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LAI International wins ACE corporate excellence award
Precision contract manufacturing company is four-time winner
Employees of companies recognized with ACE Awards for corporate excellence gather at a reception at the 17th Annual ACE
Awards presentation at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, Ariz., Sept. 20, 2011. LAI International has received
an ACE for the fourth consecutive year.
PHOENIX, Sept. 21, 2011 — LAI International, Inc., strategic supplier of precision components and subassemblies for original equipment manufacturers, won its fourth-consecutive ACE Award for corporate excellence.
LAI International was recognized Sept. 20 as a 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.
LAI was the only industrial manufacturing company to win an ACE Award. ACE organizers rank LAI as the 44th largest private company based in Arizona.
“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,” Stewart Cramer, president, LAI International, 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 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.
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
- ACE Corporate Excellence Award, four-time winner, 2008-11
- Arizona Manufacturers Council's Outstanding Small-to-Medium Manufacturer of the Year, 2011
- Boeing Performance Excellence Award, 2010
- GE Customer Impact of the Year Award winner
- Lockheed Martin Corporate STAR Supplier
- Northrop Grumman Platinum Source Preferred Supplier
- Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private U.S. company, five-time award winner, 2007-11
Precision contract manufacturing company is four-time winner
Employees of companies recognized with ACE Awards for corporate excellence gather at a reception at the 17th Annual ACE
Awards presentation at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, Ariz., Sept. 20, 2011. LAI International has received
an ACE for the fourth consecutive year.
PHOENIX, Sept. 21, 2011 — LAI International, Inc., strategic supplier of precision components and subassemblies for original equipment manufacturers, won its fourth-consecutive ACE Award for corporate excellence.
LAI International was recognized Sept. 20 as a 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.
LAI was the only industrial manufacturing company to win an ACE Award. ACE organizers rank LAI as the 44th largest private company based in Arizona.
“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,” Stewart Cramer, president, LAI International, 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 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.
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
- ACE Corporate Excellence Award, four-time winner, 2008-11
- Arizona Manufacturers Council's Outstanding Small-to-Medium Manufacturer of the Year, 2011
- Boeing Performance Excellence Award, 2010
- GE Customer Impact of the Year Award winner
- Lockheed Martin Corporate STAR Supplier
- Northrop Grumman Platinum Source Preferred Supplier
- Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private U.S. company, five-time award winner, 2007-11
