Grand Haven, MI – Harbor Industries, Inc., Grand Haven and Charlevoix, MI has been named as a Sears Partner in Progress for 2004.

This prestigious award is presented annually to a select group of supplier companies that have provided Sears, Roebuck and Co. with quality products and services, from apparel, appliances and tools to marketing, transportation services and technology. More than 10,000 sources competed for this award in 2004.

Ted Parker and Tabb Wierengo were honored on April 12 at an event hosted by Sears Holdings Corporation Vice Chairman and CEO Alan J. Lacy at the company’s headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Started more than 20 years ago, the Partners in Progress program recognizes suppliers that make significant contributions to the growth of Sears businesses and the creation of new ways to better serve Sears customers. The winners were selected from nominations submitted by Sears’ employees who purchase goods and services for the company.

“It was truly an honor to be the recipient of this prestigious award for the third time. It speaks very highly for our company and the employees who make earning this award possible through their continued hard work and dedication to Sears,” Ted Parker, President. “We are among a very elite group of Sears suppliers, less than 1% of the suppliers earn this distinction.” Harbor first receive the Partner’s in Progress award in 1999. In 2004, Harbor received the Partner’s in Progress award as well as the Innovative Supplier of the Year award.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation, is a leading broadline retailer providing merchandise and related services. Sears, Roebuck offers its wide range of home merchandise, apparel and automotive products and services through more than 2,400 Sears-branded and affiliated stores in the United States and Canada, which includes approximately 870 full-line and 1,100 specialty stores in the U.S.

Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's third largest broadline retailer, with approximately $55 billion in annual revenues, and with approximately 3,800 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and maintenance.

Harbor Industries, Inc. is a full service manufacturer of point of purchase displays and store fixturing founded in 1946. Harbor Industries’ corporate headquarters are in Grand Haven, MI. Harbor operates a 280,000 square foot, state of the art manufacturing facility in Charlevoix, MI. Harbor Industries has been designing, developing and manufacturing displays and fixtures for Sears since 1979.

For more information, please contact:

Harbor Industries, Inc
14130 - 172nd Street
South Industrial Park
Grand Haven, MI
49417 USA
Tel: 1.616.842.5330
Fax: 1.616.842.1385 Bldg. 3
1.616.842.7762 Bldg. 4
Contact: Cindy Euscher
E-mail:Cindy_Euscher@harborind.com
http://www.harbor-ind.com

Photograph: (from left to right) Deidra Cheeks, V.P. Procurement, Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Sheila Norwood, Procurement Specialist, Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Tabb Wierengo, Account Representative, Harbor Industries, Inc.; Ted Parker, President, Harbor Industries, Inc.; Rachel Borah, Procurement Specialist, Sears, Roebuck and Co.