{"id":23162,"date":"2025-12-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/?p=23162"},"modified":"2025-12-05T21:51:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:51:19","slug":"santa-ana-facility-wins-prestigious-industryweek-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/2025\/12\/santa-ana-facility-wins-prestigious-industryweek-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Ana Facility Wins Prestigious IndustryWeek Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-cnvs-paragraph-callout wp-block-paragraph\">Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) has received the 2025 IndustryWeek Best Plants Award for its Santa Ana, California facility, marking the first time an FST site has earned this distinction in the program\u2019s 35-year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards recognize manufacturing sites that deliver exceptional productivity, quality, and customer value. Santa Ana stood out among facilities across North America for its disciplined approach to lean manufacturing and continuous improvement, resulting in reliable products and consistent performance for customers in mobility and industrial markets.<br><br>\u201cThis award reflects the commitment of our team to deliver solutions that meet customer expectations every time,\u201d said Application Center Manager, <strong>Eugen Amann<\/strong>. \u201cBy fostering a culture of problem-solving and accountability, we ensure that our processes support quality and reliability in every product.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1237\" src=\"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2016-Best-Plants-Seal-Winner-1160x1237.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23164\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9377632880325286;width:419px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2016-Best-Plants-Seal-Winner-1160x1237.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2016-Best-Plants-Seal-Winner-800x853.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2016-Best-Plants-Seal-Winner-1440x1536.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2016-Best-Plants-Seal-Winner-1920x2048.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2016-Best-Plants-Seal-Winner-120x128.jpg 120w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2016-Best-Plants-Seal-Winner-90x96.jpg 90w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2016-Best-Plants-Seal-Winner-320x341.jpg 320w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2016-Best-Plants-Seal-Winner-560x597.jpg 560w, https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2016-Best-Plants-Seal-Winner-scaled.jpg 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Santa Ana facility specializes in O-ring applications and was selected for its ability to combine operational excellence with innovation. Its focus on employee engagement and streamlined processes helps reduce lead times and enhance product consistency, offering tangible benefits to customers who depend on precision and durability.<br><br>Amann added, \u201cWe\u2019re honored to be recognized among leading manufacturers. This achievement creates new opportunities for collaboration with customers and partners.\u201d<br>By sharing best practices and insights gained throughout this journey, Santa Ana aims to strengthen relationships and contribute to broader industry progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"23162\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"ip\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) has received the 2025 IndustryWeek Best Plants Award for its Santa Ana, California facility, marking the first time an FST site has earned this distinction in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":23163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,1363,99],"tags":[],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-23162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-global-en","category-operational-excellence-en","category-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23165,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23162\/revisions\/23165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23162"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=23162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}