Shingo Prize Announces 2007 Manufacturing Winners

The Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing, established in 1988, recognizes companies in the U.S., Canada and Mexico that achieve world-class manufacturing status.

The 12 recipients were:

• Autoliv Queretaro CMX Facility in Queretaro, Mexico,
• Baxter Healthcare Corp, North Cove Plant, Marion, N.C.
• Baxter S.A. de C.V., Cuernavaca Plant, Morelos, Mexico
• Cordis de Mexico, Juarez, Mexico, a part of Johnson & Johnson
• Delphi Packard Electrical/Electronic Architecture's Chihuahua 1, Chihuahua, Mexico
• Delphi Packard Electrical/Electronic Architecture's Cableados Fresnillo 1,Fresnillo, Mexico
• DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc., Instrument Cluster Division, Maryville, Tenn.,
• Hearth & Home Technologies, Mount Pleasant, Iowa
• Hon Co., LA South Gate Plant, South Gate, Calif.
• Raytheon Missile Systems, Louisville, Kentucky
• Solectron Manufactura de Mexico, Guadalajara, Mexico
• Takata Seat Weight Sensor, Equipo Automotriz Americana, Monterrey, Mexico