Highest-Rated Office Products Company Based on Volume, Consistency and Quality
Of Business Opportunities Granted to Women and Minority-Owned Companies
ITASCA, Ill., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- BOISE(R) Office Solutions has been
ranked ninth among Fortune 500 companies in this year's Div50 Internet poll as
a top company for providing business opportunities to minority- and women-
owned businesses. The poll, produced by DiversityBusiness.com, gave Boise
Office Solutions the highest ranking of any office products company. It was
also the third year that Boise Office Solutions made the Div50 list.
More than 200,000 women and minority business owners participated in the
Div50 poll by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural
business-to-business Internet Portal. Those who participated in the online
election ranked companies and government agencies in areas of volume,
consistency and quality of business opportunities granted. The list will be
circulated through DiversityBusiness.com member businesses for use throughout
the year.
"Being acknowledged again by DiversityBusiness.com for our dedication to
supplier diversity is an honor," said Chris Milliken, president and CEO for
Boise Office Solutions. "We continue to strive toward growing our minority-
and women-owned business partners and helping our customers meet their
diversity purchasing goals."
Boise Office Solutions has a strong history of supporting minority- and
women-owned businesses. In 2003, Boise increased contract business product
sales in those areas by about 22 percent. In addition, Boise increased its
full-tuition scholarship awards to the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
College to three multicultural business enterprise recipients. In 2004, Boise
is continuing its commitment to expand these product lines, adding four new
vendors and increasing its scholarship awards, along with other on-going
initiatives.
DiversityBusiness.com will honor Boise Office Solutions at a special
awards ceremony during the 4th Annual Multicultural Business Conference,
taking place March 17-19, 2004, at the Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Conn.
Ryan Vero, executive vice-president of merchandising for OfficeMax(SM), the
retail division of Boise Office Solutions, will give the keynote address at
the awards luncheon. The complete Div50 list can be viewed at
http://www.div2000.com/div50 .
About Boise Office Solutions
Boise Office Solutions is a premier multinational distributor of office
and technology products, office furniture and paper, with annual sales
totaling $3.5 billion. Boise Office Solutions reached domestic e-commerce
sales of more than $1 billion in 2002. The company, headquartered in Itasca,
Ill., has customers ranging in size from small organizations to multinational
corporations. Boise Office Solutions has operations throughout the United
States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico, and serves customers in 19
European countries through a partnership with Ahrend Office Products. Boise
Office Solutions is recognized for its outstanding commitment to customer
service and is the recipient of Gartner Inc.'s inaugural CRM Excellence Award.
Boise Office Solutions has demonstrated leadership in supporting minority- and
women-owned business development since 1972. For more information, visit
http://www.BoiseOffice.com .
Boise Office Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boise Cascade
Corporation (NYSE: BCC). Boise, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, provides
solutions to help customers work more efficiently, build more effectively, and
create new ways to meet business challenges. Boise is a major distributor of
office products and building materials and an integrated manufacturer and
distributor of paper, packaging, and wood products. We own or control more
than 2 million acres of timberland, primarily in the United States, to support
our manufacturing operations. Visit the Boise website at http://www.bc.com .
SOURCE Boise Office Solutions
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http://www.boiseoffice.com
http://www.div2000.com/div50 http://www.bc.com
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CONTACT:
Bill Bonner of Boise Office Solutions,
+1-630-438-8584, or Media, Cari Trayner of Bader Rutter &
Associates, +1-262-784-7200
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