Manufacturing Awards

The Austin Regional Manufacturers Association has an annual tradition of recognizing the contributions of individuals and corporations within the Central Texas manufacturing community. Winners of the annual ARMA awards are selected by a committee of ARMA members every fall, and typically announced in December. Nominees are honored and winners are announced at an awards luncheon in February.

VIEW THE AWARDS PROGRAM GUIDE HERE
Our schedule for this Awards Season is as follows:
1. Nominations open from October 2nd to November 11th
2. Finalists announced on December 12th at our Holiday Mixer
3. Winners announced at the Awards Luncheon on February 25th - more details on event and sponsorships coming soon
We are pleased to announce our finalists for the 2024 season. These companies and individuals are among the best and the brightest in the Central Texas manufacturing community. All the finalists will be honored, and the winners will be announced at an awards luncheon on February 25th. Register for the luncheon here.

Please join ARMA in congratulating the following finalists on their ARMIES Award nominations!

COMPANY OF THE YEAR

LARGE
Acutronic Group
Paradigm Manufacturing
Tokyo Electron US


MEDIUM
Falcon Structures
GAF Energy
Senox Corporation


SMALL
Detekt Biomedical
Wolfram Manufacturing Technologies
Zimmer Design and Manufacturing, LLC


EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

Andy Salo, East/West Manufacturing
Beth San Segundo, OriGen Biomedical
Brad Locke, Wondercide

INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

Tokyo Electron US
TyRex Group, Ltd
Wolfram Manufacturing Technologies

RISING STAR

Aaron Rawls, Impac Systems Engineering
Ankur Agarwal, Tokyo Electron
Alex Q. Huang, Quantum Power Systems

COOLEST THING MADE IN AUSTIN
Acutronic Group
Infinitum
Saronic Technologies

COMMUNITY IMPACT

CelLink
Tekscend Photomask (formerly Toppan Photomask)
TyRex Group, Ltd

ALLY IN WORKFORCE
Kwee Lan Teo, Samsung Semiconductor
Corina I. Zepeda, Texas State Technical College
Dr. Laura Marmolejo, Ed.D, Austin Community College

ARMA PILLAR
Stephanie Chelsea Mora,
Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area Isaiah Knox, Tekscend Photomask
Monica Morales, OES Equipment

See below for a recap of the 2023 Award Winners!


We are happy to announce the winners for the 2023 ARMA Manufacturing Awards (ARMIES)! There were over 80 amazing companies and individuals that were nominated.

Special thank you to all our amazing sponsors: Regions Bank, INSURICA, Insperity, Yates Construction, and the National Institute of Innovation and Technology
Company of the Year (Large)

Applied Materials

Company of the Year (Medium)

Toppan Photomask

Company of the Year (Small)

Tubular

Executive of the Year
Award sponsored by INSURICA

Blain Ogea
Paradigm Manufacturing

Innovator of the Year
Award sponsored by Insperity
Ben James
Tubular

Rising Star

Rencheng Dong
Tokyo Electron

Community Impact
Award sponsored by Yates Construction
Tokyo Electron

Coolest Thing Made in Austin
Award sponsored by National Institute of Innovation and Technology
American Precision Engineering