April 14, 2008 (Washington, DC) – The ESOP Association has presented 130 corporate members of the Association with a Silver ESOP Award to recognize their work in sustaining their ESOP for 25 years or more. The ESOP Association is the national trade association for companies with employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and the leading voice in America for employee ownership.
“I am very pleased to be able to present these companies with the Silver ESOP Award for their work to sustain their ESOP,” said J. Michael Keeling. “We are working with our members to promote the ideals of employee ownership and to increase the number of ESOP companies in the U.S. As these companies have clearly shown, sharing wealth with employee owners creates greater economic prosperity and strengthens our free enterprise economy. Congratulations to all of them for their work.”
The list of Silver ESOP Award Winners:
Abt Associates Inc., Cambridge, MA
Advertising Checking Bureau, New York, NY
Agri-King, Inc., Fulton, IL
Air Turbine Propeller Company, Zelienople, PA
AirBorn, Inc., Addison, TX
Alliance Foods, Inc., Coldwater, MI
Allied Mineral Products, Inc., Columbus, OH
B & R Stores, Inc., Lincoln, NE
Builders Supply Co. of Petersburg, Inc., Petersburg, VA
Builders Supply Company, Inc., Omaha, NE
Butler-Johnson Corporation, San Jose, CA
California Eastern Laboratories, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
Carl Warren & Company, Placentia, CA
Carter Myers Automotive, Charlottesville, VA
Century Construction Company, Inc., Richmond, VA
Chicago Metallic Products, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL
ComSonics, Inc., Harrisonburg, VA
Conservit, Inc., Hagerstown, MD
Control Associates Inc., Allendale, NJ
Corporate Press, Inc., Landover, MD
Cortland Line Company, Inc., Cortland, NY
CorTrust Bank, Mitchell, SD
Cramer and Associates, Inc., Grimes, IA
Cranston Print Works Company, Cranston, RI
Cross Company, Greensboro, NC
Data Systems Analysts, Inc., Trevose, PA
David Volkert & Associates, Inc., Mobile, AL
Dentsply International, York, PA
E. C. Barton & Company, Jonesboro, AR
ERS Industries, Inc., West Seneca, NY
Fairfax Lumber & Hardware Co., Fairfax, CA
Fiduciary Trust Company, Boston, MA
Fleetwood Group, Inc., Holland, MI
Force America, Inc., Burnsville, MN
Fred C. Church, Inc., Lowell, MA
FREEMAN, Dallas, TX
Ganahl Lumber Company, Anaheim, CA
Gemini Industries, Inc., El Reno, OK
Gold'n Plump Poultry, Saint Cloud, MN
Griffith Company, Santa Fe Springs, CA
Haldeman-Homme, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Hambro Forest Products, Inc., Crescent City, CA
Haumiller Engineering Company, Elgin, IL
Hazen Research, Inc., Golden, CO
HISCO, Inc., Houston, TX
Howard's Appliances, Inc., La Habra, CA
J. H. Bennett & Company Inc., Novi, MI
J. R. Holcomb & Co., Cleveland, OH
Jaynes Corporation, Albuquerque, NM
John Wagner Associates, Inc., Alpine, UT
K & S Market, Inc., Hollister, CA
Kelso-Burnett Co., Rolling Meadows, IL
Kolene Corporation, Detroit, MI
Kriz-Davis Company, Grand Island, NE
Kroeschell, Inc., Waukegan, IL
LeFiell Manufacturing Company, Santa Fe Springs, CA
Lester Electrical of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Lifetouch, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN
Liphart Steel Company, Inc., Richmond, VA
Madison Lumber & Hardware, Inc., Ketchikan, AK
Marshall & Sterling Enterprises, Inc., Poughkeepsie, NY
Martin Brothers Distributors Co., Inc., Cedar Falls, IA
McDaniel Fire Systems, Inc., Chesterton, IN
McFarling Foods Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Mid Continental Restoration, Fort Scott, KS
Molin Concrete Products Company, Lino Lakes, MN
Moretrench American Corporation, Rockaway, NJ
National HealthCare Corporation, Murfreesboro, TN
Nextier Bank, N.A., Butler, PA
Nyhart.ABG of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
Organ Supply Industries, Inc., Erie, PA
Pacific Steel & Recycling, Great Falls, MT
Panel Processing, Inc., Alpena, MI
Parsons Corporation, Pasadena, CA
Pennock Company, Philadelphia, PA
Phelps County Bank, Rolla, MO
Plastic Suppliers, Inc., Columbus, OH
Precise Products Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Publix Super Markets, Inc., Lakeland, FL
Puffer-Sweiven, Stafford, TX
Quest Technologies Inc., Oconomowoc, WI
R. S. Hughes Company, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
Richard Goettle, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
RLI, Peoria, IL
RobbJack Corporation, Lincoln, CA
Ruffin & Payne, Inc., Richmond, VA
S. G. Morris Co., Cleveland, OH
Sammons Enterprises, Inc., Dallas, TX
Scallon Controls, Inc., Beaumont, TX
Schenectady Steel Company, Inc., Schenectady, NY
Scot Forge Company, Spring Grove, IL
Scott Insurance, Lynchburg, VA
Sea-Land Chemical Company, Westlake, OH
Selway Corporation, Stevensville, MT
Sonalysts, Inc., Waterford, CT
Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA
Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc., Rochester, MI
Spectra-Mat, Inc., Watsonville, CA
St. Cloud Industrial Products, Inc., Saint Cloud, MN
STV Group, Incorporated, Douglassville, PA
Sundt Construction, Inc., Tucson, AZ
SWA Group, Inc., Sausalito, CA
Swanson & Youngdale, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Synergy Global Solutions, Pittsford, NY
Team Financial, Inc., Paola, KS
Teichert, Inc., Sacramento, CA
The Antioch Company, Yellow Springs, OH
The ASU Group, Okemos, MI
The Beistle Company, Shippensburg, PA
The Berlin Steel Construction Company, Kensington, CT
The Branch Group, Inc., Roanoke, VA
The Cianbro Companies, Pittsfield, ME
The George Sollitt Construction Co., Wood Dale, IL
The Howard Company, Inc., Brookfield, WI
The John M. Campbell & Co., Inc., Norman, OK
The Law Company, Inc., Wichita, KS
The Okonite Company, Ramsey, NJ
The Philpott Rubber Company, Brunswick, OH
Thoits Insurance, San Jose, CA
Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates Inc. (TVS), Atlanta, GA
Toll Company, Plymouth, MN
Tom Lange Company, Inc., Springfield, IL
Turtle & Hughes, Inc., Linden, NJ
Van Horn, Inc., Cerro Gordo, IL
Viking Engineering & Development Inc., Fridley, MN
Voorwood Company Inc., Anderson, CA
Webb Insurance Agency, Lima, OH
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD
Western Potatoes, Inc., Alliance, NE
To be named a winner of a Silver ESOP Award, a company must be a member of The ESOP Association.
The core cause of The ESOP Association is the belief that employee ownership will improve American competitiveness, increase productivity through greater employee participation, and strengthen our free enterprise economy.
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