Brookfield Business Honored As Top Family Company

BROOKFIELD, CT - From CULTEC: CULTEC, Inc., of Brookfield will be honored as one of this year’s top Family Owned Businesses in a celebration hosted by the Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals.

The celebration will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 27, in White Plains, N.Y. Presented by the Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals, the competition is designed to highlight the exceptional family-owned businesses in the region and the hard work and dedication of generations of family members.

CULTEC has been manufacturing plastic stormwater chambers for construction and residential project since 1986. Founder Robert DiTullio, Sr., first proposed the idea of a plastic drainage chamber to the state of Connecticut in 1982. Mr. DiTullio still serves as the company’s CEO.

CULTEC’s team includes his wife, Christina, who is CULTEC’s Chief Financial Officer; his son, Robert
DiTullio, Jr., who is the company’s Chief Business Development Officer; his daughter, Gina Carolan, who is the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Marketing; and Lisa Lynch, his daughter, who is the Customer Service Supervisor. Long-time employee Fred Dotson was recently named President of the Company.

As the founder of plastic chamber technology, CULTEC is the recognized world leader in offering plastic
stormwater drainage solutions for the construction industry. The business has also supported many
charitable causes via donations and through the creation and hosting of fundraising events. Most notably, CULTEC has been the Connecticut presenting sponsor of the St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer for the past seven years, has created the Happy Healthy Kid Program and has hosted fundraisers for the Vanishing White Matter Families Foundation and Toys for Tots.

The celebration marks the fifth-time family-owned businesses have been honored by Westfair
Communications, publishers of the business journals. Other winners from Fairfield County include Aitoro Appliance & Electronics of Norwalk; Amodex Products, Inc., of Bridgeport; Collins Medical Equipment of Fairfield; Fisherman’s World of Norwalk; Front Row Kitchens of New Canaan; John J. Brennan Construction of Shelton; Lapine of Stamford; Shreve, Crump & Low of Greenwich; and Troy Fine Art Services of Southport.

ABOUT CULTEC

CULTEC prides itself on being an R&D-based manufacturer and places a strong emphasis on product development. In 1986, CULTEC introduced its Contactor and Recharger septic and stormwater chambers to the industry and helped to begin a revolution towards the usage of plastic construction products. As the creator of the plastic chamber, CULTEC has been awarded the title of “The Founder of Plastic Chamber Technology”. CULTEC’s worldwide presence includes chamber installations throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, and the Caribbean. Its products are manufactured at ISO 9001:2008 facilities for strict quality control. Select profiles meet the performance requirements of IAPMO, ASTM and AASHTO (Section 12) LRFD standards, as well as achieve third-party certification to the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) B184 standard for Polymeric Subsurface Stormwater Management Structures. In addition, CULTEC chambers are constructed of impact-modified and long-term creep resistant polymers, ensuring that the chambers achieve a minimum 50-year service life. CULTEC’s corporate headquarters is located in Brookfield, Connecticut. Learn more at www.cultec.com.

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