Penton’s Industry Week (IW), headquartered in New York, recently named the recipients of the 2015 IW Best Plants Award, a program that recognizes manufacturing facilities each year that exhibit outstanding operations, strong leadership, leading-edge technology and excellent quality, according to the publication. Among the eight manufacturing plants in North America was Victaulic of Forks Township. Victaulic, a manufacturer of piping solutions, including valves, has 45 locations across the globe, employing more than 3,600 employees, including 950 in the Lehigh Valley.