May 15, 2007 (Washington, DC) – Herff Jones, Inc., an employee owned company located in Indianapolis, Indiana, has been selected by The ESOP Association as its 2007 Employee Ownership Month Poster Contest Winner. The Winning poster design was unveiled at the Association’s 30th Annual Conference in Washington, DC in front of over 300 guests. 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.
Herff Jones, Inc. is an Indianapolis based manufacturer of motivational and recognition products with 17 production facilities throughout the U.S. and Canada. Since 1920, Herff Jones, Inc. has been honoring tradition, achievement, and milestones in life with custom designed class rings, medals and awards, yearbooks, and curriculum programs. The company became an ESOP in 1989 and today is 100% employee owned.
Herff Jones’s poster was selected because of the idea it expressed: We’re All In This Together. The poster design features a woman holding a nametag that reads, “Hello – I’m an employee owner too!” and will be used by the Association to promote employee ownership month, which takes place every October, and is a celebration of the incredible spirit of employee ownership.
Founded in 1978, The ESOP Association represents over 1,400 ESOP companies who believe that employee ownership will improve American competitiveness, increase productivity through greater employee participation and strengthen our free enterprise economy.
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