Rudolph/Libbe Companies has been named Corporate Citizen of 2013 by the Wood County Economic Development Commission. The award was presented at the Wood County Economic Development Commission's annual dinner on March 20. Rudolph-Libbe is an AGC member in Michigan and Ohio.
"We are honored to receive this recognition from Wood County, where Rudolph/Libbe was founded in 1955, and the Rudolph/Libbe Companies are proud to call home,"Â said Bill Rudolph, chairman of Rudolph/Libbe Companies.
"There are many terrific companies based in Wood County, many of which are our customers," Rudolph said. "We greatly appreciate the support they have given us by allowing us to help them with their facility and process needs over our nearly 60 years in business."
In the last 20 years alone, the Rudolph/Libbe Companies, which includes Rudolph/Libbe Inc. and GEM Inc., has completed more than 500 projects in Wood County.
The Economic Development Commission, an Ohio nonprofit corporation, strives to expand the employment base through existing industry development and the systematic recruitment of new businesses. The Commission actively markets Wood County and its communities to outside industrial prospects, while continuing to provide services to the County's communities and existing industries helping them broaden and diversify the tax base while creating and retaining jobs.
The Rudolph/Libbe Companies is among the region's largest contractors and employs 1,000-1,500 construction trades through offices in Lima, Toledo, Cleveland and Walbridge, Ohio; and Plymouth, Mich.
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