Re: Arbortext Honored as One of 25 "Best Small and Medium Companies to Work for in America"

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From: "Beth Ambaruch" <bea@arbortext.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 3:28 PM
Subject: Arbortext Honored as One of 25 "Best Small and Medium Companies to
Work for in America"


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> Arbortext Honored as One of 25 "Best Small and Medium Companies to Work
> for in America"
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> ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 21, 2004 -- Arbortext, Inc., the leading provider
> of Enterprise Publishing Software, today announced it has been named as
> one of the "best small and medium companies to work for in America,"
> according to the Great Place to Work Institute and the Society for Human
> Resource Management.
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> "It is outstanding that Arbortext has received this recognition," said
> Michigan First Gentleman Daniel Granholm Mulhern, who is leading an
> effort to make the State of Michigan a great workplace. "Arbortext
> obviously values its employees and recognizes that productivity and
> profits are directly linked to a happy, healthy workplace."
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> Great Place to Work Institute cofounder Robert Levering said, "The
> companies on this list set the standards for all workplaces. Companies
> like Arbortext are successful because they create an environment where
> employees trust their management, have pride in their work and have
> positive relationships with their team members."
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> Arbortext's placement on this list expands upon an already impressive
> list of prestigious awards, including:
> . The American Business Awards - "Stevie Award for Best New
> Product" (2004)
> . KMWorld Magazine - "100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge
> Management" (2004, 2003)
> . Econtent Magazine - "Content 100" list (2003, 2002, 2001)
> . AlwaysOn - "Top 100 Private Companies" list (2003)
> . The Seybold Report Editors' "Hot Picks: Must See New
> Technologies" (2003)
> . VentureReporter's "Top 25 Companies to IPO" (2003)
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> Arbortext also continues with impressive financial success, including 11
> straight quarters of record revenue and continued expansion into Asia
> Pacific, Latin America and Europe.
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> "We are honored to receive this recognition for our company and for the
> great people on our team," said Raymond Schiavone, President and CEO for
> Arbortext.  "The Arbortext team is made of dedicated people who hold the
> belief that it is important to work hard, deliver outstanding customer
> service and have some fun at the same time. I believe this philosophy
> shows through to our clients and I'm proud to say that it's one of the
> many reasons why our company continues to be successful."
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> This year marks the launch of the list, which ranks the top 25 small and
> top 25 medium companies in America that have used smart people management
> strategies to develop a strong trust between employees and management.
> The organizations, ranging in size from 50 to 999 employees, were
> announced by SHRM and selected and ranked by the Great Place to Work
> InstituteR based on the results of a randomly distributed employee
> opinion survey. Each evaluated company was given a score based on
> employees' responses to a detailed questionnaire about the organizations'
> workplace cultures.
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> The winning organizations will appear in the July issue of HR Magazine,
> available at www.shrm.org/hmagazine and also listed on the Great Places
> to Work Institute Web site at www.greatplacestowork.com.
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> About Arbortext
> Arbortext is the leading provider of Enterprise Publishing Software that
> enables organizations to create and automatically publish large amounts
> of information, such as technical manuals, pharmaceutical product
> information, legal information and software documentation.  Enterprises
> around the world use our software to publish in multiple languages to
> multiple audiences in multiple hardcopy and electronic output formats.
> Arbortext's software is installed at over 1,400 organizations worldwide.
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> Current customers include American Express Financial Services, Audi,
> Boeing, Bombardier, British Aerospace, Caterpillar, DaimlerChrysler,
> Ericsson Telecom, Ford, General Electric, GM, IBM, International Thomson
> Publishing, Lucent, Nokia, Nortel Networks, PeopleSoft, Pfizer, Ricoh,
> Sun Microsystems, Toyota, United Airlines, Volkswagen and Volvo.
> Arbortext is a founding member and active participant in the XML Activity
> of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Headquartered in Ann Arbor,
> Michigan, USA, Arbortext has offices around the world. For more
> information, please visit www.arbortext.com.
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> About the Great Place to Work Institute
> The Great Place to Work Institute is a research and management
> consultancy headquartered in San Francisco with affiliate offices in 25
> other countries throughout the world. The organization produces other
> "Best Companies to Work for" lists, including Fortune's "100 Best
> Companies to Work for"C, which recognizes employers with 1,000 or more
> employees.
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> About SHRM
> SHRM is the world's largest association devoted to human resource
> management. Representing more than 185,000 individual members, the
> Society's mission is both to serve human resource management
> professionals and to advance the profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM
> currently has more than 500 affiliated chapters and members in more than
> 100 countries.
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> Contact: Beth Ambaruch, APR Kirsten Nelson
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>   Arbortext, Inc. Ketchum
>   +1 734.327.6014 +1 312.228.6959
> bea@arbortext.com
> kirsten.nelson@ketchum.com
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> Press room:
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