2004

Gary Kakos

Dr Gary Kakos, then CEO/President of the Centre for Manufacturing, for his tireless contribution to manufacturing. Gary was also a staunch supporter of the AME (Australia) in the early days, providing meeting rooms, venues for events and much needed administrative support.

2005

Peter Sanbrook

Peter was instrumental in the formation and building of the AME in Australia, and in his business he demonstrates very well the ethos of excellence. Peter believes in the total business approach to excellence and embodies this in his Client Service Support System, where everything combines to produce a great outcome for the end customer. Peter has been, and will continue to be, a great ambassador for manufacturing in Australia and we thank him for his ongoing support for the AME.

2006

Archie Cowan

Archie Cowan has accumulated almost 40 years change management experience that has afforded him excellent opportunities to develop and deliver a comprehensive portfolio of Excellence tools, practices and systems across the automotive, print and packaging industries on two continents. More recently, Archie’s role at the Industry Capability Network reinforced his desire to get more industries on the Journey of Excellence to create jobs through an export focus.

2007

Calvin
Miller

Calvin Miller has worked in the Victorian manufacturing industry for 29 years.  Through his participation in the Mnaufacturing Best Practice Program, Calvin was one of the early adopters of Lean Manufacturing principles in Victoria.  He became the founding president of the AME Australia in 2000.

2008

Seamus
Power
 

Seamus takes a lead role in Manufacturing through wide and varied support to the industry, for example, presenting at conferences on Autoliv's best practice, and opening the doors of Autoliv to visitors to see first hand best practice.  His support of AME in particular has been ongoing, helping out at AME Melb conferences 2005 & 2007, and site tour 2005.  He has supported other organisations in a similar dedicated fashion demonstrating his passion and energy.  Other exmples include the Best Practice in Manufacturing program - presentations & tours, his involvement as a committee member for FAPM supporting automotive manufacturing sector and also the benchmarking programs run jointly by deloitte & FAPM.

2009

Sandra
George

Sandra’s first contact with manufacturing was in 1991 when she headed the South East Taskforce – a Federal Government initiative set up to address the then record unemployment in the Dandenong region.

Inspiring local manufacturers with the use of innovative forums and networks, Sandra and her team created an additional 3,000 jobs over the term of the program.

Recognising the importance of this initiative the City of Greater Dandenong has continued to support Sandra’s work and today it thrives under the banner of South East Business Networks. This network now includes 2,500 people from over 350 companies across Melbourne’s south. Activities are designed to raise awareness of excellence and community amongst all stakeholders and to promote manufacturing as: "clean, clever and critical".

2010

Ian
Young 

In 2009, Ian led the inaugural Sustainability Insights program with the support of Sustainability Victoria. As Director of the Manufacturing Best Practice Program, Ian's current focus is on Lean to Green - a program which enables leaders and improvement champions of manufacturing organisations to develop an understanding of their Triple Bottom Line and the Business of Sustainability.

"Several of this year's Hall of Fame Inductees have been recognised for their commitment to a Triple Bottom Line", says Ian on receiving his award. "These organisations demonstrate that the linking of manufacturing excellence with the Business of Sustainability is becoming accepted by industry as a mainstream business paradigm".