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LAI International wins third-consecutive ACE Award for corporate excellence
Becomes only industrial manufacturing company to make the award list
LAI International was recognized with an ACE Award for corporate excellence at the 16th Annual ACE Awards presentation at J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge, Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 16, 2010.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ., Sept. 20, 2010 — LAI International, Inc., strategic supplier of precision components and subassemblies for original equipment manufacturers, won its third-consecutive ACE Award for corporate excellence.
LAI International was recognized Sept. 16 as a Top-50 Private Company ranked by revenue at the 16th Annual Arizona Corporate Excellence awards ceremony in Phoenix.
LAI was the only industrial manufacturing company to win an ACE Award. ACE organizers rank LAI as 42nd-largest private company in Arizona.
“We consider it a significant honor for LAI to be recognized among its peers in the business community with an ACE Award,” Matt Kalina, Director of Marketing, said. “We’re especially pleased to have received an ACE Award three years in a row.”
LAI won two ACE awards –- one for top-25 fastest-growing private company and a second for top-50 private company -– in both 2008 and 2009.
The largest private companies in Arizona recognized by ACE generate revenues of more than $15 billion per year. They employ more than 40,000 employees in Arizona and more than 56,000 worldwide.
Other notable 2010 ACE Award rankings include Discount Tire at number 1; Go Daddy, 7; LifeLock, 19; American Traffic Solutions, 21; Copper State Bolt & Nut Co., 30; and McMurray marketing communications, 41.
About LAI International, Inc.
LAI International, Inc. is a leading contract manufacturer of make-complete 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 industrial 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 IS0 9001:2008 and AS9100 certified. The company also offers Nadcap-certified conventional and 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 five-axis 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
- Corporate headquarters located in Scottsdale, Ariz.
- Founded in 1979
- ISO 9001 | AS9100 | Nadcap 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, 2008-10
- Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private U.S. company, four-time award winner, 2007-10
