Donaldson Company Announces Patent Recipients and Winners of Annual Inventor Awards
April 24 2017 - 1:58PM
Business Wire
Annual awards recognize employees who
contribute to Donaldson’s success
Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE:DCI), a leading worldwide
manufacturer of filtration systems and parts, has announced the
patent recipients and winners of the company’s 15th annual Inventor
Awards, which are given to employees whose work on various
technology innovations have contributed to Donaldson’s continued
success as a leader in filtration innovation.
Employees can be nominated for one of five designated awards.
The Technology Achievement Award is given to an individual or team
who has developed a material, product, process or method that has
made an extraordinary contribution to Donaldson’s long-term
success. This year, there were two winning teams: The Compressed
Air & Process Filtration DF Filter Line team based in Haan,
Germany, and the PowerCore® G3 Flute team located in Bloomington,
Minnesota.
The Emerging Innovator Award recognizes innovative technical
leadership from those with fewer than 10 years of experience at
Donaldson. This year’s winner is William Rossiter, Sr. Engineer,
based in Bloomington, Minnesota.
The Technology Champion Award recognizes employees who advance a
technology or process against popular opinion which is later
recognized as the right thing to do. Stephane Le Merdy, Application
Engineering Manager, based in Domjean France, is this year’s
recipient.
The Frank A. Donaldson Award, named after the company’s founder,
recognizes long-term engineering achievement. This year’s awardee
is Mike Gustafson, Sr. Development Engineer, Bloomington,
Minnesota.
The Richard M. Negri Manufacturing Excellence Award, named for a
long-time employee and past VP of Operations, whose many
contributions greatly advanced Donaldson’s global operations,
recognizes an individual who has created and implemented
significant process technology/product improvements for
manufacturing operations. This year’s awardee is Warren Dammann,
Engineering Manager, Bloomington, Minnesota.
Donaldson also recognizes 91 individuals who received patents in
calendar year 2016: Dan Adamek; Marty Barris; Wayne Bishop; Richard
Brandimarte; Mark Brandl; Fabrizo Buratto; Steve Campbell; Mauro
Cantoni; Paul Coulonvaux; Johnny Craessaerts; Bruce Crenshaw;
Andrew Dallas; Korneel De Rudder; Johan DeWit; James Doyle; Joseph
Einberger; Karim Elayed; Don Engel; Carolyn Finnerty; Johan Fobe;
Dan Frembgen; Steve Gieseke; Janelle Hampton; Derek Hiemstra; Jack
Hiemstra; Bruce Hoppenstedt; Al Hovda; Doug Iddings; Kenji Ito;
Wijadi Jodi; Kurt Joscher; Veli Kalayci; Shigeo Kato; Vladimir
Kladnitsky; Bill Krisko; Brad Kuempel; Jack Kuhn; Josh Kundert;
Yutaka Kuwabara; Don Larson; Marvin Laue; Greg LaVallee; Stephane
Le Merdy; Stanislas Le Tallec; Jerome Lebas; Tom Lundgren; Mike
Madden; Francesco Marangoni; Tom Miller; Troy Murphy; Ben Nelson;
David Nelson; Cary Olson; Richard Osendorf; Kirit Patel; Scott
Peters; Paul Peterson; Luca Piva; Antoine Provost; Tom Raether;
Gary Reeves; Greg Reichter; Gary Rocklitz; Bob Rogers; Jim Rothman;
Jacob Sanders; Kevin Schrage; Jim Scott; Piyush Sharma; Suresh
Shenoy; Ajay Singh; Heather Tate; Todd Taubert; Tom Teck; Junich
Teshigawara; Greg Tronnes; William Vanaudenhove; Karthik
Viswanathan; Paul Way; Darrel Wegner; Thom Weik; Paul Wendt;
Matthew Whitten; Gert Willems; Rakesh Yadav; Shugo Yanada; Hajime
Yao; Nathan Zambon; Andrey Zanettin; Dustin Zastera; and Brian
Zauner.
“Customers’ equipment and filtration needs are ever-evolving,
and Donaldson’s engineering, technology and operations staffs
continually develop innovative solutions that anticipate and meet
these needs,” said Sheila Peyraud, Donaldson Vice President and
Chief Technology Officer. “With over 1,800 active patents and
significant contributions to the design of industry-leading filter
media, materials and products, our employees are vital to
Donaldson’s global leadership in filtration. I thank and
congratulate each of the awardees on their outstanding
contributions and achievements.”
About Donaldson Company
Founded in 1915, Donaldson Company is a global leader in the
filtration industry with approximately 140 sales, manufacturing and
distribution locations in 44 countries. Donaldson’s innovative
filtration technologies improve people’s lives, enhance customers’
equipment performance and protect the environment. For more
information, visit www.Donaldson.com.
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