Friday, April 28, 2006
Companies from Reston, Herndon, Chantilly and Arlington Win Top Awards
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce will announce the annual "Fantastic
Fifty" list of 50 of the fastest-growing companies in the state. The
winning companies will be saluted at the annual awards banquet held at
the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly on April 27. This year marks the
eleventh year of the Fantastic 50 program.
The Honorable Aneesh P. Chopra, Secretary of Technology,
Commonwealth of Virginia will be the keynote speaker at the ceremony.
Secretary Chopra was appointed by Governor Tim Kaine and is Virginia’s
Fourth Secretary of Technology.
The ceremony will also recognize the companies with the highest
growth rates in five specific business categories with the Virginia
Vanguard Awards. This year the Virginia Vanguard winners are: Highest Growth Overall: SpecTal, a Reston-based consulting group; Technology: Applied Predictive Technologies (APT), creator of a retail optimization program; Manufacturing: Germane Systems of Chantilly, a manufacturer of high-end servers; Service: Coldwell Banker Professional, Realtors of Virginia Beach; Retail/Wholesale: Blinc Inc. of Herndon, a manufacturer and distributor of beauty products.
The Fantastic 50 award program is sponsored by the Virginia Chamber,
Virginia Business Magazine, Goodman and Company, SunTrust Bank and
Westfields Marriott. The networking reception prior to the awards
banquet is sponsored by Old Dominion Electric Cooperative. The Virginia
Department of Business Assistance, the Bergman Group and In Your Ear
Creative Post are also Fantastic 50 sponsors.
Nominations for the Fantastic 50 are sought statewide from local
chambers, economic development organizations, and through the sponsors’
networks. Companies could also nominate themselves. To be eligible,
companies are required to be privately held, with headquarters in
Virginia, and to show sales between $200,000 and $100 million. They are
judged on a four-year sales revenue history. Verification of all award
entries is conducted by the professional service firm of Goodman and
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