Viox Services Inc. Is The Title Sponsor For Oscar Night America
EMCOR Company Escalates Support For Vital Cincinnati Fundraiser Benefiting People Working Cooperatively
CINCINNATI, OHIO - February 13, 2012 - Viox Services, Inc., a Cincinnati-based integrated facility management and operations enterprise, has become the Title Sponsor of 2012 Oscar Night America, a fundraising event to benefit People Working Cooperatively (PWC), a Cincinnati service organization. It's first year as Title Sponsor, this is the 15th consecutive year that Viox has sponsored Oscar Night America, an organization that Viox assists year-round through various employee related building activity programs.
Viox Services is a subsidiary of 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.
People Working Cooperatively is a unique, non-profit organization serving low-income, elderly, and disabled homeowners. PWC strengthens communities by providing professional, critical home repairs, weatherization, modification, and maintenance services to help residents stay safely in their homes; skilled in many of these crafts, Viox employees participate in many of these efforts and programs throughout the year. The only official Oscar Party in Cincinnati that is sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood, the event this year will celebrate the Oscars with authentic western entertainment, a calf roping station, jailhouse, shoot outs, silent and live auctions and raffles.
"We are thrilled to expand the assistance we provide PWC and additionally be a major benefactor, the Title Sponsor, of Oscar Night," stated Mike Viox, President of Viox Services. "In previous years, this important event has raised upwards of $155,000 to benefit the tremendous work done by PWC to aid the greater Cincinnati community. This year 100% of the money raised will be dedicated to PWC’s Modifications for Mobility Program, a home modification program designed to enhance daily mobility and independence for PWC’s most vulnerable clients."
About Viox:
Founded in 1946, Viox Services Inc. is a national provider of integrated facility management and operations. Its portfolio of properties includes over 200 million square feet of commercial, institutional and industrial facilities throughout the United States. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Viox is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE:EME), a Fortune 500â company with estimated 2011 revenues of ~$5.5B. EMCOR is a leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services and a 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 ~26,000 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. Additional information on EMCOR can be found at www.EMCORGroup.com.