Recent News and Awards

October 26, 2008
Feature on AAR SUMMA Technology's Cullman, Alabama Plant

March 10, 2008
AAR SUMMA Technology Awarded John Deere's Highest Supplier Recognition

October 3, 2007
SUMMA Technology Receives Environmental Award from the City of Huntsville

On October 3, 2007, SUMMA Technology was presented an Air Pollution Control Achievement Award for reducing the number of required metal scrap shipments and associated diesel vehicle emissions by compacting aluminum machining turnings prior to shipment and for eliminating waste solvent fuel blend combustion emissions by installing a solvent recovery still.

Published in The Huntsville Times, 9-4-07

Published in First Commercial Bank Synovus Business Partner, summer 2007

Published in The Huntsville Times, March 4, 2007

SUMMA's Recipe for Success
by Wayne Smith

Published in The Cullman Times, January 25, 2006

Tracking Spending
Congressman sees how company builds equipment
by David Mackey

SUMMA Plant Manager Mike Quick, left, and Congressman Robert Aderholt
discuss the M3 CROP vehicle that is used by U.S. military to quickly unload
equipment and supplies.
The Cullman Times

U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt visited a SUMMA Technology plant in Cullman Tuesday morning, a company currently producing several items for the U.S. military.

SUMMA presented a plaque of appreciation to Aderholt, R-Haleyville, for his role in steering military contracts its way. Aderholt sits on the House Appropriations Committee, which oversees federal budgets.

Plant Manager Mike Quick led Aderholt on a tour of the plant, pointing out various stages of production for military hardware like the M3 Container Roll-in/Out Platform (CROP). Aderholt inquired about the manufacturing processes and shook hands with employees along the way.

SUMMA employees demonstrated the M3 CROP, used by the military to quickly load and unload supplies for troops on the battlefield. As Aderholt watched, a flatbed truck with the CROP system installed lowered 20,000 pounds of concrete from its bed to the ground without the driver ever leaving the cab.

SUMMA was awarded a $5.2 million contract in June 2005 to build M3 CROP systems, and in September, a $6.4 million contract to produce M1077 Flat Racks, which facilitate the movement of bulky materials, such as lumber, steel products and piping. The company has produced other items for the military in the past.

Aderholt, who was present when the Cullman plant was dedicated in 1998, said the visit allows him to know more about the projects he votes on as a member of the Appropriations Committee.

"Having a chance to see it firsthand and have it explained in detail is always very helpful," Aderholt said. "It's hard to appreciate the technology that goes into what they're building. It looks like a lot of welding metal, but it has to be so precise because it's for our troops to defend our country. I think a lot of people don't realize what we do here in Cullman goes to our troops in Iraq."

Ben Williams, corporate vice president of business development for SUMMA, said Aderholt has helped the Huntsville-based company many times in the past. "We just appreciate him coming down," Williams said. "It's always nice to have his support and he showed it today. He's a good friend to SUMMA Technology."

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Published in The Huntsville Times Business Section, November 15, 2005

Published in The Huntsville Times Business Section, November 10, 2005

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