The American Society of Enterprise Publication Editors has honored The Fabricator with two nationwide awards and two regional awards as a part of its 2026 Azbee Awards of Excellence competitors.
The Fabricator’s Instagram account gained the 2026 Azbee Award for Social Media Account of the Yr. Sara Spring, senior social media and content material strategist; Gareth Sleger, senior digital editor; and Elizabeth Gavin, senior digital advertising supervisor, had been honored for his or her efforts in serving to the social media feed stand out amongst a formidable discipline from different B2B manufacturers within the packaging, restaurant, and tax sectors. Sleger additionally had the chance to share how the group developed the technique to construct the Instagram feed in the course of the 2026 Azbees nationwide awards presentation on Might 14.
Editor-in-Chief Dan Davis earned recognition within the Editor’s Letter or Notice Award class based mostly on three of his editorials: “’My approach or the freeway’ is its approach out” (January 2025), “Why steel fabricators could make good finishers” (March 2025), and “Staying match, staying sane” (April 2025).
Within the ASBPE’s Higher Midwest space, Senior Editor Tim Heston of The Fabricator garnered a silver award for Technical Article with “The laser cleans up” (January 2025) and a bronze award in the identical class with “Hem it proper” (February 2025).
“Our social media and digital advertising colleagues have executed an exquisite job of rising our group over our branded social media channels. The work they’ve executed on Instagram is particularly noteworthy as a result of it does an excellent job of sharing our award-winning content material with individuals who already know The Fabricator and people who won’t,” mentioned Editor-in-Chief Dan Davis.
This isn’t the primary time The Fabricator’s social media efforts have gained such a recognition. In 2024, The Fabricator’s LinkedIn feed gained Social Media Account of the Yr.


