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Wellness Initiatives at GOLDEN
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Wellness Initiatives at GOLDEN

                                                                        – Columbus, NY, April 17, 2008

DMMOn April 17th, 2008 Golden Artist Colors participated in Small Business Day 2008, held in Albany NY and sponsored by The Business Council of New York State. The theme this year was Health Care Reform and brought together hundreds of representatives from small businesses to share their concerns and challenges with state lawmakers. The delegation from Golden Artist Colors met with both Senator Jim Seward and Assemblyman Cliff Crouch, presenting them with an outline of their initiatives in this area, as well as proposals for how GOLDEN can serve as a model of innovative solutions in the area of health care.

Like most businesses, Golden Artist Colors, Inc. faces a future where rising costs for health insurance and medical services will make these benefits unsustainable. In response, GOLDEN has adopted a corporate strategy that embraces Wellness, including the recent appointment of a Wellness Coordinator and creation of multiple Task Forces that will focus on health care, legislation, exercise, nutrition, and tobacco use. The offerings and programs that will be provided are designed to promote and help sustain healthy choices in the lives of all employees and their families as well as each community they touch. The truly unique dynamic that makes these things not only possible but ultimately successful is the participation of employees at every level in the creation, development, and administration of these initiatives. Currently more than 20% of the staff belongs to one of the Wellness Task Forces. Ultimately, Golden Artist Colors, Inc. believes this model can be applied to any organization, community or network of people interested in improving its well being.

About Golden Artist Colors, Inc.

Located in its 100,000-square-foot facility in rural Columbus, N.Y., GOLDEN’s 147 employees are committed to producing materials that encourage exploration of form and concept, while assuring archival integrity.  GOLDEN takes pride in the fact that its Custom Lab is the only facility of its kind, dedicated to designing products to the specifications of individual artists.  Developing paints to meet exacting criteria is the specialty of GOLDEN’s custom operations.  As a natural progression from our initiatives in the fine arts market, GOLDEN established Paintworks, the commercial paint and coatings division of Golden Artist Colors, Inc.  It provides commercial and OEM clients with paint making technology, toll manufacturing and integrated solutions.  GOLDEN Paintworks can design a full solution to a coatings project based on its expertise designing, manufacturing, marketing and selling high performance paints and coatings.  The company also assists customers with complex production, packaging and regulatory issues.  For more information about Golden Artist Colors, Inc. and its comprehensive product offering, call 1-800-959-6543 or visit the company’s Web site at ww.goldenpaints.com.


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