MAPLE PLAIN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 4, 2015--
Prototype and low-volume production parts manufacturer Proto Labs, Inc.
(NYSE: PRLB) has been awarded a 2015 Manufacturing Leadership Award by
corporate growth consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. In its 11th year, the
awards honor manufacturing companies and individual manufacturing
leaders that are shaping the future of global manufacturing.
Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing Leadership Council—a member-driven,
global business leadership network of more than 100 members—is
responsible for selecting winners of the annual award. Proto Labs was
recognized in the Innovation Process Leadership category for its Cool
Idea! Award program, which provides gratis prototyping and short-run
production services to entrepreneurs bringing inventive new product
ideas to life.
“With Cool Idea!, we have the enviable task of working with product
designers, engineers and inventors during the infancy of innovation,
when their ideas are just beginning to take shape in early prototype
form,” says Vicki Holt, Proto Labs’ President and CEO. “It’s extremely
fulfilling to then watch these prototypes become actual products that
are released to market with the help of our own innovative manufacturing
processes.”
The Manufacturing Leadership Summit is set to follow in Carlsbad, Calif.
on June 2-4. Themed “The New Era of Creative Manufacturing,” the
three-day event gathers industry experts to discuss challenges and new
opportunities in manufacturing, and culminates in an award’s gala to
honor this year’s winners.
“We are delighted to have been presented with a leadership award and
applaud Frost & Sullivan’s effort to advance manufacturing into the
future,” says Holt. “Over the past year, Proto Labs has continued to
innovate by adding new capabilities like same-day shipment on machined
parts, new processes like metal injection molding and liquid silicone
rubber molding, and a third flagship service with additive
manufacturing. It all equates to faster and more diverse parts that
allow our customers to get products to market sooner.”
About Proto Labs
Proto Labs is a leading online and
technology-enabled quick-turn manufacturer of custom parts for
prototyping and short-run production. Proto Labs provides “Real Parts,
Really Fast” by utilizing injection molding, computer numerical control
(CNC) machining and additive manufacturing to produce parts for product
designers and engineers worldwide. For more information, visit protolabs.com.
About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership
Company, works in collaboration with clients to leverage visionary
innovation that addresses the global challenges and related growth
opportunities that will make or break today's market participants. For
more than 50 years, the company has been developing growth strategies
for the global 1000, emerging businesses, the public sector and the
investment community. Learn more about Frost & Sullivan at www.frost.com.
Source: Proto Labs
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