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Business Partners of the Year: Burlington County
2010—Sodexo
Sodexo works collaboratively with the Burlington County Institute of Technology on multiple levels, including the employment of many culinary arts students at each campus, where they gain real-life workplace experience. Sodexo management also works with the district administration to maintain and upgrade the quality of food service and the physical plant/equipment. Sodexo is an extremely active presence on the BCIT Education Foundation; their generous contributions help bolster the foundation's mission to provide scholarships, grants to teachers, support of sfudent career organizations, and technology.
2009—Radwell International
Brian Radwell is President and CEO of Radwell International which sells and repairs industrial electrical and electronic control devices. The company sells and repairs timers, counters, circuit breakers, motors, speed controls, and other devices used to make machinery run. Specifically, Radwell services auto makers, chemical plants, food processing facilities, government, power plants, amusement parks, steel plants and a long list of other business sectors. The company is a strong support of Burlington County Institute of Technology.
Radwell's newest division, PlcCenter.com is the world's largest provider of new and used surplus, industrial electrical and electronic equipment in the world. They buy back new and used controls from plant closings and auctions, remanufacture the parts, then package them as new and sell them for half of the original value. Last year, Radwell grossed $40 million and continues to grow.
Today, Radwell International employs over 300 people including 20 graduates, and 1 cooperative education student -- all from BCIT.
2008—Sea Box Inc.
Sea Box employs several graduates of Burlington County Institute of Technology, as well as current students in the areas of welding, engineering and drafting. Sea Box sells and leases new and used ISO shipping containers, cargo containers, mobile storage containers, and refrigerated containers for scores of applications and a diverse customer base which stretches world-wide. In addition to shipping and mobile storage containers, they have also built telecommunication shelters, generator stations and water purification stations for their customers.
2007—Shamrock Heating, Air Conditioning & Electrical Inc.
Shamrock Heating, Air Conditioning & Electrical, Inc. of Vincentown has been involved with the Burlington County Institute of Technology since 2002. Started in 1990 by Jim Logan and two partners, the company now has eight partners and employs about 75 people. With many divisions such as residential and commercial air conditioning, service department, retail department, and electrical, Shamrock HVAC has continually employed students through a school-to-work program. Several students have continued their employment at the company after graduation. Jim Logan, a 2002 graduate of Burlington County Institute of Technology's adult division, believes that people from all walks of life deserve a chance and is willing to give them a chance in return for hard work and dedication.
2006—Cinnaminson Board of Education
A working partnership between the Cinnaminson Board of Education and BCIT has placed more than 25 students in School-to-Work positions under the direction of Peter Galosi since 1999. Mr. Galosi has assigned these students to assist his craftsmen as carpenters, electricians, plumbers and maintenance mechanics. Mr. Galosi takes a sincere interest in the welfare of the program by continuing the vocational-technical training necessary for students to meet the requirements for future employment. When a printing program was discontinued at his location, he saw to it that much of the valuable equipment remained in use in Burlington County by offering it to BCIT. The Cinnaminson Board of Education, through Mr. Galosi, continues to recognize the quality of training and employability of BCIT students, as many students are employed full-time upon graduation.