Detroit Lakes , MN – June 25, 2007
SJE-Rhombus® has been named one of the 50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America. The list was announced on June 25th before an audience of more than 15,000 at the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) 59th Annual Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas.

Receiving award at the Conference in Las Vegas – SJE CEO; Laurie L, SHRM Board Chair, Janet Parker and SJE HR Manager Nancy O

This annual list, now in its fourth year, ranks the top 25 small and top 25 medium-sized companies in America that use smart people management strategies to develop successful organizations with highly productive and satisfied workforces. The organizations, ranging in size from 50 to 999 employees, were announced by SHRM and selected and ranked by the Great Place to Work® Institute (GPTW). The results were based on a randomly distributed employee opinion survey as well as information gathered from the company regarding its employment practices. Each company evaluated was given a score based on employees' responses to a detailed questionnaire about the organizations' workplace cultures.

Stories about the winning organizations will appear in the July issue of HR Magazine, the Society's flagship publication with a circulation of 210,000 (available at www.shrm.org/hrmagazine). The winning organizations will also be listed on the GPTW web site at www.greatplacetowork.com.

Since 1975, SJE-Rhombus® has built a reputation as a world leader providing trouble free liquid level controls for water, wastewater, sump and sewage systems. Dominating the North American pump switch market, SJE-Rhombus® is the leading manufacturer of pump switches used in water and waste water applications in North America today. In addition to pump switches, SJE-Rhombus® designs and manufactures alarms systems, motor control panels and embedded controls for the water and wastewater markets that are sold worldwide.

With corporate offices and manufacturing located in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota , SJE-Rhombus employs 240 plus individuals in a variety of departments including: Engineering, IT, Accounting, Purchasing, Customer Service, Sales, Production/Warehouse, Human Resources and more.

In addition to operations in Detroit Lakes, SJE-Rhombus owns three other manufacturing operations to augment its strategic plan. A location in Ohio, designs and builds control panels and employs 35 individuals, a location in New Hope, MN, designs, tests and manufactures custom electronic controls and employees 22 people and SJE-Rhombus (Suzhou), located 60 miles east of Shanghai, China, manufactures products for the Asian pump manufacturing market.

The success of SJE-Rhombus is largely due to its culture of employee ownership. The company is 100% employee owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Trust (ESOT) and its success is due to the dedication and hard work of its quality workforce.

“Small and medium-sized companies make up the majority of the American economy and workforce,” said SHRM President and CEO, Susan R. Meisinger, SPHR. “These winning organizations demonstrate that making effective use of their workforce is key to their success, and their accomplishments deserve recognition.”

Great Place to Work® Institute co-founder, Robert Levering, said, "These companies stand out because their employees find them to be places where they can trust the management, take pride in their work and have fun. Other companies have much to learn about how to be productive and do right by their people."

SHRM is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 210,000 individual members, the Society's mission is to serve human resource management professionals and to advance the profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM currently has more than 550 affiliated chapters and members in more than 100 countries.

Great Place to Work® Institute, Inc. is an international research and consulting firm dedicated to building great workplaces.  Great Place to Work® Institute uses its employee survey and assessment process to select the companies appearing on the annual "Best Small & Medium Companies to Work For in America " list and FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For® list.  In addition to its global headquarters in San Francisco, Great Place to Work® Institute has 29 affiliates in countries throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia.  www.greatplacetowork.com.

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