NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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, is proud to announce that for the third consecutive year thousands of its employees across the U.S. and U.K. will be commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness Month by donning EMCOR Pink Hard Hats in support of the Company's "Protect Yourself. Get Screened Today." campaign. Additionally, there will be a series of events across the U.S. during which EMCOR employees and its clients wearing EMCOR's Pink Hard Hats will form themselves into massive human pink ribbons, creating powerful visual "Calls to Action" in further support of the Company's campaign.
"We’re proud that EMCOR employees wear EMCOR Pink Hard Hats, challenging the ‘macho’ image of the construction industry and showing support for and endorsing action by family, friends, colleagues, and clients who are, have been, and could be affected by breast cancer," said Tony Guzzi, President & CEO of EMCOR. "At EMCOR, the majority of our field employees wear a hard hat on a daily basis for personal protection, and we are proud of their commitment to wear a Pink Hard Hat every day during this important month to help continue awareness of this disease that affects so many lives---and the action that can be taken to protect oneself from it."
EMCOR Human Pink Hard Hat 2011 ribbon formations, EMCOR’s "signature" event, involve participation by a number of clients at their locations, including:
- Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
- Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), Southport, North Carolina
- HealthOne Rose Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
- Porter Health System, Highland, Indiana
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona
A compelling, colorful start to, and support of, Breast Cancer Awareness month, these month-long commemorations will kick-off with a public event on October 3 at Yale Cancer Center and Yale School of Medicine. Each event will include conversations among a breast cancer survivor/spokesperson, EMCOR Pink Hard Hat-wearing construction workers, and local EMCOR subsidiary CEO.
Visit EMCOR’s Pink Hard Hat micro-site for more information: http://www.emcorgroup.com/pinkhardhat
About EMCOR Group, Inc.
A Fortune 500 company with estimated 2011 revenues of ~$5.5B, EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME) is a global leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services. A leading 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.
This release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Any such comments are based upon information available to EMCOR management and its perception thereof, as of this date, and EMCOR assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements may include statements regarding market opportunities, market share growth, gross profit, backlog mix, projects with varying profit margins, and selling, general and administrative expenses. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Accordingly these statements are no guarantee of future performance. Such risk and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, adverse effects of general economic conditions, changes in the political environment, changes in the specific markets for EMCOR’s services, adverse business conditions, availability of adequate levels of surety bonding, increased competition, unfavorable labor productivity and mix of business and that the USM business will not be integrated successfully and that the cost savings from the USM transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected or that disruption from the transaction may make it more difficult to maintain relationships with customers, employees or suppliers. Certain of the risks and factors associated with EMCOR’s business are also discussed in the Company’s 2010 Form 10-K, its Form 10-Q for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011 and in other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All these risks and factors should be taken into account in evaluating any forward-looking statements.