KAMO Manufacturing, Augusta, GA., was recognized by the United States Department of Energy as Small Business of the Year 2017 as a part of their Small Business Awards Program.

Cited in an official DOE publication, KAMO received the award "for the creative, unique, and extraordinary performance of a small business which has significantly and directly impacted core DOE mission objectives and requirements."

President Harris Weinstein received the award on behalf of KAMO in Houston, Texas on May 22nd, 2018 at the 17th Annual U.S. Department of Energy Small Business Forum & Expo.

As a strategic supplier to Savannah River Site, KAMO delivers excellent service as measured by quality, speed, efficiency, and cost performance indicators. KAMO boasts a supplier quality score of 100 percent. Due to past performance, Supply Chain Management awarded KAMO with a long-term strategic agreement providing critical supplies to SRS.

KAMO consistently seeks opportunities to improve and identify value-added solutions to reduce life-cycle costs. Examples of KAMO's efforts include:

• initiated a cost-benefit analysis, identifying process and product changes that will yield a 60% waste reduction opportunity

• reduced the cost to SRS by 35.7% and $1.05M in cost savings while maintaining a high material availability percentage for supplies critical to plant operations

“We are truly honored to be presented such an outstanding award.  KAMO is a true family business and having such wonderful and committed employees makes these kinds of things happen. Working with the DOE has been great for KAMO. Their commitment to working with small businesses and helping companies like us grow is so important. KAMO is a growing company and our future is bright. We really appreciate all the acknowledgements and congratulations we have received from our community and industry."- Harris Weinstein, President.