Bob Crain of AGCO Corp., who chairs the government and public affairs committee of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, announces the 2018 AEM Advocates Program award winners at AEM’s recent annual conference.Photo: Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Service truck manufacturer Stellar Industries Inc. is a Gold winner of the annual Advocates Program awards from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).
Headquartered in Garner, Iowa, Stellar is one of 28 AEM member companies that received the 2018 awards, which recognize advocacy efforts through the association’s I Make America campaign.
Other 2018 Gold winners include industry giants such as Caterpillar Inc., Cummins, Deer & Company, JCB Inc., Komatsu, Terex Corporation, Vermeer Corporation, and Volvo Construction Equipment.
Six other companies received the program’s highest honor, the Pillar of the Industry Award: Calder Brothers Corporation, Doosan Bobcat, Kobelco Construction Machinery USA Inc., Manitou Americas Inc., and Sioux Corporation.
“It’s more important than ever for our elected officials to understand the critical importance of our industry’s role in sustaining economic prosperity and quality of life across America,” AEM president Dennis Slater said in a news release this December announcing the winners. “These companies have really stepped up in their communities, and we greatly appreciate their dedication and hard work throughout the year.”
The I Make America facility tour, which this year had the theme “Behind Every Product,” brought elected officials to member manufacturing facilities to talk about pressing issues many of the 1.3 million employed in the industry. The AEM also hosted an inaugural I Make America Town Hall Tour at facilities of three members — AGCO in Jackson, Minn.; Doosan Bobcat in Bismark, N.D.; and Terex Genie in Redmond, Wash.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, AEM represents more than 1,000 companies, including dozens of manufacturers of service trucks and accessory equipment.
For more information, visit www.aem.org.