Clinton Township Company Wins Nod as County Leader in 'Corporate Citizenship'

A Clinton Township company has added "Corporate Citizen" to its list of honors this week following the first-ever Macomb Business Awards.

Omega Plastics, which offers tooling and low-volume plastic injection molding solutions, won a crystal award Tuesday in recognition of its "longstanding commitment to serving our community and its willingness to let its facilities be used by nonprofit organizations," which is in keeping with its longstanding mission: To do great work so that we can do good works.

The company was nominated along with 48 others for leadership in one of four categories: efficiency, workforce development, diversification or corporate citizenship.

A panel of judges, which included Dr. Jim Jacobs, president of Macomb Community College, and Gene Lovell, president of First State Bank, reviewed the nominations and selected four to receive crystal awards.

Other winners included:

• Energy Efficiency Expert - General Dynamics Land Systems of Sterling Heights for reducing energy consumption by 20 percent through the adoption of renewable energy sources.
• Diversification Leader - Fori Automation of Shelby Township for expanding beyond the automotive industry to serve the industries of aerospace, agriculture and recreational vehicles.
• Champion of Workforce Development - IBEW-NECA Electrical Industry Training Center in Warren for their apprenticeship program and ongoing education efforts to prepare their members for advances in technology.

“We are proud of the 18,000 businesses that have chosen Macomb County as a place to grow their business,” said Macomb County Executive Mark A. Hackel, who distributed the awards along with the Macomb County Planning and Economic Development department. “Each contributes to our community in a way that is valuable.”

Other Clinton Township businesses nominated for the awards were: JEM Tech Group for a Energy Efficiency Expert award; Prestige Group for a Champion of Workforce Development award; Omega Plastics for a Diversification Leader award; American Ink USA Printing & Graphics for a Corporate Citizen award; Central Macomb Community Credit Union for a Corporate Citizen award; and CENTURY 21 Town & Country for a Corporate Citizen award.

Macomb Community College also received the 2013 Economic Development Partner of the Year award in recognition of its nearly 25-year partnership with the Macomb County Planning and Economic Development Department.