2012 Chapter Award Winners Announced!

Company of the Year:  Parksite

Employee Owner of the Year:  Bounthanh Saysongkham, Bimba Manufacturing Company

Parksite has been named ESOP Company of the Year by the Illinois Chapter of The ESOP Association.  Headquartered in Batavia, Illinois, Parksite is a 100% employee owned sales, marketing and distribution organization offering specialized products to the construction industry.  Read more

Bounthanh (Boun) Saysongkham, Machine Operator, Bimba Manufacturing Company, has been named 2012 Employee Owner of the Year by the Illinois Chapter of The ESOP Association.  Bimba Manufacturing, a 100% employee owned company headquartered in University Park, Illinois, is a forward-thinking innovator of actuation, fluid power, and motion control technology.  Boun has been with the company since 1998 and currently serves as a machine operator.  Read more

The awards were announced at the Chapter's Annual Meeting on March 7, 2012, at the iHotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Illinois.

Parksite and Boun will compete against award recipients from 17 other state and regional Chapters for the National Company of the Year and Employee Owner of the Year.  The winners will be announced at The ESOP Association's 35th Annual Conference in Washington, DC in May, 2012.