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Sherry Honored by AWS
December 5, 2002

MUNCIE -- Sherry Laboratories was recently presented with an Appreciation Award by the Tulsa Section of the American Welding Society.

The AWS recognized Sherry and two of its legacies -- Metlab Testing Services, Inc. and Midstates Analytical Laboratories -- for a longtime support of the organization. The society is a multifaceted, nonprofit organization which promotes the science, technology and application of welding and related joining disciplines.

Sherry employees Cecil Burnett, Dan Lawson and Bill Vesely were also honored for more than 75 years of combined volunteer service and support of the AWS. The trio has donated countless hours serving on the organization’s Board of Directors, teaching seminars and promoting safe and structurally sound welding techniques.

"Sherry Laboratories is fortunate to have such outstanding employees," said Steve Reilly, SL Vice President - West Region. "They work tirelessly to provide incredible service to our clients, but still feel compelled to donate free time to promote worthwhile organizations like this and work toward improving those around them. They are definitely role models for each of us to be proud."

Burnett is Quality Manager-Materials Testing Services, and Vesely is Lab Director of Sherry Laboratories’ metallurgical testing facility in Broken Arrow, Okla. Burnett began working for Midstates Analytical Laboratories in 1989. Sherry purchased the company in 1999.

Vesely was a founding stockholder of Midstates in 1966. He began working for the company in 1969 and was co-owner at the time of Sherry’s purchase.

Lawson is Lab Director of SL’s non-metallics testing facility in Tulsa, Okla. He started his Sherry career in 1976 when he accepted the dual position of Vice President/Quality Assurance Manager for Metlab Testing Services, Inc. Metlab became part of Sherry Laboratories in 1989 when it was purchased by Ontario Corporation.

Sherry Laboratories, which was established in 1947, provides a complete array of reliable, high-quality analytical testing services. The network features eight labs in three states -- Indiana, Louisiana and Oklahoma. The facilities are organized to provide a single source for independent metallurgical, nonmetallic, polymer, environmental, microbiological, bioassay and petroleum related testing services that satisfy customers’ precise specifications while meeting their scheduling requirements.

Sherry serves a variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, defense, general manufacturing, medical, nuclear, petrochemical and refining. The labs combine to conduct approximately 703,000 tests per year.

Sherry Laboratories is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ontario Corporation, a privately owned technology company headquartered in Muncie, Ind., which serves customers in the semiconductor, accounts receivable management software, and independent laboratory industries. The Ontario Corporation family of technology companies includes Sherry Laboratories, CDS Group, Ontario Development Corporation and Ontario Systems. Ontario Corporation companies operate throughout the United States with locations in California,

Indiana, Ohio, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Washington.

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