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APRIL 2015 •

PPB

• 95

87th Annual Academy Awards

Features R.S. Owens & Co.’s

Oscar Statuettes

R.S. Owens & Company

, a Division of St Regis Crystal

(UPIC: RSOWENS), has produced the highly coveted Oscar

statuettes for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and

Sciences for 32 years. On February 22, its 24-karat gold-

plated, 8.5-pound awards were presented to more than two

dozen recipients at the 87th annual Academy Awards.

R.S. Owens employ-

ees polish the Oscar

statuettes before

plating them in 24-

karat gold.

Summit Group employees take part in an American Heart

Association walk, raising money for the organization.

Summit Group Raises Funds

For Charitable Organizations

Summit Group

(UPIC: summit) employees raised more than

$20,000 for charitable organizations in 2014. Reaching out to

friends, family and the local community, the Silver Spring,

Maryland, distributor raised funds for four organizations—

American Diabetes Association, the American Heart

Association, the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the STOP

Hunger Program, an initiative of Sodexo Foundation—through

silent auctions, spirit days, team walks, bike rides and various

other activities.

The supplier treats

the awards with

tight security. All

awards travel to

each manufacturing

station in a locked

case, moving back

to secure storage

every night, and

each Oscar is

accounted for and

the serial numbers

recorded.

Molten alloy is poured into molds as part of the Oscar production

process.