about MTAPP and the supply chain issues that face the Air Force and the DoD, as well as a great networking opportunity for the MTAPP small business manufacturers. It resulted in a win-win situation for all the participants."
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