Home    >    2004 Press Releases

Pearson NCS Receives “Best Workplace in America” Award

Bloomington, MN - January 28, 2004 - Pearson NCS received the highest level of recognition in the 2003 “Best Workplace in America” award competition given by the Printing Industries of America to recognize elite companies in the graphic arts industry with the best human relations practices. The “Best of the Best” award was given to the Pearson NCS forms printing plants located in Owatonna, Minn., and Columbia, Pa. The two plants print over two billion scannable documents every year for Pearson NCS scanners such as the OpScan® optical mark read, and the 5000i® image scanner. Pearson NCS offers a wide variety of data collection hardware, software, scannable forms and outsourcing services for student records management, surveys, enrollments and test scoring.

"We are very proud of the recognition and owe this success to our outstanding employees and human resources department," said John Harnett, President, Pearson NCS. "Our high level of customer service ties back to satisfied employees. Being an industry leader is a direct result of happy employees. We are dedicated to providing a first-class work setting."

A team of human resources experts judged all the entries. Two categories of awards are given: the "Best of the Best” and the “Best Workplace in America." The Printing Industries of America is located in Alexandria, Virginia and serves more than 13,000 member companies.

About Pearson NCS

Pearson NCS offers a wide variety of data collection hardware, software, scannable forms and outsourcing services for business, healthcare, government and education. Pearson NCS is a business of Pearson Education, the world's largest education company, which in turn is part of Pearson, the international media company. Pearson’s other primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

Media Contact
Vicki Frazier
952-681-3458
vicki.frazier@pearson.com