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Golden Temple of Oregon, Inc. is a member of the KIIT family of companies that employ over 4500 different people with international offices in California, Oregon, New Mexico, Germany, the Netherlands and India.

Over the past 30 years a community of people have worked together to build a new type of company. A company whose mission was to serve, heal and uplift humantity (sic). We sought to do this through the creation, production and distribution of quality products and services that reflect our yogic and Sikh lifestyle and promote happy, healthy and holy living. We called this family of companies KIIT. . . .

KIIT serves as an umbrella organization for an international group of varied companies (each defined below). KIIT works as a brain trust which nurtures the expansion of every company under its umbrella. KIIT companies share management, sales and marketing methods and systems while operating individually. It also provides financial planning, strategy and our own diagonal management system. Many of our KIIT personnel have worked in several of our KIIT companies which has allowed them to gain diverse business skills. Our expertise in every field of business allows us to anchor every problem and solve them with our vast resources and experienced personnel. . . .

The following companies are members of the KIIT group:

Akal Security, Inc. is a service company that provides security personnel and alarm services to federal, state and city governments, as well as large corporations, small businesses and homes. Currently Akal employed nearly 4500 security personnel in 40 U.S. states and overseas.

Ancient Healing Ways Catalog markets and distributes Yogi Tea, Golden Temple and Sunshine products as well as books, tapes, and other products for natural and spiritual living. Every year the Ancient Healing Ways catalog is mailed to over 50,000 homes all over the world.

Herb Technology is an herbal education, research and development company specializing in herbal supplements and other healing herbal products.

Golden Temple Bakery is a pioneer in the Natural Foods Industry. Within Golden Temple is Yogi Tea, Sunshine Spa, Soothing Touch, Peace Cereals, Sweet Home Farm, and Wha Guru Chews. Offices for Golden Temple are in Eugene OR, Los Angeles CA, and Española NM.

KIIT BV is located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and produces and distributes Yogi Tea and other natural products throughout Europe. Yogi Tea is currently the market leader in the medicinal tea category for all of Europe.

Khalsa Consultants designs specific applications for personal and professional development based on the yogic technology taught by Yogi Bhajan and leading edge psychological research. They offer seminars and training, executive coaching and consulting programs. They also produce and retail products, including books and tapes, for the same purpose.

SGN Sales and Marketing is a food brokerage company with offices in seven US cities, representing natural food products, covering the East Coast, West Coast and the Northwest. SGN carries 35 lines of products including Clif Bar, Organic Valley Dairy, Yogi Tea and Golden Temple. SGN is considered the premier natural foods broker in the US.

Sun and Son, Inc. is a computer consulting firm specializing in business process consulting and work flow design, primarily using the Lotus Notes development environment.

Yoga West is a center for Kundalini yoga, healing and wellness. Yoga West hosts over 30 Kundalini yoga classes each week, as well as healing seminars, teacher training, prenatal and mediation classes. Yoga West also retails many KIIT products.


Here are more details direct from the Army:

Akal Security Inc., Santa Cruz, N.M., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2003, a delivery order amount of $31,791,980 as part of a $102,461,165 firm-fixed-price contract for security guard services. Work will be performed at Fort Campbell, Ky. (45%), Fort Stewart, Ga. (19%), Anniston Army Depot, Ala. (13%), Blue Grass Army Depot, Ky. (13%), and Sunny Point, N.C. (10%), and is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on July 15, 2003, and 20 bids were received. The Northern Region Contracting Center, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (DABJ01-03-D-0038).

Akal Security Inc., Santa Cruz, N.M., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2003, a delivery order amount of $18,872,191 as part of a $61,823,792 firm-fixed-price contract for security guard services. Work will be performed at Fort Hood, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on July 15, 2003, and 20 bids were received. The Northern Region Contracting Center, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (DABJ01-03-D-0039).

Akal Security Inc., Santa Cruz, N.M., was awarded on Sept. 30, 2003, a delivery order amount of $12,624,931 as part of a $40,812,110 firm-fixed-price contract for security guard services. Work will be performed at Fort Lewis, Wash. (75%), Fort Riley, Kan. (25%), and is expected to be completed by Sept. 29, 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on July 15, 2003, and 20 bids were received. The Northern Region Contracting Center, Fort Eustis, Va., is the contracting activity (DABJ01-03-D-0040).