Society of Manufacturing Engineers to Honor 50 Michigan Manufacturers At Awards Breakfast September 25

    DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 4 The Society of Manufacturing
Engineers (SME), with the support of the Detroit 300 Commission, will
recognize and honor 50 manufacturing companies with facilities that have
achieved a heritage of more than 50 years in Michigan.  The SME/Detroit 300
Manufacturing Awards Breakfast, "A Michigan Manufacturing Tradition," will be
held 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 25, 2001 at Detroit's Cobo
Center, Riverview Ballroom.
    Remarks by the Honorable Dennis Archer, Mayor, City of Detroit and
by Michael A. Finney, vice president, Emerging Business Sectors, Michigan
Economic Development Commission, will be followed by a presentation of awards
by Edsel Ford II, chairman of the Detroit 300 Commission.
    Honorees range from Michigan's oldest manufacturer and distributor of
woodcutting and metal-cutting tools, PMC Machinery (established in 1854), to
American Axle & Manufacturing, DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Federal Mogul
Corporation, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation and Lear
Corporation.
    "These companies are the heart and soul of Michigan's manufacturing
community," said Nancy S. Berg, SME executive director and general manager and
host of the breakfast.  "SME's mission is to support the future of
manufacturing and its important role in the economy.  This awards breakfast
allows us to acknowledge and promote Michigan's leadership in manufacturing
while honoring businesses that have demonstrated their commitment to the
state's technological advancements and economic growth."
    The Manufacturing Awards Breakfast will be attended by the senior
executives of the manufacturing companies being honored; Detroit 300
Commission members; SME members; local media; and the nearly 400 exhibitors in
SME's concurrent machine-tool exposition, the Detroit 2001 Advanced
Productivity Exposition (APEX).
    A limited number of tickets are available for purchase at $50 each
by other interested parties.  A percentage of the ticket revenues will be
given to the SME Education Foundation's scholarships and grant programs, which
support manufacturing engineering programs at Michigan colleges and
universities.  In 2001, the SME Education Foundation will invest over $430,000
in Michigan grants and $58,000 in Michigan scholarships.
    Immediately following the Manufacturing Awards Breakfast, the doors will
open to SME's Detroit 2001 Advanced Productivity Exposition (APEX), being held
at Cobo Center September 25 to 27.
    The 2001 event is the Midwest's largest and longest-running metalworking
and manufacturing exposition.  Nearly 400 machine tool manufacturers and
regional distributors will display and demonstrate the latest machine tools,
metalworking technologies and manufacturing processes.  Technologies include
machine tools and accessories; cutting tools and inserts; milling; grinding
and deburring; drilling and tapping; EDM; CAD/CAM; machine controls (NC, CNC,
DNC); flexible manufacturing systems; waterjet cutting; finishing; laser
systems and more.  The Detroit 2001 APEX is expected to attract more than
14,000 manufacturers, engineers and executives from throughout the Midwest.
    SME, headquartered in Dearborn, Mich., is the world's leading professional
society serving the manufacturing industries.  Through its publications,
expositions, professional development resources and member programs, SME
influences more than 500,000 manufacturing executives, managers and engineers.
Founded in 1932, SME has members in 70 countries and supports a network of
chapters worldwide.  For more information about SME, see the website:
http://www.sme.org .

  CONTACT:  Barbara J. Gaston
            SME Corporate Communications
            313-271-1500, ext. 1861
            313-336-9758 Fax
            Email: gastbar@sme.org

                                   ADDENDUM

                                 DETROIT 300
                        MANUFACTURING AWARDS BREAKFAST
                      A MICHIGAN MANUFACTURING TRADITION

                                   AWARDEES

    3M Abrasive Manufacturing
    Acme Wire and Iron Works
    Alliance Tool & Machine Company
    Aluminum Supply Company
    American Axle & Manufacturing
    Apex Broach and Machines
    Bokum Tool Company, Inc.
    Carboloy, Inc.
    Central Screw Products Company
    Coca Cola Bottling Company
    Corver Engineering
    DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Davis Industries, Inc.
    Detroit Edge Tool Co.
    Detroit Tube Products
    EATON Detroit Spring, Inc.
    Federal Mogul Corporation
    Foamade Industries, Inc.
    Ford Motor Company
    Fox Steel Treating Company
    General Motors Corporation
    Hayes Grinding
    HR Krueger Machine Tools, Inc.
    Hucks Millwork Company
    International Extrusions, Inc.
    Lear Corporation
    Letts Industries, Inc.
    Link Engineering Company
    M. L. Forrest Products Company
    Mark IV Automotive
    Mechanical Plating Company
    Meco Metals Company
    Meir Screw Products and Manufacturing
    Michigan Box Company
    Michigan Pneumatic Tool
    National Bronze Manufacturing Company
    PMC Machinery, Inc.
    Perch Machining
    Precision Boring Company
    Rayl Industrial Supply
    Roura Iron Works, Inc.
    Spaulding Electric Company, Inc.
    Standard Paper Company
    Sure-Weld & Plating Rack Company
    Triangle Electric Company
    Trio Tool Company
    Werner Tool and Manufacturing
    Weyhing Brothers Manufacturing
    Winston Brothers Iron & Metal Company
    Wolverine Packing Company, Inc.

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