TiLite (Kennewick)

Runner-up: Manufacturing Innovation of the Year (Large Companies)

| June 2010 | FROM THE PRINT EDITION

Wheelchairs can be as frustrating
and debilitating to their users as the physical disabilities that require their
use. TiLite chairs feature titanium and aircraft-grade aluminum, as well as
improved design, to reduce weight and the strain on users to propel its
custom-designed-and-built chairs for daily activities or for sports, a segment
in which the company’s name is well known.

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