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SpanTech wins state manufacturer of ’06

Span Tech of Glasgow won the 2006 Kentucky Manufacturer of the Year Award.

The awards were given at the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers’ recent annual luncheon in Louisville. These awards are given to manufacturers who demonstrate excellence in manufacturing.

Span Tech of Glasgow took home the award in the medium category. Founded in 1976 by Bud Layne, Span Tech began as a part-time subcontractor installing acoustic ceiling, wall and floor systems and is now the only company in the world that can fabricate an entire conveyor system for a U.S. food producer.

Today, Span Tech has a catalogue of seven standard conveyor models that can be ordered and shipped within days. Span Tech’s intellectual property now totals 38 issued U.S. and foreign patents, seven U.S. pending patents, three U.S. provisional patents and 32 pending foreign patents.

Established in 1911, the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers is the commonwealth’s only manufacturing trade association. Formerly the Associated Industries of Kentucky, KAM’s mission is to raise the prosperity of all Kentuckians by protecting and growing manufacturing.

Chamber schedules three ribbon cuttings

The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce has several ribbon cuttings set.

Health Resources at 1043 Pedigo Way, Ste. 6, has a ceremony at noon Wednesday. The grand opening of Riverside Pharmacy and the new location of The Medical Center Sleep Center and MedEquip is at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at 825 Second Ave. E.

A ribbon cutting at 9 a.m. Thursday celebrates the addition of a new public transit bus route by the City of Bowling Green and Community Action of Southern Kentucky at 1001 College St.

The grand opening of Global Advanced Leadership Center at 304 E. 11th Ave. is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

T.G.I. Friday’s donates to March of Dimes

T.G.I. Friday’s celebrates Prematurity Awareness Day today by donating 10 percent of net food sales to March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.

Business Summit is set for Nov. 21

The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security has a Bowling Green Business Preparedness Summit from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 21 at the Bowling Green Police Department at 911 Kentucky St. To register online, please visit www.protectyourbusiness.ky.gov and click on &#8220Regional Summits.”

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