Nearly 60 Companies To Be Honored At Michigan Celebrates Small Business

LANSING – Nearly 60 companies from across the state will be honored at the eleventh annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business event on May 7. Awards include the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch, Main Street USA, Small Business Innovation, Government Contractor of the Year, Small Business Person of the Year, Small Business Exporter of the Year, and more.

The Michigan 50 Companies to Watch Award, sponsored by Michigan Celebrates Small Business, honors growth-oriented businesses based on market expansion, job creation, technological innovation, and community impact. Companies represent a wide variety of industries. To be considered, companies must be privately held and headquartered in Michigan, have between six and 99 employees and generate between $750,000 to $50 million in annual revenue, or have working capital from investors or received grants in 2014.

?This year?s theme, Unleashing Innovation and Growth, has produced an inspiring set of awardees,? said Diane Durance, president of MiQuest (the Managing Partner for Michigan Celebrates Small Business). Durance continued with, ?The companies to be honored on May 7 collectively achieved more than $308 million in total revenue and employed 1,748 people in 2014. This year, they?re planning to create 798 new jobs.?

Additional Small Business Award winners include:

Main Street USA ? Walker-Miller Energy Services, LLC ? Detroit

Small Business Innovation ? Civionics, LLC ? Ann Arbor

Government Contractor of the Year ? Oldenburg Group ? Kingsford

Underwriters include: Michigan Economic Development Corporation, PNC Bank, Varnum, Consumers Energy, DTE Energy Foundation, Hungerford Nichols, Michigan Credit Union League, Accident Fund, Edge Partnerships, Michigan Business Network, MessageMakers, Rehmann, Clark Hill and Dynamic Edge.

The 2015 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch can be found MichiganCelebrates