Rheem Manufacturing Firm was acknowledged on the 2026 Manufacturing Management Awards offered by the Manufacturing Management Council. The corporate was honored with the Enterprise Mannequin Transformation award for “Reinventing the Enterprise Mannequin with a Digital First, AI Prepared Platform,” and Alan Machuga, Govt Vice President, Know-how, was named the 2026 Manufacturing Chief of the Yr for his position in advancing Rheem’s digital transformation initiatives.
The awards acknowledge producers and business titans driving innovation by way of know-how, digital transformation and trendy manufacturing practices.
Machuga was acknowledged for main Rheem’s adaptation into an experience-first, digitally pushed enterprise by way of the modernization of the corporate’s core applied sciences and the reimagining of key enterprise processes. Machuga heads Rheem’s International Know-how Group together with Controls Engineering, Info Know-how, Digital Companies and Cloud Structure. He’s chargeable for creating and implementing the corporate’s long run know-how imaginative and prescient and technique and has accelerated digital capabilities to strengthen collaboration throughout the enterprise, whereas enhancing the expertise for patrons, companions and staff.
Alan Machuga, Govt Vice President, Know-how at Rheem Manufacturing; Lisa McEvoy, Affiliate Vice President of Digital Manufacturing at Merck.
Rheem’s Enterprise Mannequin Transformation award acknowledges the corporate’s shift from a product centered enterprise mannequin to 1 that delivers a seamless linked expertise for patrons and companions. The Manufacturing Management Council acknowledged Rheem’s Digital First, AI Prepared Platform for example of how producers are utilizing superior applied sciences to reshape operations and buyer engagement.
Rheem’s recognition highlights the corporate’s continued dedication to innovation and digital management throughout its international HVAC and water heating enterprise.