STEP Award Nominee: East Coast Erosion Control's Hitt

Diane Hitt, General Manager of East Coast Erosion Control, has a lot to smile about these days. The company, based in Bernville, Pennsylvania, has developed steadily in recent years, adding wider product rolls, new products (e.g., the T-RECS turf reinforcement mat), and international exhibition presence. It has also played a strong, beneficial role in environmental protection for Pennsylvania’s busy fracking industry and been recognized for the speed of its business growth.
Now, East Coast Erosion Control can celebrate another award through the recognition coming to Diane Hitt, a 2014 STEP Award Nominee.
The STEP Awards have been established by the not-for-profit Manufacturing Institute to recognize the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and production as those areas relate to the domestic (US) manufacturing field.
The 2014 STEP Awards will be issued in February 2014 in Washington, D.C.
The Reading Eagle newspaper (Reading, Pennsylvania) published a story on November 5 in its “Business Weekly” about Hitt’s nomination.
The Reading story included a handful of gifboom files too to demonstrate how some erosion and sediment control blankets are manufactured. An example:

Geosynthetica’s team has enjoyed many years of interaction with Ms. Hitt and her colleagues. We wish her
For more information about East Coast Erosion Control’s products and services, visit:
https://www.eastcoasterosion.com
The Manufacturing Institute  is a Washington, DC-based organization dedicated to improving and expanding manufacturing in the United States. Learn more about it and the STEP Awards at www.themanufacturinginstitute.org.