Makita U.S.A. last week announced it was awarded The Home Depot Marketing Innovation Award. The award was presented to Makita Industrial Power Tools at The Home Depot’s Annual Supplier Partner Meeting in Atlanta.

Each year The Home Depot recognizes a single vendor from all product categories for its marketing initiatives, execution and product messaging.

“Makita is proud to be recognized by our exclusive category partner, The Home Depot, for our marketing efforts,” said Ken Hefley, senior vice president of marketing. “We’re committed to bringing creative thinking and leveraging opportunities with a full 360-degree experience to drive The Home Depot’s sales success.”

Makita has invested aggressively to position the brand in action sports and the Hispanic market, and has fully engaged this myriad of sponsorship initiatives across The Home Depot organization at both the national and local level.

Headquartered in La Mirada, Calif., Makita is a worldwide manufacturer of industrial-quality power tools and offers a wide range of industrial accessories.