Wackenhut Marks Ten Years Of Quality Service At Saturn Corporation Plants
6 August 1998
Wackenhut Marks Ten Years Of Quality Service At Saturn Corporation PlantsPALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Aug. 5 -- The Wackenhut Corporation , a global provider of security-related services, is marking the tenth anniversary of its partnership with Saturn Corporation as the supplier of fire, emergency and security services at Saturn plants in Tennessee and Michigan. In a ceremony at the Spring Hill, TN plant on July 31, the Wackenhut Corporation paid special recognition to all of its employees, including fifty- five (55) who have worked for Wackenhut at Saturn since 1990. Representatives from Saturn Corporation and other Saturn team members including the United Auto Workers and United Plant Guard Workers also attended. A similar ceremony will be held at the Troy, Michigan plant on August 8. Alan Bernstein, executive vice president of The Wackenhut Corporation and president of its North American Operations Group, said at the Spring Hill ceremony, "Wackenhut aspires to provide the highest quality personnel and services throughout the world. Our partnership with Saturn is one of our proudest accomplishments, particularly since we continually measure up to the stringent Saturn criteria for quality and received the Saturn Outstanding Achievement Award for superior performance in the areas of quality and service for the past three years. Only 5 percent of Saturn's suppliers measure up to these high standards each year, and we are extremely proud to be a member of this distinguished group." John Krysakowski, Wackenhut's vice president, corporate development, and primary executive for the Saturn partnership said, "The credit for our company's success at Saturn belongs with the quality job performance by the employees and our extremely high rate of employee retention." He also presented a token of Wackenhut's appreciation to Ray Seibold, Kent Spaulding and Curt Stone, who represented Saturn. The Wackenhut Corporation is a worldwide pioneer in providing outsourcing and privatized services. Its diversified capabilities include: security and physical protection, employee leasing and temporary staffing, facility management, food service, and fire, emergency and supplementary police services. Founded by George R. Wackenhut in Miami in 1954, the Company has operations in every state and over 50 countries on six continents. The Wackenhut Corporation is the majority shareholder in Wackenhut Corrections Corporation , a global leader in privatized corrections: designing, financing, building, and managing correctional and detention facilities for government agencies.