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EBO Group Wins John Logue Employee Ownership Excellence Award

 SHARON CENTER, OH - EBO Group, Inc. is the recipient of the John Logue Employee Ownership Excellence Award.  Presented by the Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) on April 30, 2010 at its Annual Spring Conference, this award honors John Logue, Founder and Director of the OEOC.  The John Logue Employee Ownership Excellence Award is dedicated to the vision and the legacy of Logue, who passed away in December 2009,

John Logue’s dedication to employee ownership was unparalleled.  Logue founded the Ohio Employee Ownership Center in 1987.  Over the next 23 years, he worked with more than 500 firms and employee groups employing 95,458 workers. Of these, 74 firms employing 14,066 workers implemented partial or complete employee ownership creating more than $300 million in equity for their employee-owners.  OEOC’s Employee-Owned Network continues to provide education for 80 employee-owned Ohio companies which employ more than 15,000 Ohioans and generate more than $2.4 billion in sales. 

“We are very happy to have been chosen as the recipient of the inaugural John Logue Employee Ownership Excellence Award.  This is quite an honor for our company.  John Logue was a leader and a true visionary.  We are proud to be recognized as a company portraying and living the high level of John’s vision.” said Keith Nichols, President of EBO Group.

As its name suggests, EBO Group, or Excellence By Owners, is dedicated to the concept of employee-owners working toward a common goal of continuous success through excellence at every level of the operation. The EBO Group, currently with 70 employees, is a 100% employee-owned company.  EBO Group is an umbrella organization that is home to four, fully-owned companies: PT Tech (clutches, torque limiters and brakes for extreme machines); TransMotion Medical, Inc. (mobile, motorized stretcher-chairs); IPESsol (solar mobility devices); and eZEhybrid Drives, Inc. (electric hybrid drives).  All EBO Group employee-owners share in the rewards of the success enjoyed by each of the subsidiary companies. More information can be found at www.ebogroupinc.com 

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