(Source: The Indianapolis Star)
By Tom Spalding, The Indianapolis Star
Jul. 14--Fifty companies, including 18 that are based in Indianapolis, have earned a place in Indiana's second annual field of companies to watch.
The privately held businesses range from employee benefits specialist Nyhart Inc. to aptly named My Health Care Manager, LLC to SynCare, LLC, which concentrates on disease and case management.
The list of winners was compiled -- out of more than 500 nominations -- by Indiana Economic Development Corp., its small business development center network, Purdue University and the Edward Lowe Foundation.
The 50 chosen companies project to have combined revenues in excess of $671 million and create more than 560 new jobs this year.
The revenue projections represent an increase of more than $200 million from 2008.
Commerce Secretary Mitch Roob called these companies the "foundation of the Indiana economy."
Nearly 3,800 mid-sized companies with between $5 million and $100 million in annual sales operate in Indiana, according to a 2008 Indiana Chamber of Commerce Foundation study.
Those companies employed more than 386,000 workers and produced more than $55 billion in annual sales.
THE WINNERS
A Packaging Systems LLC
La Porte
Manufacturing
The AME Group
Vincennes
IT Consulting and Maintenance
Aerodyn Engineering, Inc.
Indianapolis
Aerospace and Defense
Albanese Confectionery Group, Inc.
Merrillville
Manufacturing
Alexin LLC
Bluffton
Manufacturing
Aptera Software Inc.
Fort Wayne
Computer Software and Systems
Blood Hound Underground
Brownsburg
Utility Locating / Leak Detection
Bluefish Wireless Management Inc.
Indianapolis
Telecommunications
BlueLock, LLC
Indianapolis
Internet
MediaSauce
Carmel
Internet
Bright Automotive, Inc.
Anderson
Automotive Manufacturing
Kids Kloset
Greenwood
Retail Trade
Eagle Adjusting Services, Inc.
Noblesville
Financial Services/Insurance
EHOB, Inc.
Indianapolis
Manufacturing
eImagine Technology Group, Inc.
Indianapolis
Computer Software and Systems
Electronic Commerce Inc. (ECI)
Elkhart
Computer Software and Systems
En'Urga Inc.
West Lafayette
Scientific Research and Development
ENTAP, Inc.
