May 21, 2026 –
Award Highlights Company’s Continued Commitment to Workplace Safety.
Norman Noble, a world leader in nitinol machining for medical implants, has received the National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA) 2025 Superior Safety Award, marking the third consecutive year the company has earned this national recognition.
Presented annually by the NTMA, the Superior Safety Award honors member companies that demonstrate an exceptional commitment to workplace safety. Norman Noble was recognized for maintaining an extremely low incident rate, well below the industry average, across its advanced manufacturing facilities.
Norman Noble tracks a comprehensive set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) through its Daily Management System to evaluate progress towards health, safety, and environmental goals. These KPIs include metrics such as lost-time claims, recordable injuries, first aid incidents, near misses, days of restricted work activity, the maximum number of consecutive days without a lost-time claim, among others.
Julie Bennett Lowry, Director of Facilities and Environmental Health and Safety, explains, “We integrate safety into our daily Gemba Walks, which are documented in our Daily Management System. This system ensures that safety issues are identified and escalated quickly to prevent an injury.” Thanks to this proactive approach, Norman Noble recorded 1,314 days without a lost time claim. This achievement was recognized by the NTMA for Superior Safety Performance in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
With more than 280,000 square feet of manufacturing space and over 500 employees, Norman Noble continues to set industry standards in safety and innovation when it comes to manufacturing critical components for life-saving vascular and orthopedic implants.
Download Norman Noble’s NTMA Superior Safety Award press release.