MRO Today’s
MRO All-PRO Team Awards 2008

Join us in saluting the best of the best of American maintenance professionals

by Tom Hammel
 

Welcome to the 2008 MRO Today All-PRO Team awards, where we salute the industry’s true heroes, the workers on the floor who keep our machines — and our national economy — humming. As is noted elsewhere in this issue, manufacturing contributes 12 percent to the United States’ GDP, yet manufacturers lead the nation in productivity. And leading the revolution are plant floor maintenance professionals. These are the people who make us look good in the eyes of the world, and who keep us competitive with nations whose labor rates are mere fractions of ours.

When we look at our 2008 All-PROs, an interesting point emerges, all the more relevant in today’s market where skills and manpower are increasingly premium commodities: If you want a great maintenance worker, promote a good machine operator.

Having worked on both sides of the machine, these cross-trained workers remember how frustrating the life of an operator can be. As a result, they are more emotionally invested in their work. They are passionate professionals, and because they truly understand how operators work, the solutions they create together are all the more comprehensive, elegantly engineered and ultimately reliable. And that is the definition of a true professional, understanding our work, having a passion for it and being reliable in its execution.

2008 All-PRO Sponsors
It is our pleasure to thank this year’s generous sponsors who have donated prize packages for our All-PRO Team winners. Some of the prizes donated as of press time for this year’s winners include:
     • Bosch PS10 I-Driver $150
     • Bosch PS20 Pocket Driver $115
     • Bosch PS40 Impactor $199
     • Carhartt Jackets $450
     • Channellock: TH-4 gift sets $750
     • Fein Supercut 2.0 kits $1,670
     • Ironclad Performance Wear Certificates $900
     • IRWIN Pro soft side tool bag and tools $150
     • Makita: BTD142HW 18V LXT Lithium-Ion
       Compact Impact Driver $219

Our sincere thanks go to Bosch, Carhartt, Channellock, Fein USA, Ironclad Performance Wear, Irwin Industrial Tools and Makita for helping us honor the best manufacturing maintenance workers in America for 2008.
 

This year's winners are:

• MRO Pro of the Year
  Larry Mouton, Maintenance team leader
    Central Life Sciences, Dallas, Texas

• Dave Rosato, Facility project manager
    Curtis Packaging Corp., Sandy Hook, Connecticut

• Bill Buchholz, Electronic coordinator
    C.C.L. Container, Hermitage, Pennsylvania

• Russell Nolan, Production manager
    Posi Lock Puller, Inc., Cooperstown, North Dakota

• Patrick Womack, PM coordinator
    Propex Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee

• Dave Holte, Maintenance worker
    Pactiv Corporation, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

This article appeared in the December 2007/January 2008 issue of MRO Today magazine. Copyright 2007.

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