--- title: ASK Power awarded Kane County Sparkler Award for Business Leadership description: Steve Kase, CEO and Owner of ASK Power received an Honorable Mention for Business at the Kane County Leadership Summit on May 8 for support in workforce development and export. The award recognizes the contributions and leadership made by companies in Business, Partnership, and Innovation. image: https://www.ask-power.com/hubfs/Sparkler_Award_Kase__Lauzen_v2.jpg --- [![ask_logo.png](https://www.ask-power.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ASK%20Power_Logo_2023.png?width=900&height=386&name=ASK%20Power_Logo_2023.png "ask_logo.png")](https://www.ask-power.com) - [HOME](https://www.ask-power.com) - [PRODUCTS](https://www.ask-power.com/ask-power-products) - [MARKETS SERVED](https://www.ask-power.com/ask-power-markets-served) - [ABOUT ASK POWER](https://www.ask-power.com/ask-power-about-ask-power) - [CONTACT US](https://www.ask-power.com/ask-power-contact) - [QUOTE REQUEST](https://www.ask-power.com/ask-power-request-a-quote) ## [ASK Power awarded Kane County Sparkler Award for Business Leadership](https://www.ask-power.com/news/ask-power-awarded-kane-county-sparkler-award-honorable-mention-for-business-leadership) Posted by [ASK Power](https://www.ask-power.com/news/author/ask-power) May 12 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Steve Kase, CEO and Owner of ASK Power received Kane County Sparkler Award for Business at the Kane County Leadership Summit on May 8 for support in workforce development and export.  ![Sparkler_Award_Kase__Lauzen_v2](https://www.ask-power.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Sparkler_Award_Kase__Lauzen_v2.jpg?width=355&name=Sparkler_Award_Kase__Lauzen_v2.jpg) The Kane County Sparkler Awards recognizes the contributions and leadership made by companies in Business, Partnership, and Innovation.   The award was present by Chris Lauzen the Kane County Board Chairman and former Illinois State Senator [ASK Power](https://www.ask-power.com) is an Aurora, IL based manufacturer of electrical connectors for the Truck, Automotive, Telecom, Utility, and Military marketplaces and has been in Kane County for almost 30 years.  In 2012, Kase was Chairman of the Board of the [TMA, Illinois’ Largest Full Service Manufacturing Association](http://www.tmaillinois.org/tma-member-and-congressman-bill-foster-discuss-exports-at-white-house-roundtable/) and currently serves on the Steering Committee of [World Business Chicago's 1,000 Jobs Initiative for Chicagland Manufacturing](http://www.worldbusinesschicago.com/1000jobs/) The Kane County Sparkler Awards recognize outstanding and sometimes-unheralded achievement in three categories: business, partnership and innovation. The awards will showcase the work of each of the nominees, and an award winner will be named in each category. 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