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Duncan Industrial Solutions Named to DiversityBusiness.com’s Top 100 Large Businesses in the US, Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses in the US and Top 500 Women Owned Businesses in the US – 2010.
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Duncan Industrial Solutions Named to DiversityBusiness.com’s Top 100 Large Businesses in the US, Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses in the US and Top 500 Women Owned Businesses in the US – 2010.
Oklahoma City, OK, 2/5/2010 In recognition of the economic power of privately held businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading business-to-business internet site, recently named Duncan Industrial Solutions as one of the top businesses in the United States.
This is the 10th annual listing of the United States top businesses by DiversityBusiness.com. Companies listed on the Top Business Lists represent the Nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a privately held business is small or insignificant. Winners are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with small businesses.
“Entrepreneurs 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 List
This List is a classification that represents the top small businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural, small and women-owned businesses use the list. The List 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.
The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “10th Annual National Multicultural Business Conference”, taking place April 27 - 29, 2010 at the Gaylord Resorts, Washington, DC. For more details about the conference please visit http://www.DiversityBusiness.com/Conference
For the complete list of winning companies, please visit: www.diversitybusiness.com
About Duncan Industrial Solutions:
Founded in 1948, Duncan Equipment Company, Inc. d.b.a. Duncan Industrial Solutions is an independently-owned company. It is certified as a woman-owned business by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. In addition to being a distributor of name-brand industrial MRO supplies and equipment, Duncan Industrial offers specialized, integrated services that delivers tailored solutions for inventory and spend management, point of use, product issuance, product application, information management and other services within the client’s operations. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Duncan Industrial has employees working in offices and client facilities across North America.
Duncan Industrial Solutions recently completed the acquisition of Atlantic Tool Systems of Hawthorne, New Jersey. Atlantic Tool Systems (ATS) has been a specialist in the sale and use of abrasives, pneumatic and cutting tools on the East Coast for more than 30 years. The synergies of the two companies set up a great opportunity for growth together. Duncan Industrial continues to focus on providing excellent service to customers and continues to capitalize on its strengths for long term growth.
About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness, with over 48,000 members, 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. DiversityBusiness provides research and data collection services for diversity including the "Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities", "Top 500 Diversity Owned Companies in America", and others. Its research has been recognized and published by Forbes Magazine, Business Week and thousands of other print and internet publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness reaches more diverse suppliers and communicates more information to them on a more frequent basis then all other organizations combined. We also communicate with mainstream businesses, government agencies and educational institutions with information related to diversity. Our magazine reaches over 300,000 readers, a monthly e-newsletter that reaches 2.4 million, and website visitors of 1.2 million a month. It is a leading provider of Supplier Diversity management tools and has the most widely distributed Diversity magazine in the United States. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. Founded in 1980.