Apple Valley City HallShaw-Lundquist named MMSDC Supplier of the Year
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Wednesday, April 11, 2007 -- The Minnesota Minority Supplier Development Council awarded Shaw-Lundquist Associates, Inc. their Supplier of the Year Award. This award recognizes certified minority suppliers who have distinguished themselves and their businesses by:
• successfully demonstrating growth in sales and employment while overcoming significant obstacles;
• consistently providing high quality products and services at competitive prices, offering innovative approaches, and cost-saving ideas;
• continuously growing MBE to MBE purchases; and
• significantly contributing to the growth and development of society and their community.
The Award was given in each of four categories: Class One for companies with annual sales of less that $1 million, Class Two for annual sales between $1 million and $10 million; Class Three for annual sales between $10 million and $50 million; and Class Four for annual sales greater than $50 million.
Shaw-Lundquist was the Class Four winner.
Hoyt Hsiao, VP, and Fred Shaw, President, receiving the Supplier of the Year Award with Alvin-o Williams, MMSDC President, Gretchen Ebert, MMSDC Chair, and Ramona Wilson, MMSDC Past-Chair looking on.
(L to R): Fred Shaw, Alvin-o Williams, Gretchen Ebert, Ramona Wilson, Hoyt Hsiao.
(L to R): Fred Shaw, Sharon Garth (Incoming Chair), and Bruce Corrie PhD (Keynote Speaker).
About the Minnesota Minority Supplier Development Council (MMSDC)
The Minnesota Minority Supplier Development Council (MMSDC) serves as a conduit between the corporate world and the minority owned business. The MMSDC is a positive example of private industry fostering the free enterprise system in the local community, throughout the State of Minnesota, and North and South Dakota. Through the cooperative efforts of corporate members, minority owned business and staff, the MMSDC produces amazing opportunities for everyone involved.The mission of the MMSDC is to provide business development services to corporate members and certified MBEs to enhance relationships and maximize business opportunities. The vision of the MMSDC is to become the ultimate link between corporations and minority own businesses with four major objectives:
1. To increase the dollar amount of purchasing from certified minority vendors by corporations while assisting Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the creation of markets for their products and services.
2. To promote the awareness of minority vendors and their capabilities in the business community while exchanging information on corporate purchasing programs.
3. To increase the number of minority businesses capable of supplying corporate buying needs and maintaining a database of MBEs for the use of corporate members.
4. To encourage the cooperation of the business community in the purchase of products and services of MBEs by developing and conducting special programs to facilitate business relationships between such suppliers and corporate purchasing representatives.
The MMSDC is one of 39 regional councils of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), New York, NY. The MMSDC is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. For more information please visit www.mmsdc.org.
About Shaw-Lundquist Associates, Inc.
Shaw-Lundquist is a Leading General Contractor in the Metro Area. They are also the largest Minority-owned Contractor in the Midwest and are the largest Asian-owned Contractor in the Nation. They provide General Construction, Construction Management at Risk, Agency Construction Management and Design-Build construction services, and are proven performers on large and complex projects. Started in 1974 by Fred Shaw, the company has grown to over $80 million in revenues in fiscal 2005. For more information, visit www.shawlundquist.com.