CHARLOTTE, NC – SPX Corp. has been named to Fortune magazine’s America’s Most Admired Companies 2008, the widely respected and influential annual scorecard recognizing corporate excellence. SPX ranked fifth in the Electronics industry category, behind General Electric, Emerson, Sony and Siemens (in that order) with an overall score of 6.33. The rankings appear in the March 17 issue of Fortune, which will be on newsstands March 10, and are currently available online at www.fortune.com.
“Inclusion in Fortune’s prestigious America’s Most Admired Companies 2008 rankings is a tremendous achievement for SPX, and we’re honored to know that our business has earned the admiration of our peers,” said Chris Kearney, chairman, president and chief executive officer of SPX. “This acknowledgement is particularly gratifying because it is a direct reflection of the individual contributions our 17,000 employees around the world make each day toward our success.”
Now in its 26th year, the Fortune America’s Most Admired Companies list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations and is the result of a vast corporate survey that questioned more than 3,700 people from 622 companies in 65 separate industries. It features a composite list of the 20 Most Admired Companies in corporate America, along with a separate breakout of where companies rank within their respective industries.
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