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LAI receives two ACE corporate excellence awards



SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 17, 2009 — LAI International, Inc., strategic supplier of precision components and subassemblies for original equipment manufacturers, won two ACE Awards for corporate excellence.
    LAI was recognized Sept. 17 at the Arizona Corporate Excellence awards ceremony in Phoenix as Top-25 Fastest-Growing Private Company and as Top-50 Private Company ranked by revenue. LAI was the only industrial manufacturing company to win either award.
   With a compound annual growth rate of 48 percent in the last two years, LAI is ranked as eleventh fastest-growing private company in Arizona. The ACE Awards measure 2008 revenue and a formula based on revenue growth over a two-year period.
   In 2008, LAI also won two ACE awards —  one for top-25 fastest-growing private company and a second for top-50 private company ranked by revenue.


Joe Wagner (from left), plant manager for LAI International's operations in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Stewart Cramer, president of LAI;
Vinnie Caliendo, CFO; Matt Kalina, director of marketing; and John Rogers, V.P. of Operations, Inc., pose with one of two awards LAI
International won at the ACE Awards presentation, Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 17, 2009.




































About LAI International
   LAI is a leading contract manufacturer of precision-engineered components and assemblies for aerospace, power generation, defense, medical and other advanced technology industries. The company’s technology, engineering and manufacturing solutions are used to build components for airframes, aircraft engines, power generators, defense systems, medical devices and other mission-critical applications.
   LAI has developed strategic relationships with leading global OEMs and operates five U.S. manufacturing facilities, with locations in Minneapolis, Phoenix, Tucson, Westminster, Md., and Scarborough, Maine – all of which are ISO 9001 and AS9100 certified. The company also offers NADCAP-certified non-conventional machining processes.
   LAI has developed innovative applications in advanced machining processes, including waterjet cutting and drilling, laser cutting, drilling, welding and heat-treating, EDM drilling, CNC EDM, high-speed EDM, conventional CNC machining, five-axis CNC machining and precision grinding. The company also provides gage calibration, tooling production, air-flow inspection and additional manufacturing services.
   For more information, see www.LAIco.com. 
  
Quick Facts about LAI International
- Five U.S. manufacturing facilities: Phoenix, Tucson, Minneapolis, Westminster, Md., and Scarborough, Maine
- Founded in 1979
- Corporate headquarters located in Scottsdale, Ariz.
- All facilities ISO 9001 | AS9100 certified
- GE Customer Impact of the Year Award winner
- Lockheed Martin Corporate STAR Supplier
- Northrop Grumman Platinum Source Preferred Supplier
- ACE Corporate Excellence Award winner, 2008-09
- An Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private U.S. company, three-time award winner, 2007-09