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May 28, 1998

Katz center honors firms as friendly to families

The Family Enterprise Center at the Katz Graduate School of Business and the Family Firm Institute, Pittsburgh chapter, selected nine winners for the 1998 Western Pennsylvania Family Business of the Year awards. The fourth annual awards program recognizes the accomplishments of successful businesses for positive family/business linkages, multigenerational family business involvement and contributions to industry and the community.

Three winners were chosen in each of three categories, based on the number of employees: fewer than 50, 50 to 250 and more than 250.

Small-firm category winners were Butler Gas Products Company, McKees Rocks; Henne Inc., Shadyside; and TEDCO Construction Corporation, Carnegie.

Winning medium-sized firms were Casey Equipment Corporation, OÏ€Hara Township; Colonial Motor Mart, Indiana, Pa.; and Lenzner Tour & Travel, Sewickley.

Large group awardees were Aerolink International, Inc., Coraopolis; Kennywood Entertainment Company, West Mifflin; and Stout Group Limited, Washington, Pa.

An awards ceremony was held May 11 at the Westin William Penn, Downtown.


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