AMHoF Announces
"2025 American Manufacturing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony"
Sept 11, 2025
Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT
Breakfast/Registration/Networking 7:30 am – 8 am
Induction Ceremonies: 8:30 am – 10 am
Post Ceremonies Networking: 10 am – 10:30 am
To honor Connecticut’s manufacturing legacy and to support our next generation of makers the American Manufacturing Hall of Fame has announced the 2025 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies.
We'll induct three new HOF members, recognize Innovator of the Year and Youth Innovator of the Year.
The 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees:
- TRUMPF Inc. a high-tech company with U.S. headquarters in Farmington, CT.
- A global technology leader in industrial lasers and fabricating equipment, TRUMPF’s North American headquarters have been located in Farmington, Connecticut since 1969. The company’s state-of-the art local facilities span more than 500,000 square feet and include a newly added Smart Factory that showcases the latest in high-tech, automated and connected manufacturing.
- Westminster Tool from Plainfield, CT
- As a small family-owned mold manufacturing company based in Plainfield, Connecticut, Westminster Tool is known across the state for revolutionary recruitment, on boarding and an employee-empowered culture employing some of the best and brightest in Connecticut.
- Ward Leonard located in Thomaston, CT
- Mission is more than a word at Ward Leonard. It’s a code of conduct. For 120 years, Ward Leonard has been a leader in electric motor, generator, control, and service solutions for the U.S. Navy fleet.
2025 Innovator Award Winners:
- Youth Innovator of the Year - 14 year-old Nolan Kosciukiewicz from Newington, CT.
- This past June, 14 year-old Nolan Kosciukiewicz earned First Place for Eighth Grade and the Overall Category Award in Household Organization and Appliances at the U.S. Nationals Invention Convention, rising to the top among 202,000 student entries nationwide.
- Legendary Inventor, Dean Kamen of Manchester, New Hampshire.
- Dean Kamen is an inventor, an entrepreneur, and a tireless advocate for science and technology. Dean Kamen is the founder of DEKA Research & Development Corporation, FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), FIRST Global, and the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) | BioFabUSA.
The American Manufacturing Hall of Fame also announced two new education programs:
- Lending Library—to get much needed manufacturing education materials into the hands of manufacturing program students at CT Community Colleges
- Presented Nolan Kosciukiewicz with the inaugural $2,500 Youth Innovator Scholarship
AMHoF Announces
"Celebrating Women of Manufacturing"
April 3, 2024
The Jackson Laboratory, Farmington, CT
Breakfast/Registration/Networking 8 am – 9 am
Induction Ceremonies: 9 am – 10 am
Post Ceremonies Networking: 10 am – 10:30 am
Honorary Chair
LT. Governor Susan Bysiewicz
Presenters
Senator Richard Blumenthal
Presenters:
U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro
Presenters
U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes
Master of
Ceremonies
Kara Sundlun, News Anchor,WFSB TV 3
To honor Connecticut’s manufacturing legacy and to support our next generation of makers the American Manufacturing Hall of Fame has announced the 2024 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies.
We'll induct four new HOF members, recognize Innovator of the Year and celebrate the women instrumental in Connecticut’s manufacturing industry.
AMHoF Induction Ceremonies
Steering Committee:
Induction Chairs:
- Lindy Lee Gold CT DECD
- Katy Toburen Marketing Leader AMHoF
- Timothy Clark Chairman of AMHoF
- Eileen Candels CCAT
- Tom Canderick Carmody, Torrance, Sandak & Hennessey
- Chris DiPentima CBIA
- Rich DuPont Resource Development Associates
- F.Guirand-Fleurimond HCC Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center
- Michelle HallCT Manufacturing Innovation Fund
- Barbara JohnsonCo-Founder AMHoF
- Carl JohnsonCo-Founder AMHoF
- Janet PrisloeCLA
- Wendy RobicheauNational Center for Next Generation Manufacturing
- Jay SlovesElkinson + Sloves, Inc.
