You Think You’re So Smart

Dec. 12, 2007
If there's an innovation gene, engineers are born with it. Think about it. The reason you chose this career path in the first place is because of the ingenuity and creativity it affords you. You're more innovative than most people. It comes with the territory. Now, it's time to show Machine Builder Nation what an innovator you are. The nominating period is open for our 2008 Innovator Awards. It's easy to enter and prestigious to win. Whether you're a machine builder, a customer of a machine builder or a supplier to a machine builder, visit ControlDesign.com/innovator now, fill out the online entry form and nominate yourself or another company that has built a machine with innovative automation and controls. You can't win if you don't enter. It doesn't take an engineer to figure that out.

If there's an innovation gene, engineers are born with it. Think about it. The reason you chose this career path in the first place is because of the ingenuity and creativity it affords you.

You're more innovative than most people. It comes with the territory.

Now, it's time to show Machine Builder Nation what an innovator you are.

The nominating period is open for our 2008 Innovator Awards.

It's easy to enter and prestigious to win.

Whether you're a machine builder, a customer of a machine builder or a supplier to a machine builder, visit ControlDesign.com/innovator now, fill out the online entry form and nominate yourself or another company that has built a machine with innovative automation and controls.

You can't win if you don't enter. It doesn't take an engineer to figure that out.

Mike Bacidore | Editor in Chief
About the Author

Mike Bacidore | Editor in Chief

Mike Bacidore is chief editor of Control Design and has been an integral part of the Endeavor Business Media editorial team since 2007. Previously, he was editorial director at Hughes Communications and a portfolio manager of the human resources and labor law areas at Wolters Kluwer. Bacidore holds a BA from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He is an award-winning columnist, earning multiple regional and national awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He may be reached at [email protected] 

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