Plastican Inc. received the Pro Patria Award April 30 from the Georgia Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (GA ESGR), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. The award recognized Plastican for “exceptional support” of its employees who work at Plastican’s manufacturing facility in Macon, Georgia, and serve in the National Guard and Reserve.

From left to right: Major General Terry Nesbitt, Georgia Department of Defense, The Adjutant General; Ann Byrd, Plastican Inc., Human Resource Director; Admiral (Ret) James McGarrah, GA ESGR Chair.

At the awards banquet in Atlanta, Admiral (Ret) James McGarrah, GA ESGR Chair, said the Pro Patria Award is presented annually to Georgia employers “who have provided the most exceptional support of our national defense through leadership practices and personnel policies that support their employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve.”