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American Machinist’s magazine names Santa Clarita’s B & B Manufacturing As one of America’s 10 Best Machine Shops for 2008

CHICAGO, IL – November 14, 2008 – American Machinist recognizes B&B Manufacturing Co. as one of the ten best machine shops that perform at consistently high levels relative to the key indicators derived from American Machinist’s Machine Shop Benchmarking study. Jeff Lage, B & B Manufacturing Vice President was on hand last night in Chicago to receive the prestigious award and commented what an honor and privilege it was to accept the award on behalf of the Santa Clarita based organization which employees 220 people and has been in business nearing 50 years

B& B Manufacturing located 35 miles north of Los Angeles and supports contract manufacturing, machining and assembly needs for a variety of industries including commercial aerospace, military, military aerospace, automotive racing, general aviation and commercial industries. Ken and Sharon Gentry founded the Company in 1960 in their Burbank garage, which today employs over 200 and operates in their 120,000 sf. world class campus, utilizing over 115 CNC machines. B & B's focus is on Customer service, Quality, and Delivery at competitive prices, they achieve these goals through a philosophy of continuous improvement. For solutions to your manufacturing needs contact: Jeff Lage @ 661.714.6377

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Sales Contact: Jeff Lage 661.294.6135
LeanSolutions@bbmfg.com

SOURCE: B & B Manufacturing Company inc.