2007 Excellence in Manufacturing Awards

A. O. Smith has been named the 2007 Excellence in Manufacturing Award Winner for Innovation, presented by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce's Manufacturers Council, working in partnership with Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain, P.C., Nashville Business Journal, and Waddey & Patterson P.C.

The Excellence in Manufacturing Awards program was established to celebrate and recognize quality among Middle Tennessee manufacturers. Nominees are evaluated and selected by a panel of seven volunteer judges with extensive public and private manufacturing experience, who scored the applicants based on criteria such as leadership in manufacturing, manufacturing processes, growth and consistency and employee development.

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2007 AHR Green Building
Product of the Year

The A. O. Smith Vertex™ has been named the AHR Expo Innovation Award Green Building Product of the Year. Winning products were chosen for their ability to help HVAC&R professionals best provide safer, healthier, more efficient and/or more comfortable indoor environments. The annual competition is sponsored by ASHRAE, the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI), and International Exposition Company (IEC). The purpose is to recognize and encourage innovation and creativity in the HVAC&R industry.

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2006 North American Water Heaters
Product Innovation of the Year Award

Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, presents its awards to companies demonstrating best practices in a variety of regional and global markets. Frost & Sullivan selected A. O. Smith Corporation as the recipient of the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation in the United States water heater market. The company’s new Vertex™ residential water heater product line has successfully catered to a growing market requirement and is an innovation in a highly mature market.