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NorthStar Maintains Number One Ranking in ENR Listing
For Immediate Release. July 1, 2003, Birmingham, Alabama: NorthStar Communications Group (NorthStar) has once more been ranked as the No. 1 firm in the design of wireline telecommunications transmission lines and cables, while also retaining the No. 3 position in telecommunications engineering and design, according to Engineering News-Record's prestigious annual listing of the "Top 500 Design Firms."
"On behalf of our customers and our employees, we are particularly pleased to again receive this recognition," commented Bill Johnson, President and CEO of NorthStar Communications Group, Inc. "It is especially gratifying to be able to maintain both rankings given the changes in our industry."
"The continuity in the rankings reflects our strategy of doing more things for a select group of clientele," stated Tom Anderson, Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development. "By focusing on clients that share the corporate culture and core values of NorthStar and our parent company, BE&K, Inc., we have developed a client base that will be the leaders of the telecommunications industry for a long time to come."
NorthStar is listed as BE&K, Inc. in the June 2003 edition of ENR.
NorthStar Communications Group, Inc., with corporate headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, serves as the standalone telecommunications subsidiary of BE&K, Inc. NorthStar offers a full suite of infrastructure, network and outsourcing services to the communications industry at large.
BE&K, through its global network of affiliate companies, provides engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services to the process, manufacturing, industrial, automotive, pulp and paper, power, and telecommunications industries. Forbes ranks BE&K among the "Top 500 Privately Held Companies in the US" and Engineering News-Record consistently ranks BE&K among the "Top Contractors and Designers" in the world. BE&K has also been recognized as a construction industry leader in family-friendly business practices, and was recently honored as a Diversity Champion by Working Mother.
For more information contact:
Emily Holcombe
NorthStar Communications Group, Inc.
E-mail: HolcombeE@NorthStar.net
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