Trécé founder Bill Lingren never forgets that the leading-edge products his company ships to 50 countries around the world are researched, developed and manufactured in Adair, Oklahoma, in the same community where he grew up and attended elementary and high school. That’s why the company Lingren built is imbued with a strong sense of corporate responsibility, leveraging its success to create new job opportunities for the citizens of Adair and the surrounding area, and pursuing initiatives that enrich and improve the lives of local residents. These investments in the local community include things such as the donation of land for the construction of a new fire station for a local volunteer fire department, and the creation of a scholarship program that provides annual scholarships to students at Adair High School.