The ESOP Association Announces 2014 Silver ESOP Award Recipients

WASHINGTON, April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The ESOP Association has presented 45 corporate members of the Association with a Silver ESOP Award to recognize their work in sustaining their ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) for 25 years or more. This year, the Silver ESOP Awards are being presented to companies that will be celebrating 25 years or more as an ESOP company in 2014.

This is the seventh year the Silver ESOP Awards have been presented by the Association. In 2008, 117 corporate members were presented with the first annual Silver ESOP Awards; 2009, 12 members; 2010, 22 members; 2011, 41 members; 2012, 49 members; and in 2013, 26 members were honored. To be named a Silver ESOP Award recipient, a company must be a member of The ESOP Association and have an ESOP in place for 25 years or more. 

"It is my pleasure to present these 45 ESOP companies with the 2014 Silver ESOP Award for excellence in sustaining their ESOP for 25 years," said ESOP Association President, J. Michael Keeling. "Research proves that employee owned companies provide more sustainable employment and preserve locally-controlled jobs in today's global economy."

2014 Silver ESOP Award Recipients:
Accutrex Products, Inc., Canonsburg, PA
AGM Container Controls, Inc., Tucson, AZ
Allen Insurance and Financial, Camden, ME
American Technical Publishers, Inc., Orland Park, IL
Atlantic Track & Turnout Company, Bloomfield, IN
Avery W. Hall Insurance Agency, Inc., Salisbury, MD
Chesapeake Financial Shares, Inc., Kilmarnock, VA
Citizens Telephone Company of Higginsville, Higginsville, MO
Cleaves-Bessmer-Marietti, Inc., Kansas City, MO
Delta Star, Inc., Lynchburg, VA
Diversified Industrial Capital Group, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
ESOP Services, Inc., Scottsville, VA
Financial Corp. of LA, Crowley, LA
First Citizens Bankshares, Waxahachie, TX
<org value="ACORN:3866650918" idsrc="xmltag.org">Floturn, Inc., Fairfield, OH
H & G Sales, Inc., Saint Louis, MO
Harps Food Stores, Springdale, AR
Houchens Industries, Inc., Bowling Green, KY
J. F. White Contracting Company, Framingham, MA
Johnson Supply, Houston, TX
Leighton Enterprises, Inc., Saint Cloud, MN
Mattern & Craig, Inc., Roanoke, VA
McBride & Son Companies, Inc., Chesterfield, MO
McGarvin-Moberly Construction Company, Worland, WY
Morley Builders, Santa Monica, CA
Morrow Insurance Agency, Inc., Hendersonville, NC
Moss Engineering Corp., Fort Wayne, IN
National Wire & Cable Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
NCM Associates, Inc., Shawnee Mission, KS
Newton Manufacturing Company, Newton, IA
NTH Consultants, Ltd., Northville, MI
Ollis & Company, Springfield, MO
ParEn, Inc.Dba Park Engineering, Honolulu, HI
Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA
Plastic Products Company, Inc., Lindstrom, MN
Pleune Service Company, Grand Rapids, MI
SC2 Inc., Peoria, IL
Scicom Data Services, Minnetonka, MN
SECHAN Electronics, Inc., Lititz, PA
Southeast Power Systems, Inc., Orlando, FL
SPS Companies, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
The Bank NA, McAlester, OK
Tunnell Consulting, Inc., King of Prussia, PA
Unette Corporation, Randolph, NJ
Vigo Coal Company, Inc., Evansville, IN

All 312 Silver ESOP Award recipients will be honored at The ESOP Association's Annual Conference in May (May 8 - 9, 2014) and highlighted at the 23^rd Annual Awards Ceremony held on the evening of May 7^th.

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. 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. More information: website - www.esopassociation.org and blog – www.esopassociationblog.org.

SOURCE The ESOP Association