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Started 60 years ago, AZCO INC. focus changed - read more about how the company's original focus on the pulp and paper industry, prevalent in the Fox Valley, Wisconsin area 60 years ago, expanded to the heavy industrial construction and fabrication services now provided throughout the country.  Click here to read more about the article that appeard in the January 4, 2010 issue of The Business News.


AZCO INC. has been listed in ENR's Top 400 Contractors Sourcebook, September 14, 2009 issue:

  • # 32 of the Top 50 Power Contractors

  • # 20 of the Top 25 in Fossil Fuel

  • # 6 of the Top 10 in Operation & Maintenance

AZCO INC. RECORDS 5 MILLION MAN-HOURS WITHOUT A LOST TIME INCIDENT

Appleton, WI (August, 2009)  - AZCO INC. reached another milestone by achieving five (5) million work hours without a lost time incident. The industrial contractor and fabricator is responsible for the safety of 110 full time employees and another 350 - 400 construction tradespersons in the field and in its shops on any given day.

According to Ted Carew, AZCO's Safety Director, "Our last lost time incident occurred in March of 2006. This is truly a remarkable accomplishment and is made possible by the continuationof everyone's efforts in keeping our projects safe."

"We have a zero tolerance policy for at-risk behaviors and encourage our employees to be proactive in finding safe work solutions. These accomplishements are definitely proof of the dedication to our Zero Injury Policy," said Mark Loper, company President. "We have now set a standard for AZCO INC. and the goal remains each day to send each employee home safely."

Carew attributes the safety record to AZCO's Zero Injury Philosophy and overall awareness of the safety process throughout the company. President Loper supports the total commitment to providing a safe workplace by adding, "The safety program starts with executive management and filters down."

The company is into the eighth year of its safety process that originated with the Construction Industry Institute, a national consortium of owners, construction firms and engineering firms.

AZCO INC. celebrates their 60th anniversary this year, continuing as an employee-owned, full service industrial constructor-fabricator, capable of self-performing a wide range of general construction and mechanical services. AZCO INC. performs a majority of its work in the upper Midwest serving the power generation, foundry, steel, manufacturing and food and beverage industries.  


AZCO INC. has been listed in ENR's Top 600 Specialty Contractors listing, October 13, 2008 issue:

  •  #107 of the Top 600 Specialty Contractors in the United States

    AZCO was listed at #137 in 2007

 

AZCO INC. WINS 2008 WISCONSIN CORPORATE SAFETY AWARD

Appleton, WI (May, 2009)  - AZCO INC. received the 2008 Wisconsin Corporate Safety Award in the top Construction classification (companies with greater than one million actual payroll hours) at the 15th Annual Wisconsin Corporate Safety awards program designed to honor employers who exemplify safety and health excellence.

 

AZCO INC. Jobsite and Shop Safety Nationally Recognized

AZCO INC. received the Thomas J. Reynolds Award for Excellence in Construction Safety and Health in 2008 from The Association of Union Constructors (TAUC).

The award, created more than twenty years ago, recognizes and commends the exceptional efforts made by TAUC contractor members to prevent the occurrence of serious injury or worse on the jobsite.