April 16th, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Ken Carroll
(502) 352-2485 - Office
IESO, L.L.C. Joins KAM's Prestigious Group of Sponsors
Frankfort, KY - APRIL 16, 2009 - IESO, L.L.C. of Lexington, Kentucky, an environmental, health and safety (EHS) risk management company has signed a three-year agreement to sponsor the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM). IESO will sponsor KAM's Clean Kentuckysm Branded Initiative designed to help promote a sustainable environment for Kentucky residents now and in the future.
"KAM is very pleased that IESO, L.L.C. is investing in the future prosperity of all Kentuckians by supporting the state's number one economic engine, manufacturing," says Jim, LeMaster, President & CEO. "By more than a two-to-one margin, manufacturing is number one in our state, with $29 billion or 19% of Kentucky's gross domestic product (GDP) and providing employment for approximately 248,000 well-paid workers." "KAM is an aggressive organization that's definitely working very hard to create value for the manufacturing community and IESO is excited to be a part of it as a sponsor of the Clean Kentuckysm Branded Initiative," says Keith Spencer, Global Operations Manager of IESO. IESO, L.L.C. provides you access to experienced front-line experts fluent in all regulatory languages, able to operate equally well in calm corporate environments or active disaster areas. IESO, L.L.C. (www.iesollc.com) is a multi-lingual, international EHS consulting firm based in Lexington, KY, servicing over 150 client facilities in 28 countries. Company experts include a PhD Risk Manager, Masters-degreed ergonomists and behavioral safety specialists, and highly experienced registered professional industrial hygienists and safety professionals. IESO has been addressing EHS matters as long as the regulatory agencies have, and collectively bring over 150 years of hands-on experience to each project.
IESO, L.L.C. is strong in emergency response, EHS compliance, site investigation and remediation, RCRA, CERCLA, risk management planning, Environmental and Health and Safety Management Systems, crisis communications, Arc Flash Analysis and Emergency Response Reviews. Our Senior Risk Manager, a former EPA Federal On-Scene Coordinator, led responses and investigations with the FRA, NTSB, NASA, OSHA and EPA on events ranging from Shuttle Columbia to multiple-fatality derailments to Hurricane Katrina
The IESO team is HAZWOPER and NIMS-trained and comfortable and experienced operating within interagency ICS structures. The company can help you in real time from the front line of an oil spill, explosion, derailment or any other crisis in progress. For calmer sites where smoke and fire are not the drivers, we have long experience in remediation costing, project management and contractor oversight. Our expertise continues into regulatory agency cost recovery, penalty negotiation and PRP settlements, also industrial hygiene, ergonomics and all other health and safety disciplines.
A Bluegrass State Skills Corporation service provider, we help secure grants or tax credits of up to 50% for many of our services. As a select service provider and as adjunct instructors for the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Global Public Health, we conduct certain training activities at no cost to our clients through NIOSH training grants.
IESO, L.L.C. is offering KAM members a one-time no cost one day facility assessment of any EHS functional area (Health, Safety, ISO 14001, VPP, Environmental Compliance, etc.). The assessments will be conducted by our staff professionals and include a comprehensive assessment report. This service is valued at $1,000.00 but is provided at no cost to KAM members.
For more information about the aforementioned special introductory offer for KAM members or additional information about IESO, L.L.C. please visit www.iesollc.com or call Keith Spencer at 859-619-1741.
Established in 1911, the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers is the Commonwealth's only manufacturing trade association. KAM's mission is to raise the prosperity of all Kentuckians by protecting and growing our state's economic engine: manufacturing. KAM proactively works with elected officials, policymakers, chambers of commerce, other associations, economic development experts, the news media, the general public and its own members to drive results through eight branded initiatives: ProsperousKentuckysm, ProductiveKentuckysm, FreedomKentuckysm, SmartKentuckysm, HealthyKentuckysm, HonestKentuckysm, MarketKentuckysm and CleanKentuckysm. On the web at www.KAManufacturers.com