Parata Wins Business Excellence Award

Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce Honors Parata in "Large Business" Category

DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Parata Systems won the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce 2010 Business Excellence Award in the "Large Business" category. The Business Excellence Awards highlight the accomplishments of businesses and individuals in the Durham community.

This year's awards program recognized a small, medium and large business, as well as non-profits and business leaders, for their efforts in making Durham stronger. The Chamber presented the awards at an event hosted last night at the Hilton Hotel Durham near Duke University and attended by more than 200 business and community leaders.

Jess Eberdt, CEO; Doug Townsend, CFO and Tom Rhoads, CEO designee, accepted the award on behalf of Parata. "We have been committed to Durham as a strong corporate headquarters location since our inception," Rhoads said. "Durham offers high-caliber talent and a business-friendly environment that makes us proud to call it home."

Parata will celebrate its nine-year anniversary on Sept. 14.

About Parata Systems

Durham, N.C.-based Parata Systems, LLC, was founded in 2001, and offers industry-leading technology that improves Parata Max® and Mini® automate prescription dispensing with high-speed and high-accuracy; Parata APM® expands convenience, safety and privacy with self-service prescription pickup; and Parata® PACMED improves patient safety with unit- and multi-dose packaging that ensures patients get the right medication at the right time, every time. To learn more, call, click or visit Parata Systems, www.parata.com, [email protected], 1-888-PARATA1 (727-2821), and on Facebook and Twitter at "Parata Systems."

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