AGM Container Controls located in Tucson, Arizona has been named the Small Business of the Year by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. AGM Container Controls is a member of The ESOP Association. The company was highlighted by the Arizona Daily Star today as well - http://www.azstarnet.com/business/292662. 

 

A second ESOP company, Meier Architecture located in Kennewick, Washington also a member of the Association, was a Northwest Regional Finalist for the award.

 

If you would like more information about the awards ceremony follow this link - http://www.chamberpost.com/2009/05/sb-summit-and-the-winner-is.html. More information about the awards can be found here - http://www.uschambersummit.com/sbsummit/award/default.htm.

 

 

This is further public evidence that ESOP companies are leading the way.  As you’ll note, we ran a post in January titled, Employee-Owned Companies Abound on Fortune Magazine’s Top 100 List for 2009, chronicling the number of ESOP companies on the list and another post titled Positive News to Share about several ESOP companies featured on Axiom News. Both posts can be found under the January link on the right side menu.