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Cintas Named Exemplary Employer by State of Massachusetts
Governor Romney Presents Award at State House Ceremony
BOSTON , October 27, 2003 - At a State House
ceremony, Governor
Mitt Romney presented
Cintas Corporation's
Pittsfield facility
with the 2003 Massachusetts
Exemplary Employer
Award for its record
of hiring people with
disabilities. The ceremony
was part of the state's "National
Disability Employment
Awareness Month," a
program managed by
the Governor's Commission
on Employment of People
with Disabilities.
"We're honored to
be recognized by the
Governor," said Cintas
General Manager, Tim
Knoll. "The award reflects
the culture of our
company and the character
of our employee-partners
in Massachusetts ,
as well as at all of
our Cintas locations," he
added.
For years, Cintas
has been working with
Berkshire Vocational
Services, the Massachusetts
Rehabilitation Council,
and the Massachusetts
Department of Mental
Retardation to provide
opportunities to people
with disabilities.
Cintas' Pittsfield
facility now provides
career training opportunities
to 10 people whose
job responsibilities
help bring them into
the mainstream workforce.
"Companies like Cintas
truly make a difference
in people's lives," said
Marie Trottier, Co-Chairperson
for the Governor's
Commission on Employment
of People with Disabilities. "We
congratulate them and
urge other companies
to follow their great
example," she said.
Cintas' Pittsfield
facility is one of
four Cintas operations
in Massachusetts .
The company employs
430 people in the state.
Established in 1988,
the Exemplary Employer
Award was created to
recognize companies
that exceed Americans
with Disabilities Act
(ADA) mandates for
hiring, retaining,
and integrating people
with disabilities into
their business. Winners
are selected by the
Governor's Commission
on Employment of People
with Disabilities,
a panel that includes
16 voting members.
Cintas was one of 16
companies in the state
to receive the award
this year.
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Governor Mitt Romney, Cintas General Manager
Tim Knoll, Cintas Plant Manager Jon Godbout
About Cintas
Headquartered
in Cincinnati , Cintas Corporation
provides highly specialized services
to businesses of all types throughout
North America . Cintas designs,
manufactures and implements corporate
identity uniform programs, and
provides entrance mats, restroom
supplies, promotional products
and first aid and safety products
for over 500,000 businesses. Cintas
is a publicly held company traded
over the Nasdaq National Market
under the symbol CTAS, and is a
Nasdaq-100 company and component
of the Standard & Poor's
500 Index. The Company has achieved
34 consecutive years of growth
in sales and earnings, to date.
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