Modex 2014: MHI Innovation Award finalists announced

MHI has announced the finalists for the MHI Innovation Award competition. The MHI Innovation Award serves to educate and provide valuable insights on the latest manufacturing and supply chain innovative products and services. This award will be given to winners in two categories: Best New Innovation and Best Innovation of an Existing Product.

Best New Product Finalists

Cisco-Eagle Inc.
Intralox
Magline, Inc.
PowerHandling, Inc.
Sentry Protection Products
Yale Materials Handling Corp.

Best Existing Product Finalists
Digital Lumens, Inc.
Hyster Company
Valley Craft, Inc.
McCue Corporation
Product Protector LLC
QTEK Design Ltd.

The contest defines innovation as a new product, product line, technology or service or new application of existing products or technology that create quantifiable and sustainable results in terms of ROI, cost savings and customer satisfaction. A total of 64 companies and 76 innovations were submitted by Modex 2014 exhibitors for the competition. All innovation award submissions will be showcased on the show floor.

All submissions were reviewed by the following panel of judges who determined the six finalists in each category.

Dave Konopka, Sr Manager Distribution Technology
Spectrum Brands

John Stepney, DC Manager
Spectrum Brands

Dan Salsbury, Sr Director of Warehousing
Coca Cola Bottling Co. Consolidates

Greg Wolljung, VP of Supply Chain
Snyders-Lance Inc.

John Nofsinger, MHI CEO (Retired)

Mike Ogle, Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Finalists will be evaluated by the judging panel on the morning of Monday, March 17. The award winners will be announced on March 18 just prior to the Modex keynote at 8:30 AM in the Georgia World Congress Center Room B 312-314.

Modex 2014 is scheduled to be held March 17-20, 2014 in Atlanta’s Georgia World Conference Center. The tradeshow will showcase the latest manufacturing, distribution and supply chain solutions in the material handling and logistics industry. Modern’s complete Modex 2014 coverage.