Automation Alley.

Caption: * Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association driving growth in Southeast Michigan's economy, announced that the organization has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious "E" Award for Exporting, the nation's highest award to honor exporters. Automation Alley is the first nonprofit trade organization in Michigan to receive the award. The "E" Award is the highest honor the faceral government can give to an American exporting company or organization. The award serves to recognize U.S. firms for their competitive achievements in world markets and their part in increasing U.S. exports abroad. The Presidential "E" Award was created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. A delegation of Automation Alley representatives, including L. Brooks Patterson, founder of Automation Alley and Oaklano County executive; Ken Rogers, executive director of Automation Alley and Congressman Joe Knollenberg, received the award at a formal ceremony at the White House Tuesday afternoon, which included a private meeting with President George Bush.

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