It's celebration season. IndustryWeek is ready to celebrate the 2026 IW Best Plants Award winners, a foursome of North American manufacturing plants that exemplifies manufacturing excellence on the plant floor. The honorees were announced just this morning, but their achievements were many years in the making. We applaud their efforts and their outstanding performances. Today's lead story announces those winners, and I encourage you to check it out. You will also hear more about the 2026 class in the coming month.
On a related note, IndustryWeek will present the IW Best Plants Awards to the four winning facilities in person at the 2026 IndustryWeek Operations Leadership Summit, which takes place Oct. 20-22 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. This conference celebrates operational excellence with keynote addresses, learning sessions, networking opportunities and plant tours. I've included a link so you can review the full program.
— Jill Jusko, IW Continuous Improvement newsletter editor
