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Graham Achieves Best Managed Platinum Status
CALGARY, February 7, 2007 — Inspired leadership, impressive growth, profitability, and industry-leading business practices have earned Graham Group Ltd. membership in Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies Platinum Club, one of this country’s most elite business designations.
Platinum Club members form an exclusive group of Canadian-owned and managed companies that consistently excel in every aspect of business. To become a Platinum Club member, companies must maintain their designation as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies for a minimum of six consecutive years, subject to annual operational and financial review. In 2006 only 44 Canadian companies received this honour.
“Why was Graham Group Ltd. named one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies? Passion for change, innovation in applying leading business practices, and an ability to motivate employees were among the many characteristics that distinguished Graham,” explained John Hughes, Partner, Private Company Services group with Deloitte, a national sponsor of the Best Managed program.
Attributes of Platinum Club members include the ability to anticipate their customers’ future needs, develop the right set of products and services at the right time, successfully manage growth over time, expand operations nationally and internationally, and attract and retain the right talent.
“To reach the elite ranks of Platinum Club, a business needs to demonstrate repeated and consistent enterprise-wide excellence,” said James McSherry, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, CIBC Commercial Banking. “It’s a distinction that honours the entire company, not just the senior ranks.”
“What an achievement,” exclaimed Tom Baxter, President and CEO of Graham Group Ltd., “We're very proud of our new Platinum designation. It's something that is only possible with the hard work and dedication of our employees.”
About Canada’s Best Managed Companies
Established in 1993, Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies (Best Managed) is one of the country’s leading business awards program, recognizing excellence in Canadian owned and managed companies with revenues over $10 million. Every year, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies compete for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates the caliber of their management abilities and practices. Program sponsors are Deloitte, CIBC Commercial Banking, National Post, and Queen's School of Business. For further information, visit www.canadas50best.com.
About Graham Group Ltd.
In 1926, P.W. Graham and his sons launched a new building contracting business in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Now, more than 80 years later, Graham has grown into an employee-owned, industry-leading family of companies offering general contracting, project management, design-build and construction services from offices across Canada and the Northwestern United States.
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