COLUMBUS – Employees of Golden Artist Colors, Inc. were recently honored by The ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) Association with the 2011 NY/NJ ESOP Association Chapter’s Company of the Year Award. This marks the third time since the company became employee owned just eight short years ago, that this prestigious award has been received. In addition, the company also received the 2011 Employee Owner of the Year Award, for which Jonie Bassett was nominated. Several Golden employee owners accepted the awards at the ESOP Association Conference held in September in Scranton, Penn.

“We were delighted when we heard the news that we had received this recognition again,” said Golden Artist Colors’ CEO, Mark Golden. “Our ESOP Committee has worked incredibly hard to better educate their co-workers about the importance of being an ESOP company and the real benefits it provides to each and every one of us. These awards reinforce the strength of our ESOP program and our employees’ dedication to excellence not only in the products we produce, but also in our company values and culture.”