- Dr. Karen Birch-WosczynaCT College of Technology
- Cyndi ZoldyMASC
Emeritus:
- Mary BidwellCT State
- Ellen TowerCo-Founder AMHoF
2024 Induction
Ceremonies Honorees
2024 American Manufacturing
Hall of Fame Inductees
2024 Leadership Award
Marcia LaFemina, Board of Directors Chair, MATCH
2024 Leadership Award
Mary Fitzgerald, President, ACME Wire
Women Of Distinction
Cindi Bigelow
Bigelow Tea
Stephanie Blackwell
Aurora Products
Jessica Chavez
Trumpf
Kate Donahue
Hampford Research
Shelley Fasano
Dymotek Corporation
Mary Fitzgerald
Acme Wire Products Co.,Inc
Dr. Jackie Garofano
CCAT
Laura Grondin
Hartford Technologies
Beatriz Gutierrez
Connstep
Brittany Isherwood
Burke Aerospace
Marcia LaFemina
Penn Globe
Marietta Lee
Lee Company
Janet Link
Stanley Black & Decker
Judy Marks
Otis Elevator
Jill Mayer
Bead Industries.
Claude-Helene McIntyre
Arburg, Inc.
Martha Prou
Phoenix Manufacturing
Nicole Russo
Microboard
Kathy Saint
Schwerdtle
Dr Kelli-Marie Vallieres
Office of Workforce Strategy
AMHoF Announces
"Celebrating Those Who Innovate"
April 16, 2023
The Jackson Laboratory, Farmington, CT
Breakfast/Registration/Networking 8 am – 9 am
Induction Ceremonies: 9 am – 10 am
Post Ceremonies Networking: 10 am – 10:30 am
Honorary Chair
Senator Christopher Murphy
Master of Ceremonies
Ann Nyberg, News Anchor, WTNH TV 8
To honor Connecticut’s manufacturing legacy and to support our next generation of makers the American Manufacturing Hall of Fame has announced its first statewide Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies.
We'll induct two new HOF members, recognize Innovator of the Year and celebrate the 44 Connecticut manufacturers instrumental in NASA’s Artemis I moonshot program.
AMHoF Induction Ceremonies
Steering Committee:
- Mary Bidwell CT State Colleges & Universities
- Timothy Clark Chairman of AMHoF
- Rich DuPont CSCU, RDA
- Lindy Lee Gold CT Department of Economic & Community Development
- Felisha Guirand-Fleurimond Housatonic Community College
- Michelle HallCT Manufacturing Coalition
- Barbara JohnsonCo-Founder AMHoF
- Carl JohnsonCo-Founder AMHoF
- Janet PrisloeCLA
- Wendy RobicheauNational Center for Next Generation Manufacturing
- Ellen TowerCo-Founder AMHoF
- Katy ToburenMarketing Leader AMHoF
- Dr. Karen Birch-WosczynaConnecticut College of Technology and National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing
2023 Induction
Ceremonies Honorees
2023 American Manufacturing Hall of Fame Inductees
Doug Johnson Innovator Leadership Award
“Boldly Go!” Award Recipients
BERLIN
Budney Industries Inc.
Space Electronics LLC
BETHEL
Eaton Corp
BLOOMFIELD
Kamatics Corp
BLOOMFIELD
Oxley Inc.
BRISTOL
Colonial Spring Company
DANBURY
Danbury Mission Technologies LLC
Linde Inc.
Vanguard Products Corp.
ENFIELD
Blue Thunder Technologies LLCPTR
FARMINGTON
Otis Elevator Co.
GROTON
Applied Physical Sciences Corp.
MANCHESTER
Donwell Company Inc.Enjet
MIDDLETOWN
Aerospace Techniques Inc.
Pegasus Manufacturing Inc.
MILFORD
Air-Lock, Inc.
NEWINGTON
Advanced Torque Products LLC
NORWALK
Omega Engineering Inc.
OLD SAYBROOK
Privateer Ltd.
OXFORD
Kimtron Inc.
PLAINFIELD
BST Systems Inc.
ROCKY HILL
Henkel Corp
SEYMOUR
J.V. Precision Machine Co.
SHELTON
Butler America Aerospace LLC
SIMSBURY
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Group
SOUTH WINDSOR
Aerospace Testing Laboratory Inc.
Bodycote Thermal Processing
STAFFORD
TTM Technologies Inc.
STAMFORD
Gartner Inc.
Omega Engineering Inc.
STRATFORD
Ashcroft Inc.
TORRINGTON
RBC Aircraft Bearings Inc.
WALLINGFORD
Dexmet Corp.
Times Microwave Systems Inc.
WATERBURY
Pharmacal Research Laboratories Inc.
WESTBROOK
The Lee Company.
WINDSOR LOCKS
Collins Aerospace
WINDSOR
Fischer Technology Inc.
Infinity Fuel Cell
TLD America Corp
