Overhead Door Receives Women's Choice Award in the Garage Door Category

DALLAS, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Overhead Door has been awarded the 2012 Women's Choice Award by WomenCertified® in the Garage Door Category based on a WomenCertified Brand Preference Survey, which was developed based on a joint study with the Wharton School of Business.

WomenCertified, the voice of the female consumer, honors brands with the Women's Choice Award seal, which recognizes brands based on a woman's propensity to recommend that brand to others. More than 5,000 female consumers were surveyed about their favorite garage door brands, and Overhead Door came out on top. As part of the award process, home improvement professionals were also asked their opinion in the WomenCertified Consumer Audit to validate the survey findings. 

"Overhead Door is honored to earn the Women's Choice Award and to be considered the brand of choice among women. The award validates Overhead Door's commitment to our distributors and our collective ability to deliver professional service and high performance products. The Women's Choice Award represents the earned trust that women put in our brand," said Dennis Stone, President and Chief Executive Officer, Overhead Door Corporation.

When a company bears the Women's Choice Award seal, it is distinguished as a brand women trust and recommend.  "Recognizing the top home improvement brands nationwide that are women-friendly and align with women's identified preferences is important to our mission at WomenCertified, where we are women helping women make smart choices," said Delia Passi, founder of WomenCertified and author of "Winning the Toughest Customer: The Essential Guide to Selling to Women."  "We are proud of Overhead Door for taking ownership of their customer experience and creating a business environment that bucks the trends and continues to provide exceptional service both to women and men alike."           

To find more companies that have earned a place among women as a business of choice, visit www.womencertified.com.

About Overhead Door Corporation

Overhead Door Corporation, based in Dallas, Texas, is a leading manufacturer of doors and openers for residential, commercial, industrial and transportation applications. The company has five divisions: Access Systems Division (ASD), which features the Overhead Door and Wayne-Dalton brands; The Genie® Company, manufacturer of remote-controlled garage door opening systems; Horton Automatics, a manufacturer of automatic entrance systems; TODCO, the largest producer of truck doors for the transportation industry and Creative Door Services, Western Canada's leader in providing door products and services to the residential, commercial and industrial markets. Overhead Door Corporation created the original overhead garage door in 1921 and the first electric garage door opener in 1926. Overhead Door now employs more than 3,500 people, has 22 manufacturing facilities, 78 regional sales and service and installation centers and more than 5,000 distributors and dealers that service national builders, national accounts, architects, general contractors and homeowners, as well as major retailers in the U.S. and Canada. Overhead Door Corporation is a subsidiary of Sanwa Holdings Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. For additional information, visit www.overheaddoor.com, our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter.

About WomenCertified®

WomenCertified®, the voice of female consumers, awards businesses and brands of choice among women with the Women's Choice Award. WomenCertified represents the collective voice of women so they can help each other identify businesses that deserve our loyalty and referrals. The Award is based on consumer surveys, as well as research conducted in partnership with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania on what drives the consumer experience for women vs. men, which led to the development of the Female Consumer Satisfaction Index. Visit www.womencertified.com.

SOURCE Overhead Door