U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker presented Diamon-Fusion International with the President’s “E” Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. The President’s “E” Award is the highest recognition any U.S. entity can receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports.
“Diamon-Fusion International has demonstrated a sustained commitment to export expansion. The “E” Awards Committee was very impressed with Diamon-Fusion International’s innovative surface coating technologies. The company’s steady growth in export sales was also particularly noble. Diamon-Fusion International’s achievements have undoubtedly contributed to national export expansion efforts that support the U.S. economy and create American jobs,” says Secretary Pritzker in her congratulatory letter to the company announcing its selection as an award recipient.
Since 1997, Diamon-Fusion International (DFI) has been making people’s lives easier by developing, manufacturing and distributing protective coatings, application machinery and restoration products for architectural and transportation surfaces, such as glass, granite, tile, porcelain and quartz.
“When DFI started doing business almost 20 years ago, expanding our product line into a global market had always been a vision of our executive team,” says Adam Zax, CEO of Diamon-Fusion International. “However, we didn’t imagine it bringing us this far. Since establishing our first account in Italy about 15 years ago, DFI has expanded into 20 other countries, spread across six continents and exporting now accounts for close to 40 percent of total sales. Our international presence has become key to our global business and we are truly honored to accept the ‘E’ Award.”
In 1961, President Kennedy signed an executive order reviving the World War II “E” symbol of excellence to honor and provide recognition to America’s exporters. Today, Secretary Pritzker has honored 123 U.S. companies with the President’s “E” Award for their outstanding work to reduce barriers to foreign markets and to open the door to more trade around the world. U.S. companies are nominated for the “E” Awards through the Department of Commerce’s U.S. Commercial Service office network.