Drive technology company wins award
Sumitomo Drive Technologies has received the 2024 National Metalworking Reshoring Award. The award was given in recognition of the company's success in bringing manufacturing to the United States through foreign direct investment and to Mexico via what is known as "nearshoring".
The 2024 award was presented on Sept. 13, 2024, at IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show at McCormick Place in Chicago by Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative.
Honoring companies that have effectively brought to North America the manufacture of products, parts, or tooling made primarily by metal forming, fabricating, casting, or machining, including additive manufacturing, the accolade is made possible by a number of organizations. These include: the Reshoring Initiative; the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA); AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology; SME; the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA); and the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA).
Joe Gopi, director of manufacturing, Sumitomo Drive Technologies, received the award on the IMTS+ Main Stage on behalf of Sumitomo Drive Technologies. He spoke of what receiving the award meant to the company:
“Winning the National Metalworking Reshoring Award is a tremendous honor and validation of our team's dedication to our reshoring and nearshoring strategies. This award reflects our commitment to customer satisfaction and building a strong, resilient supply chain. We are grateful to the support from our supplier-partners and the
investment of our parent company, SHI (Sumitomo Heavy Industries).”