OW Lee, manufacturer of high-end outdoor furniture, firepits, and accessories, was honored with the Manufacturer of the Year Apollo Award for 2013 at the Chicago International Casual Furniture&Accessories Market™ in September.One manufacturer was honored in each of eight categories. Manufacturers were then judged on design and quality of products, merchandising, customer service, ethics, communications, and trade relations.

Terri Lee Rogers, president ofOWLee, says, “We are very honored to be namedManufacturer of the Year. All of our employees work really hard to deliver the best, so this award means a lot to each and every one of us.” This is OW Lee’s second year in a row of winning this prestigious award; the company also received the Manufacturer of the Year Award in 2010 and 2012.

OW Lee was founded in 1947 in Pasadena,California, and is a premier manufacturer of fine wrought-iron and wrought-aluminum outdoor furniture and firepits. OW Lee manufactures heirloom-quality products in Ontario, California, and it is one of the few remaining companies in the outdoor-furniture industry that still manufactures its products in the United States.