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2015 CMA STAR Awards winners announced

Words: Heather WestWinners of the 2015 CMA STAR Awards and CONSTRUCTION MARKETER OF THE YEAR Awards are announced by the program sponsor, the Construction Marketing Association (CMA).

The STAR awards recognize excellence in 16 marketing categories and 78 sub-categories. SUPERSTAR and STAR (first place/second place respectively) are awarded for each category or sub-category. CONSTRUCTION MARKETER OF THE YEAR recognizes top brands, companies or individuals by region. Finally, BEST IN SHOW is bestowed on the winner of the most awards.

BOSCH Power Tools (BOSCH) won BEST IN SHOW with a total of 16 STAR Awards. In addition to BEST IN SHOW honors, BOSCH also won CONSTRUCTION MARKETER OF THE YEAR for the Midwest region. Dodge Data & Analytics (DODGE) won CONSTRUCTION MARKETER OF THE YEAR for the Eastern region with 13 STAR Awards, including a SUPERSTAR award for the most competitive category, Integrated Campaign. SIMPSON Strong-Tie won CONSTRUCTION MARKETER OF THE YEAR for the Western region with 6 STAR awards, and KUBOTA Equipment won 4 STAR awards for work by Martin Williams.

“Our fifth annual Construction Marketing STAR Awards witnessed entrants from across the continent and many sectors of the construction industry,” explains CMA Chairman Neil M. Brown, “2015 winners demonstrated both creative excellence and marketing results, along with a growing internet marketing category.”

AWARD winners were notified by email and mail, and receive a frame-quality certificate. In addition, winners can order an engraved STAR Statuette™ from the same manufacturer as the Oscar®. CMA’s annual STAR and CONSTRUCTION MARKETER OF THE YEAR AWARDS are open to both members and non-members.

View 2015 winners in a dedicated gallery website: www.cmastarawards.com.
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