Greenwich has delivered Services Rendered, a book that tells the 60-year story of Valley Proteins, one of the leading independent companies in the rendering industry. The Smith family of Winchester, Virginia—founders and owners of the company for three generations—commissioned the 136-page book for employees, family members, suppliers and customers, with the goals of helping them understand the industry and its value to society; familiarizing them with the company, its achievements, values and culture; and honoring the efforts and accomplishments of employees and family members over the past 60 years.
P.C. Richard & Son, a family-owned, New York-area appliance and electronics retailer, celebrated its 100th anniversary in November 2009 with the publication of Work Well Done, a 148-page book produced by Greenwich Publishing. The company’s third-generation owners hired Greenwich to produce its history book in order to preserve the heritage of the company, convey the family’s values to future generations and to honor the contribution of employees.
Greenwich has published Timeless Values, Enduring Innovation, a 144-page history of Graybar, a Fortune 500 specialist in supply chain management services and a leading distributor of electrical, telecommunications and networking products. With Graybar customers and employees as its primary intended readership, the book tells the 140-year-long story of the company, which was founded in 1869 and is one of the largest and oldest employee-owned firms in North America.
One of the nation’s largest independent investment firms has chosen Greenwich Publishing to produce a history book before its 50th anniversary. The book will tell the story of a firm that pioneered financial planning and that, by eschewing excessive exuberance and market fads, has stayed well above water amid economic crises that have swamped some of its competitors. Scheduled for publication in late 2009, the book is being created primarily for employees, financial advisers, recruits and clients of the firm—making a statement to all of these constituencies about the value of independence and independent thinking.
A leading mutual life insurance company will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2009 with a history book published by Greenwich Publishing. Accentuating the firm’s “do-the-right-thing” values and culture and the importance of its mutual structure, the book will tell the story of the company’s founding by German immigrants and its growth into one of the largest mutual life insurance companies in the United States. With an intended readership of associates, recruits, brokers, customers and other company stakeholders, the book will capture the firm’s uniqueness, celebrate a major milestone and articulate the company’s vision of future growth, innovation and success.
Lloyd Schermer, the former CEO of media company Lee Enterprises, Inc., published his autobiography, Kicking Rocks, with Greenwich. The 302-page book tells a fascinating tale of Lloyd’s and his wife Betty’s families, of their Midwestern childhoods, of Lloyd’s career as a pioneer who led his company through major transitions in the newspaper and telecommunications industries, of Lloyd’s work with the Smithsonian Institution, of his late-in-life art career, and of the couple’s travels around the world. Motivated by a “chronic sense of oughtness,” Lloyd and Betty have sought to make nearly everything they encounter better, and the book makes an inspiring statement about how one person can make a difference in the world.
Klein Tools, Inc., whose specialized tools helped wire Chicago for electricity in the 1800s, introduced a 150th anniversary book—produced by Greenwich Publishing—in May 2008. The book celebrates four generations of family ownership of the company, which has been based in the Chicago area since its founding in 1857. The book is intended to pass stories, values, lessons and culture to future generations of employees and family members while increasing awareness of the company's products and capabilities.
Greenwich produced A Century of Progress to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Raleigh, North Carolina-based Progress Energy, Inc., one of the nation’s largest electric utilities. The company commissioned the 160-page book largely as a tribute to the thousands of people who have worked at Progress Energy and its predecessors, Carolina Power & Light Co. and Florida Progress Corporation. The book is intended to foster a one-company spirit and shared story among 11,000 employees and to explain Progress Energy’s capabilities to a range of other audiences, including customers, shareholders and community members.
Greenwich created Impact on a Changing World to help elevate the scientific stature and raise the external visibility of one of the world’s top research institutes. The book tells the 50-year-long story of Research Triangle Institute (or RTI International), which was founded in part to stem a “brain drain” from North Carolina in the 1950s and became a world leader in a wide range of practice areas, including health and pharmaceuticals, education and training, surveys and statistics, advanced technology, democratic governance, economic and social development, energy and the environment.
Snowing in Chicago: The Story of a Fortunate Detour and the Founding of Cook Incorporated is the history of the first company to introduce devices for interventional medicine in the United States. Produced by Greenwich, the 172-page book tells the story of the company’s origins in a spare bedroom of its founders’ apartment and growth into one of the world’s leaders in device design and manufacture in interventional medicine, biopharma, gene and cell therapy and biotechnology. The company commissioned the book for an audience of employees, retirees, recruits, customers, physicians, community members, legislators and other VIPs.
Greenwich published Applying Technology for Performance, a book about Appleton, a leading manufacturer of carbonless, thermal and specialty papers, security products and performance packaging. The book paints a contemporary portrait of the Wisconsin-based company, which was incorporated in 1907 and purchased by employees in 2001. As the centerpiece of the company's 100th anniversary celebration, the book was created to foster ownership of a shared story and vision among employees, suppliers and partners.
Just before going to press for its book Twenty Years of Independence, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation — one of the nation's leading oil and gas exploration companies — doubled its size with a pair of acquisitions. Greenwich thoroughly revised the book to reflect the company's expanded mission and published it with only a short delay in schedule. Initially intended to honor the contribution of Anadarko's employees, the book has played a key role in integrating the acquired companies by helping to foster a shared story and unify diverse cultures.
Safe Flight Instrument Corporation, a pioneer in lift detection, stall warning and wind shear warning systems, introduced The Leading Edge of Safety. Produced by Greenwich Publishing, the book captures the legacy of inventor/founder Leonard Greene and tells the story of the White Plains, New York-based company that Greene built and turned over to his son Randall 55 years later. Safe Flight commissioned the book to celebrate the accomplishments of employees over 60 years and to help differentiate the company in its highly competitive marketplace.