On April 12,2016, the Plasmine Bay Minette Plant organization received the Small Manufacturer of the Year Award at an Industry luncheon in Montgomery Alabama. Plasmine, one of eight finalist, won this award based on evidence of financial growth, cost reduction programs, Leadership in Manufacturing, Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement, Market leadership, Environment/Health/Safety performance, and Community relations. The Plasmine culture, which involves and supports all employees in the unit goals, clearly produces superior results as evidenced by this peer recognition. Plasmine won this award in 2008 and considered that recognition as but a step in a longer journey toward excellence. The next goal is to win at the "Medium Size Manufacturer" level which will require doubling the organization size.