TMA Awards Roselle Female Manufacturing Leader

Technology & Manufacturing Association's annual Rose Mottl Award is named after a woman that showed great courage and ingenuity as she led a company her husband founded to great heights after his death.

The award is presented every year to a woman that has made outstanding contributions to advance the manufacturing industry and the 92-year old Technology & Manufacturing Association, headquartered in Schaumburg, IL.

TMA's 2017 Rose Mottl Award was presented March 4th to Erica Weigel, the CEO and President of ARO Metal Stamping in Roselle, Illinois.

After spending many years at their father's side learning manufacturing first hand, Erica and her brothers became co-owners of Wiegel Tool Works in 2010. As the company expanded, the Wiegels saw the opportunity to incorporate metal stamping into their services. In 2015, Erica became president of ARO Metal Stamping.

Ms. Wiegel holds a degree from Northern Illinois University in mechanical engineering, and continues to fund an NIU scholarship to encourage future engineers.

She has won numerous awards for her leadership in manufacturing, including Suburban Life Media's "Best Under 40" in 2016 and Northern Illinois University's 2014 college of engineering Technology Alumnus of the Year.