Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank has named four organizations as recipients of the 2012 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement, and visionary leadership. The winners in this, the 25th anniversary year of the award, represent four different sectors, one repeat recipient and a health network recognized for the same honor earned previously by its flagship hospital.

The 2012 Baldrige Award recipients—listed with their category—are:
• Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas (manufacturing)
• MESA Products Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma (small business)
• North Mississippi Health Services, Tupelo, Mississippi (health care)
• City of Irving, Irving, Texas (nonprofit)

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