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Follow on Google News | Baumgartens Selected As Finalist for The 2011 Georgia Small Family Business- Of-The-Year AwardBaumgartens Recognized as Outstanding Small Georgia Family Business
By: Baumgartens Baumgartens will be honored at the 20th anniversary Georgia Family Business of the Year Awards dinner, co-hosted by Georgia Trend magazine and sponsored by J. Smith Lanier & Co. on November 29, 2011 at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta. Founded in 1987, the Cox Family Enterprise Center has been dedicated to the education, recognition and research of family businesses. The center is the largest and one of the first university-based centers of its kind in the United States today. It began the Georgia Family Business of the Year competition in 1991. “These family businesses are great examples of how family and business mix well for the benefit of our communities,” Baumgartens was started back in Austria in the 1800s, four generations ago. Today, Jean Baumgarten, president and chair-of-the- “Some years back we declared that our team is here to develop new, unique products that make a difference for people,” said David Baumgarten, vice president. “Georgia became our families’ home and safe haven from the devastation after WWII. Recognition for such a special hometown award that acknowledges our contribution to our state over the years is only equal at best to what Georgia has provided to all of us over many generations.” About Baumgartens Baumgartens is a woman-owned family business supplying unique, innovative products to the school, home, office and janitorial/sanitation market that make a difference to thousands of retailers and wholesalers across the U.S.A. Baumgartens successful environmental program, business paradigms, flexible programs and award-winning customer service are unrivaled in the office supply industry. The company supports American Forests® Global ReLeaf initiative, planting thousands of trees and offsetting hundreds of thousands of pounds of harmful greenhouse gasses. It aims to be 100 percent carbon neutral by 2015. For more information, visit our websites at www.baumgartens.com and www.conservebrand.com. # # # Baumgartens is a woman-owned family business supplying unique and useful products to the home, office, school and other markets that make a difference to thousands of retailers and wholesalers across the U.S.A. End
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