Behind the scenes at the ACE Corporate Excellence Awards

A few facts about the ACE Corporate Excellence Awards last night:

1. LAI International was the only industrial manufacturer to receive an award.

2. LAI ranked as the 44th largest private company based in Arizona.

3. This marks the fourth year in a row LAI won an ACE.

LAI International was recognized Sept. 20 as an ACE Top-50 Private Company ranked by revenue at the 17th Annual Arizona Corporate Excellence awards ceremony at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, Ariz. Stewart Cramer, president, LAI International, was joined at the event by John Rogers, vice president and chief operating officer, Matt Kalina, Director of Strategic Marketing, and Cindy Schropp, executive assistant.

“We greatly appreciate that the Phoenix Business Journal and other leaders of our business community put together this program to highlight the best in Arizona business,” Cramer  said. “We are proud to be one of the companies to be recognized among its peers.”
LAI has won ACE awards each year since 2008, including two ACE awards — one for top-25 fastest-growing private company and a second for top-50 private company — in both 2008 and 2009.

Other notable 2011 ACE Award winners last night include Discount Tire at number 1; StandardAero, 2; Go Daddy, 8; LifeLock, 21; American Traffic Solutions, 23; Phoenix Group Metals, 30; and Copper State Bolt & Nut Co., 35.

The largest private companies in Arizona recognized by ACE generate revenues of more than $15 billion per year, according to the Phoenix Business Journal. They employ more than 40,000 employees in Arizona and more than 56,000 worldwide.

For more information on ACE Awards, see: www2.bizjournals.com/phoenix/events/2011/ace_awards/index.html.

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