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Penmac Personnel Gains National Recognition
| Date: | 2008-01-23 |
| By: | Kim Greene |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Penmac Personnel, Kim Greene, 417-616-6354
Penmac Personnel Gains National Recognition
Local Women-Owned Business Named and Ranked #1 among Missouri’s Top 100 Women Owned Business List
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri: In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nation’s leading multicultural internet site, recently named Penmac Personnel as one of the top women-owned businesses in the state of Missouri (Div100).
The Div100 is the 8th annual listing of the Missouri top 100 women-owned businesses. The companies listed on the Div100 represent Missouri’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a women-owned business is small or insignificant. Div100 members are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with women-owned companies.
“It is so rewarding to be recognized by DiversityBusiness.com year after year,” owner Patti Penny said. “In our twenty years in business, we have always stressed diversity in the workplace.”
In addition to being named #1 women-owned business in Missouri, Penmac ranked #2 in the top small businesses in America. Penmac also ranked #2 among diversity-owned and small businesses in Missouri. Nationally, Penmac ranked #20 among the top women-owned businesses in America and #58 among the top diversity-owned businesses in America.
The Impact of Women-Owned Business
“Women businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”
The Div100
The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 women-owned businesses in the state of Missouri in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the list. The Div500 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.Penmac Personnel will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s 8th Annual Multicultural Business Conference, taking place April 23 - 25, 2008 at Disney’s BoardWalk Resort in Orlando, Florida.
About Penmac Personnel Services
Penmac, a certified woman-owned Missouri corporation headquartered in Springfield, is one of the largest employment firms Missouri. Founded in 1988 by Patti Penny, Penmac has experienced phenomenal growth from one home office to over 40 branches and onsite locations in six states. Penmac has been named Best of the Ozarks for the past six consecutive years by the readers of the Springfield News-Leader.
About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, with over 35,000 members DiversityBusiness.com is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and colleges and universities. Members use the sites technology to find and track new business opportunities. It also produces the country’s largest conference on diversity education and training for major corporations and small business. Its research on top businesses appears in Fortune, Forbes, Business Week and numerous magazines and media publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT.
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