FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
S&N Pump Co. Receives National Recognition
Houston, Texas, January 8, 2008 - In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.
com, the nations' leading multicultural internet site, recently named S&N Pump Co. as one of the the Nation's Top 500 Women Owned Business, Nation's Top 500 Diversity Owned Business, Nation's Top 500 Small Business, Texas's Top 100 Small Business, Texas's Top 100 Diversity Owned Business, Texas's Top 100 Woman Owned Business, and Nation's Top 8a Business. S & N Pump Company is owned and operated by Mrs. Karen L. Draper.
S&N Pump Co. named and ranked 179 among Nation's Top 500 Women Owned Business, 304 among Nation's Top 500 Diversity Owned Business, 269 among Nation's Top 500 Small Business List, 49 among Top 100 Small Business List, 48 among Texas's Top 100 Diversity Owned Business List, 27 among Texas's Top 100 Woman Owned Business List, and 26 among Nation's Top 100 8a Businesses.
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."
Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and changes, Fortune 1000 corporations throughout the country have recognized that buying products and services from women owned companies positively impacts
their business. Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.
Carmen Castillo, President of Superior Design International, Inc., Florida commented
"These groups of companies represent the organizational spirit that drives our economy and even more. It offers insights into a vastness of cultures and an exchange of ideas that are so valuable in helping me to understand how to reach the needs of today's consumers".
The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 women-owned businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services.
The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 diversity-owned (Women, African American, Hispanics,
Asians, Native Indian and other minority groups) businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology,
manufacturing, food service and professional services.
The Div500 is a classification that represents the top 500 small businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services.
The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 small businesses in the state of Texas, in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services.
The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 diversity-owned (Women, African American, Hispanics,
Asians, Native Indian and other minority groups) businesses in the state of Texas., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services.
The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 women-owned businesses in the state of Texas, in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services.
The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 8a businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology,
manufacturing, food service and professional services.
S&N Pump Co. 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 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. CCA was founded in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke.
For additional information, please contact
Roseanne Foret
S&N Pump Co.
T: 281-445-2243
F: 281-445-4061
roseforet@snpump.com