Monday, December 22, 2008

Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry honors WireCo WorldGroup

Daniel P. Mehan
Missouri Chamber President and CEO
Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry
573-634-3511

Karen Buschmann
Missouri Chamber Vice President of Comunications
Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry
573-634-3511

JEFFERSON CITY (November 24, 2008)  — The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry honored WireCo WorldGroup with the Missouri Chamber 2008 Fast Track Award, an award recognizing the fastest growing businesses in Missouri.  The Kansas City-based company was presented with the award during the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Annual Meeting, November 20, at the James S. McDonnell Planetarium, St. Louis. WireCo WorldGroup is the world's leader in manufacturing, engineering, and distributing wire rope, wire rope assemblies and electromechanical cable.

“Employing more than 2,200 people worldwide, this 75-year old company continues to post significant growth,” said Daniel P. Mehan, Missouri Chamber president and CEO. “That’s what makes WireCo WorldGroup an inspiration to Missouri’s entire business community.  Each year, the Missouri Chamber takes time to recognize our state’s fast-growing companies, such as WireCo WorldGroup. We applaud the company’s success and encourage others to replicate it, because when Missouri companies grow, the entire state prospers.”

The Missouri Chamber Fast Track Awards have been presented annually since inception of the program in 2003.  The award winners are selected from nominations received from Missouri Chamber members and local chambers of commerce.  The Missouri Chamber reviews companies within seven revenue sectors – ranging from businesses with $1 million in annual revenues to businesses with over $100 million in annual revenues – and selects the companies that have experienced the greatest rate of growth in each sector over the last four years.  The complete list of Missouri Chamber 2008 Fast Track Award Winners is as follows:

Able Manufacturing and Assembly LLC, Joplin
Acceleration, LLC, Lee’s Summit
Arcturis, St. Louis
Bell Ventures, LLC, Seneca
FURminator, Fenton
Mid-America Wireless, Jefferson City
WireCo WorldGroup, Kansas City

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry (www.mochamber.com) was founded in 1923 and is the largest business association in Missouri, representing almost 3,000 employers providing more than 425,000 jobs for Missourians.  The Missouri Chamber’s purpose is to preserve a positive business climate for the state.