| Midland Celebrates Four Companies to Watch in 2008 04/29/2008 |
On April 24 at the Michigan Celebrates Small Business event in Lansing, MI, 50 Michigan small businesses were named “Companies to Watch,” honoring their dedication to product and service innovation, exceptional entrepreneurial leadership, and great growth potential. For the third consecutive year, four Midland County businesses received this honor. Midland Tomorrow, the economic development corporation serving the County of Midland, MI, and all its municipalities, would like to offer a resounding CONGRATULATIONS to the four Midland County small businesses that took their place on stage as 2008 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch!
Allis Information Management
Allis Information Management (AIM) is a woman-owned small business that has spent over 25 years providing competitive intelligence to major local clients, including Fortune 100 companies, government agencies and trade associations. They are one of the only marketing intelligence firms in the area, providing expert services in market intelligence, competitive analysis, technical information research and crisis/issue management services.
Falcon Road Maintenance Equipment
In only its third year of operations, Falcon Road Maintenance Equipment has become the brand leader for asphalt transfer trailers, with annual sales growing over 100 percent three years running. Municipalities and state departments of transportation in fourteen U.S. states and Ontario, Canada, utilize Falcon equipment in their road maintenance operations. Lean manufacturing principles drive both the business strategy and company culture; Falcon's obsession with eliminating waste has resulted in a doubling of throughput in just the past twelve months.
New-Tech
New-Tech(tm), a division of Zeigler Enterprises, Inc., designs custom chemistry laboratory equipment to meet specific needs of customers. New-Tech offers a wide range of equipment to fit the needs of any laboratory, from bench hoods, custom hoods and enclosures, down draft tables and fan platform assemblies to spot exhausters, slot exhausters, vent boxes and paper cutters. Their staff has over 35 years of experience and service in manufacturing equipment as an independent dealer, allowing them to match product lines to customers' price ranges and delivery schedules.
Omni Tech International
Omni Tech International, Ltd., is a consulting company specializing in technical and business consulting in the Biobased Industry. They offer services in strategy, technical support, research and commercialization. They were established as a consulting and staffing services company in 1986 by six former Dow Chemical Company executives; the company now staffs 25 full-time employees with a database of 250+ Consulting Associates. Omni Tech has expanded in the last 15 years to include quality, environmental, and business consulting.
These 2008 Companies to Watch join the ranks of their Midland peers: Caltech Industries, CM Rubber Recycling, The Savant Group, and SPACE Inc. were named Companies to Watch in 2007, and ÆGIS Environments, The Apothecary Shoppe Pharmacies, Dendritech, and Pilgrim Technology received the honor in 2006. Midland County can now name 12 of the state’s 150 Companies to Watch over the past three years.
Small businesses are increasingly providing the entrepreneurial spirit and innovative products and services that are helping to diversify Michigan’s economy and move our state into the new knowledge-based global market. Midland County is helping to lead the charge with eight percent of the state’s winners for the past three years coming out of an area with less than one percent of the state’s population. This is a powerful and compelling reflection of Michigan’s economic renaissance and diversification into new and cutting-edge industries.
Midland Tomorrow was pleased to nominate each of this year's winners and assist them in the application process. This is a significant award, and we congratulate this year's recipients on their success!
The 50 Companies to Watch Awards are granted by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center in partnership with the Edward Lowe Foundation. They recognize second-stage small businesses with great accomplishments and significant growth potential. For more information on the awards, please visit the Michigan Companies to Watch Web site.
Allis Information Management
Allis Information Management (AIM) is a woman-owned small business that has spent over 25 years providing competitive intelligence to major local clients, including Fortune 100 companies, government agencies and trade associations. They are one of the only marketing intelligence firms in the area, providing expert services in market intelligence, competitive analysis, technical information research and crisis/issue management services.Falcon Road Maintenance Equipment
In only its third year of operations, Falcon Road Maintenance Equipment has become the brand leader for asphalt transfer trailers, with annual sales growing over 100 percent three years running. Municipalities and state departments of transportation in fourteen U.S. states and Ontario, Canada, utilize Falcon equipment in their road maintenance operations. Lean manufacturing principles drive both the business strategy and company culture; Falcon's obsession with eliminating waste has resulted in a doubling of throughput in just the past twelve months. New-Tech
New-Tech(tm), a division of Zeigler Enterprises, Inc., designs custom chemistry laboratory equipment to meet specific needs of customers. New-Tech offers a wide range of equipment to fit the needs of any laboratory, from bench hoods, custom hoods and enclosures, down draft tables and fan platform assemblies to spot exhausters, slot exhausters, vent boxes and paper cutters. Their staff has over 35 years of experience and service in manufacturing equipment as an independent dealer, allowing them to match product lines to customers' price ranges and delivery schedules. Omni Tech International
Omni Tech International, Ltd., is a consulting company specializing in technical and business consulting in the Biobased Industry. They offer services in strategy, technical support, research and commercialization. They were established as a consulting and staffing services company in 1986 by six former Dow Chemical Company executives; the company now staffs 25 full-time employees with a database of 250+ Consulting Associates. Omni Tech has expanded in the last 15 years to include quality, environmental, and business consulting. These 2008 Companies to Watch join the ranks of their Midland peers: Caltech Industries, CM Rubber Recycling, The Savant Group, and SPACE Inc. were named Companies to Watch in 2007, and ÆGIS Environments, The Apothecary Shoppe Pharmacies, Dendritech, and Pilgrim Technology received the honor in 2006. Midland County can now name 12 of the state’s 150 Companies to Watch over the past three years.
Small businesses are increasingly providing the entrepreneurial spirit and innovative products and services that are helping to diversify Michigan’s economy and move our state into the new knowledge-based global market. Midland County is helping to lead the charge with eight percent of the state’s winners for the past three years coming out of an area with less than one percent of the state’s population. This is a powerful and compelling reflection of Michigan’s economic renaissance and diversification into new and cutting-edge industries.
Midland Tomorrow was pleased to nominate each of this year's winners and assist them in the application process. This is a significant award, and we congratulate this year's recipients on their success!
The 50 Companies to Watch Awards are granted by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center in partnership with the Edward Lowe Foundation. They recognize second-stage small businesses with great accomplishments and significant growth potential. For more information on the awards, please visit the Michigan Companies to Watch Web site.
