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Woburn, MA — Boston Centerless recently announced that it has been named a 2006 Silver Medal recipient of the Northeast Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing. Referred to as the "Nobel Prize of Manufacturing" by Business Week, the Shingo Prize is recognized as a premier manufacturing award and recognition program in North America. The award is presented to companies that achieve world-class manufacturing status through the implementation and practice of lean manufacturing principles. Boston Centerless is reported to be the first metal working contract manufacturer to win the Shingo Prize in North America.
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ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott , a leader in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, has received the 2007 Galen Prize for Best Biotechnology Product for HUMIRA (R) (adalimumab), the first approved fully human antibody. HUMIRA is approved for use in the treatment of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and moderate to severe Crohn's disease. The Galen Prize, considered an equivalent to the Nobel Prize and awarded by Prix Galien USA, is one of the highest accolades in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industry recognizing excellence in medical and scientific research and innovation.
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There is no precedent for such a posthumous award of the Nobel Prize and certain formalities have to be complied with. According to Dr. Sen, the Prize was about to be given to Gandhiji last year; but it was decided at the last moment to postpone the award by one year in view of the Punjab riots and the Indo-Pakistan quarrels. Dr. Sen. added that there were two outstanding instances where the reluctance of the Nobel Prize authorities to offend certain powerful foreign countries made them postpone the award again and again until it was too late and they were those of Tolstoy and Gandhiji.
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Interim CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano said: “This awarding of the Nobel Prize in physics to John Hall brings great honor to his research, his colleagues at JILA and NIST, to the university and to the citizens of Colorado. It is another example of the prestige and quality of CU-Boulder scientists and the opportunities available for students to work with faculty of Nobel quality."
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MEXICO CITY, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- TI Automotive, a global supplier of fluid storage, transfer and delivery systems, has won the prestigious Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing. A 2006 Shingo award went to the company's production facilities in Mexico City, Mexico. The 180,000-square-foot plant supplies brake and fuel-line "bundles" for a number of leading auto manufacturers, including DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen. It ... produces fuel modules for service and automotive aftermarket applications.
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Whatever the controversies The Peace Prize has, on many occasions, provided much needed recognition for a struggle against oppression that might have otherwise been ignored. Particularly clear examples of this have been the award in 1991 to Aung San Suu Kyi for her heroic struggle against the brutal military dictatorship in Myanmar (Burma) and the award in 1996 to Jose Ramos Horta and Bishop Belo of East Timor in recognition of their struggle against the oppressive and, at times, genocidal occupation of that country by the Indonesian government.
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