NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, October 1, 2009 - EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, is proud to announce that a number of its subsidiaries coast to coast, as well as its UK subsidiary, are commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness month with its employees wearing Pink Hard Hats in support of the Company's "Protect Yourself" campaign.
Supporting EMCOR's "Protect Yourself" campaign are (from l.) Frank MacInnis, Chairman and CEO of EMCOR Group; Dana Finnigan, President of EMCOR Services New England Mechanical; Tony Guzzi, COO of EMCOR Group; Keith Chanter, CEO of EMCOR UK; and Adam Snavely, President of the Poole and Kent Corporation.
"Challenging the 'macho' image of the construction industry, EMCOR employees proudly will come together and wear Pink Hard Hats, showing support for colleagues, friends, family, and clients who could be affected…who are affected … by one of the most common forms of cancer," said Frank T. MacInnis, Chairman and CEO of EMCOR. "At EMCOR many of our employees wear hard hats on a daily basis for personal protection, and they proudly extend that commitment to wear a Pink Hard Hat during the month of October to raise awareness of the disease that affects so many lives".
To kick-off EMCOR's "Call to Action" for Breast Cancer Screening and Awareness, 200 of its Poole & Kent Corp. subsidiary employees in Baltimore, MD will be on site in Baltimore today at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, widely regarded as one of the finest healthcare facilities in the U.S. and the world. The 200 Poole & Kent employees will don EMCOR's Pink Hard Hats and organize themselves into the shape of the official breast cancer symbol, the pink ribbon. Poole & Kent's Assistant Project Manager at The Johns Hopkins project, who is a proud breast cancer survivor, Lauri Yori, will be in attendance to tell her inspiring story.
Other EMCOR subsidiaries throughout the D.C. and Baltimore area will also be wearing EMCOR Pink Hard Hats throughout October in support of EMCOR's "Protect Yourself" campaign: EMCOR Government Services, EMCOR Services Combustioneer, and S.A. Comunale.
The construction and facilities services employees of EMCOR Services New England Mechanical (NEMSI) in Vernon, CT will also wear Pink Hard Hats in a "call to action" of a different sort----164 of its employees and clients will wear Pink Hard Hats during that company's annual golf tournament, "driving" the message of EMCOR's "Protect Yourself" campaign to millions of women and men. Proceeds from the Bloomfield, CT tournament on October 3 will benefit the American Cancer Society. Among attendees at the event will be Johan Lavery, Administrative Manager at NEMSI, who proudly tells her story as a breast cancer survivor.
EMCOR's "Protect Yourself" campaign will also cross the ocean, with EMCOR UK employees at many sites around the UK wearing EMCOR's Pink Hard Hats. The company will launch with an event today at St. Pancras International, a major railway station in the UK, with hundreds of EMCOR UK workers forming themselves into the shape of the number of people affected by breast cancer – either knowingly or unknowingly – who walk through the station each day. EMCOR UK will donate money for the cause for each Pink Hard Hat worn by an EMCOR UK employee. Participating at that event will be Diane Whyte, a valued member of the EMCOR UK team who has survived breast cancer.
Additional EMCOR subsidiaries----from Dynalectric Company (Oregon) in Portland, OR, to EMCOR Services Team Mechanical in Elmhurst, IL---will be wearing Pink Hard Hats throughout the month of October in support of EMCOR's "Protect Yourself" campaign.
EMCOR Group, Inc. is also serving as a flagship sponsor of the American Cancer Society's 16th Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, in Westport, CT, Fairfield County's single largest breast cancer walking event, which takes place October 25, 2009. This year EMCOR participants will be wearing EMCOR's Pink Hard Hats while walking in the event, the 13th year that EMCOR has been involved.
EMCOR's "Protect Yourself" campaign is supported with print advertising in local markets.
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A Fortune 500 company with estimated 2009 revenues of $5.5 - $5.7 billion, EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME) is a global leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services. A leading provider of critical infrastructure systems, EMCOR gives life to new structures and sustains life in existing ones by its planning, installing, operating, maintaining, and protecting the sophisticated and dynamic systems that create facility environments---such as electrical, mechanical, lighting, air conditioning, heating, security, fire protection, and power generation systems---in virtually every sector of the economy and for a diverse range of businesses, organizations and government. EMCOR represents a rare combination of broad reach with local execution, combining the strength of an industry leader with the knowledge and care of 170 locations. The 27,000 skilled employees of EMCOR have made the company, in the eyes of leading business publications, amongst the "World's Most Admired" and "Best Managed". EMCOR's diversity---in terms of the services it provides, the industries it serves and the geography it spans---has enabled it to create a stable platform for sustained results. The Company's strong financial position has enabled it to attract and retain among the best local and regional talent, to undertake and complete the most ambitious projects, and to redefine and shape the future of the construction and facilities services industry.
This release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Any such comments are based upon information available to EMCOR management and its perception thereof, as of this date, and EMCOR assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements may include statements regarding market opportunities, market share growth, gross profit, backlog mix, projects with varying profit margins, and selling, general and administrative expenses. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Accordingly these statements are no guarantee of future performance. Such risk and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, adverse effects of general economic conditions, changes in the political environment, changes in the specific markets for EMCOR's services, adverse business conditions, availability of adequate levels of surety bonding, increased competition, unfavorable labor productivity and mix of business. Certain of the risks and factors associated with EMCOR's business are also discussed in the Company's 2008 Form 10-K, its Form 10-Q for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009, and in other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All these risks and factors should be taken into account in evaluating any forward-looking statements.
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