Oklahoma City, OK - Star Building Systems, a leading manufacturer of custom metal buildings, has received the 2008 Governor's Award for Excellence in Exporting.

The Chairman of the Oklahoma District Export Council, Chuck Mills, presented the award to Paul Schuchardt, Star Building Systems' International Sales Manager, during the 25th Annual Oklahoma World Trade Conference held at the Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

"The company that we honor today serves as an example of the global business savvy qualities that all Oklahoma businesses should embrace in order to prosper in today's new economy. Our future economic success lies in delivering cutting edge innovation, value-added business solutions, world-class professional services and technological advancement to the global marketplace. Through its international business achievement, Star Building Systems represents all of these qualities and I wish them every success in continually expanding Oklahoma's entrepreneurial and creative business spirit worldwide," said Chairman Mills.

Star Building Systems is a leading supplier of custom designed building systems, in an industry that has captured more than 55% of the low rise, non-residential construction in the United States over the last 15 years. "Star's growth has enabled us to excel in offering customers the finest building system products on the market. Star products are the result of product development and engineering innovations that are proven in over 300,000 Star buildings worldwide," said Joe Edge, President of Star Building Systems. Star focuses on state-of-the-art computerized processing systems which aid all phases of design, drafting and manufacturing. This advanced technology enables Star to provide more specialized buildings with a variety of aesthetic features.

Paul Schuchardt, Star Building Systems' International Sales Manager, right, receives the Governor's Award for Excellence in Exporting from Chuck Mills, Chairman of the Oklahoma District Export Council.

From left, Robert Stone, Star Building Systems' Regional Manager; Joe Edge, Star Building Systems¿ President; and Paul Schuchardt, Star Building Systems' International Sales Manager, display awards received during the 25th Annual Oklahoma World Trade Conference held at the Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on April 10, 2008.

Oklahoma City, OK - Star Building Systems, an Oklahoma City based manufacturer of custom metal buildings, recently announced the appointment of Bart Starr, former NFL quarterback, as company spokesman. The announcement was made at Star's 2008 National Sales Meeting held February 24-26, in Marco Island, Florida, where Star Building Systems hosted their customers, Star Builders from around the country, for a three day conference.

The conference included speakers, seminars, awards and entertainment. Bart Starr was a featured speaker at the meeting. Starr's presentation, "Being the Best You Can Be", emphasized the importance of setting and achieving goals, teamwork, and striving toward excellence. Following his presentation, Phil Symes, Star Building Systems' Vice President of Sales and Marketing, revealed the companies' 2008 marketing plan that will include direct response TV, print and internet advertising featuring Mr. Starr.

Shooting for the TV spot has been completed in the Orlando, Florida area. Planning is underway and the campaign is scheduled to kick off in late April.

As the National Football League was coming of age toward the end of the 1960s, Bart Starr emerged as one of the game's first truly iconic performers, a quarterback and leader always at his best when the stakes were highest. The MVP of the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and '68, Starr continues to exemplify what it means to be a valuable and consummate professional in life.

For 16 years Starr defined the image of the Green Bay Packers, a team celebrated for its discipline and consistent domination of opponents in big games. Many great NFL quarterbacks have competed in the footsteps of Starr but none have surpassed his stature. Starr achieved the most NFL championships (five) of any quarterback in history, and the highest rating among playoff quarterbacks.

The famed 1966 "Ice Bowl" victory by Green Bay against Dallas in severe winter conditions was the game in which Starr literally re-defined fortitude. That same quality continued to be the Starr trademark, first as the Packers head coach, and in the years that have ensued off the field, where he has demonstrated unwavering perseverance and superiority as a successful businessman, community leader, and devoted husband, father and grandfather.

Star Building Systems, an NCI Company, is a leading supplier of custom designed metal buildings. Star was formed in 1927 to meet the needs of oil drillers in the historic Oklahoma City oil boom. The product at the time was small metal buildings that were used for "tool boxes" and "dog houses" (small portable buildings located near oil field derricks to shelter men and equipment). In the late 1930s, Star built aviation hangars for the Midwest. During World War II, Star met the needs of the military for warehouses and aircraft hangars. In the 1950s, Star provided grain storage and sectional steel buildings for utilitarian warehouses and storage buildings.

The pre-engineered metal building industry was enhanced in the early 1960s with the advent of computer designed rigid frames, high yield steel and factory applied, baked on color coating on steel panels. Today, Star serves the non-residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, recreational, agricultural and retrofit markets both nationally and internationally.

Star's state-of-the-art plants are located in Lockeford, California; Monticello, Iowa; and Elizabethton, Tennessee, and produce a completely integrated product line. Each component is inspected throughout the manufacturing process to assure the highest standards of quality are maintained.

Star markets its products through over 1000 design/build contractors throughout the world.