Thursday, October 13, 2011

SteelMaster Featured in Inside Business

After being honored by the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for Virginia as one of 12 companies to watch, SteelMaster Buildings was featured in Inside Business.

A new initiative that recognizes Virginia's thriving small businesses has named two Hampton Roads companies among its "12 to Watch" for 2011. They are SteelMaster Buildings in Virginia Beach and Aromas Specialty Coffees & Gourmet Bakery in Newport News and Williamsburg.
The U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award Program for Virginia launched the initiative this year, honoring the inaugural 12 on Sept. 8 at the 29th Annual Virginia Forum for Excellence in Richmond.

The companies are “on the cusp of major growth,” Virginia SPQA Board Chair Jo Rohr said in a press statement. To qualify, they met rigorous standards from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence. They will receive Criteria for Performance Excellence training, mentoring and scholarship participation in Virginia SPQA's Discovery Program.

We asked the local winners - one a Peninsula coffeehouse, the other a Southside firm that manufactures, designs and supplies arched steel structures throughout the U.S. - what to watch for from their companies. Here’s what they said :-
Rob Poellnitz

Vice President


www.SteelMasterUSA.com

“We are seeing significant growth in our international markets and are currently working on some interesting projects in Haiti, Africa, Costa Rica, Peru and Uruguay. We have just completed our first two Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified projects, an animal shelter in Austin, Texas, and a manufacturing facility in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

“We are also expanding into new markets with two different housing projects in New York, (which were recently) featured in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Daily News.”

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