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Claiming Crown 2008 Sponsors
Allied Waste Industries, Inc. is the second largest non-hazardous solid waste management company in the United States, with annual revenues of over $5 billion and assets of nearly $14 billion. Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, the company serve approximately 10 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in 128 major markets within 37 states and Puerto Rico. Allied Waste operates as a vertically integrated company through its network of over 700 collection companies, transfer stations, landfills and recycling facilities. The company's structure allows for the most efficient operations in the industry, and has positioned Allied Waste as a true leader in its industry. Allied Waste has the highest internalization rate in the industry and hold number one or number two positions in nearly every market it serves. Allied Waste's nationwide team of 24,000 employees shares stresses the company's commitment to exemplary customer service and efficient, innovative solutions that respect and safeguard our nation's public health and natural resources. Visit the Allied Waste Services website at www.disposal.com.
Founded by Otter Bremer in 1943, today Bremer Bank is co-owned by the Otto Bremer Foundation, a nonprofit charitable trust, and Bremer's nearly 2,000 employees. Offering banking, investment, trust, and insurance services, Bremer Bank has more than 100 branch offices throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. Bremer fosters a culture of caring and commitment and demonstrates it through grants from the Otto Bremer Foundation, donations by local Bremer affiliates, and the volunteerism of our employees’ time and skills to nonprofit organizations and community projects. Bremer Bank fully supports the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977 and actively look for opportunities to assist in the economic and social development of our communities. Visit Bremer Bank's website at www.bremer.com.
Daily Racing Form, "America's Turf Authority Since 1894," was born in Chicago on Nov. 17, 1894 when it first appeared as a four-page broadsheet. Over the last 113 years, DRF has been the country's only daily national newspaper dedicated to the coverage of a single major sport. DRF is the most complex newspaper in North America, publishing up to 2,000 unique pages of statistical and editorial copy every day, in as many as 25 daily editions, 364 days a year (with the exception of Christmas Day). DRF is owned by Arlington Capital Partners (www.arlingtoncap.com), a Washington, DC-based private equity fund with over $1 billion of committed capital focused on middle market buyout investment opportunities in growth industries including: media and information services, healthcare services, aerospace/defense, business services and outsourcing, and education. Visit the Daily Racing Form website at www.drf.com.
Deere & Company, founded in 1837 (collectively called John Deere), has grown from a one-man blacksmith shop into a corporation that today does business around the world and employs approximately 52,000 people. The company continues to be guided, as it has been since its beginning, by the core values exhibited by its founder: integrity, quality, commitment and innovation. John Deere consists of four major business segments (agricultural equipment, commercial & consumer equipment, construction & forestry and credit). Those segments, along with the support operations of parts and power systems, are focused on helping customers be more productive as they help to improve the quality of life for people around the world. John Deere is the world's leading manufacturer of farm equipment. The company offers a complete line of farming services and solutions with products primarily sold and serviced through the industry's premier dealer network. John Deere also produces and markets North America's broadest line of lawn and garden tractors, mowers, and other outdoor power products. John Deere Landscapes provides irrigation equipment and nursery supplies to landscape-service professionals across the United States. John Deere is an NTRA Advantage partner, offering significant product savings to NTRA members. Visit John Deere's website at www.johndeere.com.
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