FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Quality Corrections & Inspections selected as the 2002

“Excellence in Small Business” Award honoree by the

Blair County, PA Chamber of Commerce!

 Quality Corrections & Inspections announced today that the Blair County, PA Chamber of Commerce has selected it as their 2002 “Excellence in Small Business” Award honoree!  This award is part of the Chamber’s Annual Business Recognition Awards Program and provides public recognition and education about outstanding area small businesses and their achievements in commerce and community development. An anonymous panel of judges representing a cross-section of business expertise and geography did the selection.

 “We are extremely delighted to have been chosen for this award, said Quality Corrections & Inspections President Ronald Burk. Our success has been due in fact largely to us having such a dedicated, hard-working staff of employees and loyal business customers, both locally and globally. Without their support, our dreams would not have become a reality.”

 Joe Hurd, Blair County Chamber Executive Director commented, “Quality Corrections & Inspections was selected from a great number of outstanding candidates. To be honored as an award winner is to be highly commended and the Chamber certainly congratulates QCI!”

 Quality Corrections & Inspections will be receiving their prestigious award at the Annual Chamber Business Recognition Program Awards Banquet to be held Monday, October 7, 2002 at the Lakemont Casino in Altoona, PA.

 “The Chamber has been a valuable asset in helping us reach our goals, added Burk. I feel Quality Corrections & Inspections success is a strong testament to the power of operating a business in the Blair County area.   We feel a great sense of pride in being a part of this region’s continued commerce growth and, most of all, in our membership with such accomplished local business associations, specifically the Blair County Chamber of Commerce.”

 Quality Corrections & Inspections is a family owned business that has been assisting hundreds of world-renowned companies both large and small since 1986.  They provide 3^rd Party Repair, Inspection, Fulfillment & Labor Outsourcing Services for businesses dealing with quality control/assurance needs. Their primary clients are Manufacturers, Importers, Retailers and Mail Order Businesses of all General Merchandise including Apparel, Footwear, Housewares, as well as, many Industrial Products.  They are also Proud & Respected Members of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) as well as members of their Quality Committee. The AAFA’s membership accounts for 85% of the Global Wholesale Trade in these industries.

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