Mohawk Wins Progressive Manufacturing Award

For the fourth year in a row, Mohawk Fine Papers, Cohoes, N.Y., USA, has been named a winner of the annual Progressive Manufacturing 100 Awards, which recognize the top 100 manufacturing companies from around the world that have achieved significant breakthroughs in innovation, in the use of advanced technologies, and in the effective management of their businesses. An independent blue-ribbon panel -- including leading manufacturing researchers and analysts, academics, and manufacturing executives -- recognized Mohawk for its innovation in the Business Model Mastery award category.

"The Progressive Manufacturing 100 Award is in recognition of the development of a cloud-based service-oriented architecture that enables the rapid and dynamic formation of business partnerships to deliver a unique portfolio of products and services to our customers," says Paul Stamas, VP of information technology at Mohawk.

In collaboration with Syracuse University and Liaison Technologies, Mohawk developed a cloud-based, service-oriented architecture designed to enable interoperability with business partners and cloud-based business applications. The company has leveraged this solution to effectively integrate its business processes with its customers, logistics providers, and manufacturing partners.

In addition to Mohawk, this year's Progressive Manufacturing 100 winners include: Boeing, Caterpillar, Chevron, Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, Ford, IBM, General Motors, Honeywell, Kodak, L'Oreal, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, Nestle, and Porsche.

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