AVIS Industrial Corporation
1909 South Main Street
PO Box 548
Upland, Indiana 46989
(765)998-8100 phone
(765)998-8111 fax
kjg@Avisindustrial.com
 

On May 29, 2008, Avis Industrial Corporation received national certification as a Women's Business Enterprise by the Michigan Women's Business Council, a regional certifying partner of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

WBENC's national standard of certification implemented by the Michigan Women's Business Council is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business and site inspection. The certification process is designed to confirm the business is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a woman or women.

The Women's Business Enterprise National Council is the nation's largest third party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States . WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on WBENC's certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs. To find out more information about WBENC, visit www.wbenc.org .

Avis Industrial Corporation is led by its Executive Director and major shareholder, LaRita R. Boren. She and her husband, Leland, moved with The Pierce Company to Upland , Indiana in the late 1960s. Avis Industrial Corporation has grown from two plants producing locks, wheel covers and hub caps to a broadly diversified corporation with manufacturing facilities producing balers, cranes and excavators, special purpose machine tools, hydraulic cylinders, broaching tools, various assembled automotive components, automotive forgings, wheel and specialty wrenches, welded steel tubing, high precision forgings, fuel pumps, oil pumps, water pumps, governors, and heavy-duty forklifts.

Avis Industrial Corporation and its subsidiaries recognize the commitment to supplier diversity that is embraced by corporations and government agencies today. By including women-owned businesses among their vendors, corporations and government agencies demonstrate their commitment to fostering diversity and the continued development of their supplier/vendor diversity programs. Avis Industrial and its subsidiaries are eager to provide their products and services to assist those agencies and companies in fulfilling their supplier diversity programs.