GADC & SCMEP Manufacturer of the Year Award Application

Greenville County Manufacturer of the Year Award Application

Sponsored by GADC and the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Program (SCMEP)
This award recognizes Greenville County's small and medium-sized manufacturers excelling in growth, community outreach, and transformational and operational excellence. Manufacturers are defined as entities that produce finished goods from raw materials by using various processes. Small manufacturers are defined as 50 employees or less in Greenville County, and medium-sized manufacturers at 51-250 employees in Greenville County. A panel of manufacturing industry experts from GADC, SCMEP and the South Carolina Department of Commerce will evaluate industry award applications to identify award recipients.

Announcement Date/Location: GADC will announce the two companies receiving the 2024 Greenville County Manufacturer of the Year award at its Investor Annual Meeting on June 12 from 5 pm - 7:30 pm. GADC will invite up to four people from each of the winning companies to attend the award luncheon at no charge.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: Application must be received by April 22, 2025, in order for award consideration.
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COMPANY SUMMARY: Brief description of company's history, how long you have been in Greenville, what you manufacture, the processes you use, and services provided.*
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GROWTH: Highlight your company's growth over the past two to five years. You might include employment growth, equipment and facilities changes and additions, customer growth such as number served, key projects, innovation, increases in revenue, successful workplace culture initiatives and philosophy, and your company's vision for future growth and improvement.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH: Highlight your company’s tangible and measurable impact on communities in Greenville County by detailing your company's involvement, support, and sponsorship of community organizations. Impact might be reflected by funds raised, events held, hours volunteering, etc. Include any future community outreach efforts planned.
TRANSFORMATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE: Outline your company's bottom line results from its continuous improvement and/or operational excellence such as KPIs, cost savings, improved quality, reduced turnover, capacity increase, etc. Note the driving force behind the improvement initiatives such as customer, market, leadership, etc. You may also share the CI tools and methodology utilized to achieve these results. Include any company culture elements and philosophies that contributed to success, and your vision for the future.
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INNOVATION: Highlight any innovation of new devices, ideas, inventions and/or processes that transformed your business, and/or bettered the South Carolina manufacturing community. You might describe how you used innovation to improve what you do, how you are faster, more responsive, better problem solvers, have greater relevance in marketplace, how you get the best ideas from your team, and/or the innovation trends your company is leading in or pursuing in the future.
By clicking "yes" below and submitting this application, your company, if selected as the "Manufacturer of the Year," agrees to provide the award sponsors (Greenville Area Development Corporation and the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership) with your company logo, to publish it along with photos of company representative(s) accepting the award on the sponsors' websites, LinkedIn page, and newsletters, and to promote the winners in press releases to local, state and national media.*

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Greenville County Manufacturer of the Year Award Application

AWARD CRITERIA CATEGORIES

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