SmartSynch is Named as a Winner of the 2011 Progressive Manufacturing 100 Awards
Smart grid solutions provider to be honored at the PM100 Awards Gala held during the Manufacturing Leadership Summit, May 11, 2011
JACKSON, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SmartSynch, a Smart Grid technology company utilizing end-to-end IP communications via cellular networks, has been selected as a winner of the seventh annual PM100 Awards by Manufacturing Enterprise Communications, Inc., producers of the Manufacturing Leadership Summit and publishers of Managing Automation. SmartSynch joins Chevron, Ford, General Motors, IBM and a host of other successful manufacturing companies named to the list of winners.
The 2011 PM100 winners were chosen based on their achievements in one of eight PM100 disciplines. SmartSynch was selected for the ‘operational excellence’ discipline. An independent blue-ribbon panel, including leading manufacturing researchers and analysts, academics and manufacturing executives, including past PM100 winners, evaluated and judged all nominations.
The PM100 Winners will be honored and presented with their awards at a black tie dinner event on the last day of the Manufacturing Leadership Summit, May 9-11 at The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL. In addition to presenting the awards to the PM100 winners, MEC will announce High Achiever winners in each of the eight disciplines, the Editor's Choice Award Winners, and the 2010 Progressive Manufacturers of the Year.
"The inventive spirit and resourcefulness that have always driven manufacturing are not only alive and well, but flourishing," said David R. Brousell, Editor-in-Chief of MEC and a PM100 judge. "SmartSynch and all other winning companies have demonstrated an ability to rethink their businesses and apply advanced technologies in innovative ways that manufacturers everywhere would be well served to emulate. The PM100 winners this year are role models for the successful manufacturing company of today and in the future."
About SmartSynch, Inc.
SmartSynch is a company that creates smart grids for the utility industry. Since 2000, we have been the only provider of open standards, IP-to-the-endpoint smart grid solutions that utilize a cellular network as the communications backbone. Our clean-tech innovations in the two-way delivery of real-time energy usage data over cellular networks, in lieu of proprietary networks, have to-date simplified deployments for 150 major North American utilities, while enabling their clean-energy initiatives and delivering greater Returns on Resources. As a smart grid infrastructure company, SmartSynch’s IP-based solutions are capable of delivering grid intelligence to and from any device. Our products and services include SmartMeters™ and SmartBoxes™ that immediately IP-enable the grid, software solutions, and network management services for utilities and their customers, as well as clean-tech companies in need of remote communications and control functionality for products ranging from solar panels to plug-in hybrid vehicles. For more information, visit www.smartsynch.com and follow SmartSynch on Twitter at www.twitter.com/smartsynch.
About Manufacturing Enterprise Communications, Inc.
Manufacturing Enterprise Communications, a division of Thomas Publishing Co. LLC, the leading information resource for manufacturing executives, produces industry-specific information for global manufacturing markets. Manufacturing Enterprise Communications provides critical content to innovative and forward-thinking manufacturing companies that use enterprise systems and information and automation technologies to transform their businesses and create a sustainable competitive advantage. Manufacturing Enterprise Communications powers the Managing Automation magazine and Website; the Manufacturing Executive Website, Manufacturing Leadership Council, and Manufacturing Executive Leadership Journal; the Manufacturing Leadership Summit; and the PM100 Awards program. For more information visit www.manufacturingleadershipsummit.com or email us at summit@thomaspublishing.com.
CONTACT:
SmartSynch, Inc.
Chris Myers, 601-362-1780, ext. 1059
cmyers@smartsynch.com
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