Awards in area business

10:09 AM CDT on Sunday, April 15, 2007

Snelling Staffing Services of Arlington placed No. 10 and No. 21 respectively on DiversityBusiness.com's list of the 500 top women-owned and minority-owned businesses in the U.S. Others on the women-owned list were PrimeSource FoodService Equipment of Dallas, No. 30; Optimal Solutions Integration of Irving, No. 78; Ricochet Fuel Distributors of Euless, No. 89; S&J Electric of Fort Worth, No. 120; Warrior Group of DeSoto, No. 124; Karlee Co. of Garland, No. 134; Regal Temporary Services of Arlington, No. 139; Dallas Fan Fares of Dallas, No. 171; Dantack Corp. of Grand Prairie, No. 198; Continental Wireless of Garland, No. 209; SPI of Irving, No. 224; Henslee, Fowler, Hepworth and Schwartz of Dallas, No. 249; Global Enterprise Management Solutions of Irving, No. 254; Iron Horse Safety Specialties of Dallas, No. 316; Nortex Modular Space of Lewisville, No. 330; DFW Movers & Erectors of Fort Worth, No. 341; Contract Consultants of Bedford, No. 342; Dien Inc. of Dallas, No. 365; ISF Security Group of Richardson, No. 389; Intelligent Interiors of Addison, No. 406; EduCorp Training & Consulting of Grapevine; No. 409; JOY Foods of Dallas, No. 420; CareerLink of Dallas, No. 422; Awntech Corp. of Hurst, No. 467; CDG & Associates of Dallas, No. 472; and CCS Holdings of Irving, No. 478.

On the minority-owned list were Azteca Enterprises of Dallas, No. 41; PrimeSource FoodService Equipment, No. 64; On-Target Supplies & Logistics, No. 148; Optimal Solutions Integration, No. 159; Total Technical Services of Dallas, No. 170; Goodmann Networks of Farmers Branch and Ricochet Fuel Distributors, No. 179; S&J Electric, No. 230; Warrior Group, No. 238; Karlee Co., No. 261; Regal Temporary Services, No. 272; LopezGarcia Group of Dallas, No. 328; eVerge Group of Texas of Plano, No. 330; Dallas Fan Fares, No. 341; Sigma Systems of Carrollton, No. 395; Continental Wireless of Garland, No. 411; SPI, No. 444; Henslee, Fowler, Hepworth and Schwartz, No. 490; Global Enterprise Management Solutions, No. 498; and Infoexperts of Richardson, No. 498.

Latina Style magazine has named American Airlines Inc. and BNSF Railway Co., both based in Fort Worth, to its list of the 50 best employers for Hispanic women. The companies were chosen based on a survey of more than 800 Fortune 1000 companies' practices, including leadership programs, employee benefits and Latinas in executive positions.

Airport Revenue News has named Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport the winner of its Best Airport Concessions award, and the airport's Terminal D was named Best Customer Service Terminal and Most Unique Services Terminal.

The American College of Bankruptcy has inducted John Penn, partner in the Fort Worth office of Haynes and Boone LLP, as a college fellow. He was one of 26 nominees from the United States and abroad inducted in the 2007 class.

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