Three Women at Shaw Industries to Receive Manufacturing STEP Award

Dalton, GA, March 2, 2016—The Manufacturing Institute will award Shaw Industries’ Kim Seijo, business intelligence and MDM (Product Domain) director; LaRuthie Mason, START industrial maintenance training manager; and Erika Swartz, senior process engineer with the Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Award.

The STEP Awards honor women who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in their careers and represent all levels of the manufacturing industry.

Seijo and Mason are among the 100 recipients to be recognized as honorees, and Swartz is among the 30 emerging leaders selected. The winners of this year’s award were selected amongst hundreds of applicants from numerous manufacturers across the country reflecting a diversity of manufacturing sectors and positions.

Seijo was selected for the positive impact she has made within Shaw through the use of data to make better business decisions; Mason was selected for her leadership in preparing associates for highly skilled positions through the START program and leading efforts related to the Shaw Maker Space; and Swartz for her process improvements supporting the start-up of Shaw’s Evergreen Ringgold recycling facility.

On April 21, The Manufacturing Institute will recognize 130 recipients of the STEP Ahead Awards at a reception in Washington, D.C. The STEP Ahead Awards program will highlight each Honoree’s story, including their leadership and accomplishments in manufacturing.

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