LANSING – From Detroit to Marquette, small businesses are growing, innovating and shaping their communities. Now the list of 2019 Michigan Celebrates Small Business Awardees has been released.

2019 Awardees

Michigan 50 Distinguished Alumni Award – Strategically Focused

MMI Engineered Solutions, Inc. – Saline

Michigan 50 Distinguished Alumni Award – Most Engaged Workplace

Armor Protective Packaging – Howell
Duperon Corporation – Saginaw

2019 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch

AdAdapted, Inc. – Ann Arbor
Advance Plumbing & Heating Supply Company – Detroit
A-Line Staffing Solutions, LLC – Utica
AppleTree & Gilden Woods Early Care and Preschool – Grand Rapids
Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club – Arcadia
ATLAS Space Operations, Inc. – Traverse City
BC Construction Group, LLC – Brighton
Beards Brewery LLC – Petoskey
Brooklyn Outdoor – Plymouth
C2AE – Lansing
Campbell & Shaw Steel, Inc. – Marysville
Cheboygan Brewing Company – Cheboygan
Chronic Care Management, LLC – Traverse City
CORE Staffing – Frankenmuth
DBI – We Do Office – Lansing
Detroit Training Center – Detroit
E3M Solutions – Wyoming
Ebels Family Center – Falmouth
EverBlue Lakes – Richland
FOAM-iT – Grand Rapids
Fusion Coolant Systems, Inc. – Canton
Genomenon, Inc. – Ann Arbor
Groundspeed Analytics, Inc. – Ann Arbor
i3 Business Solutions, LLC – Grand Rapids
Industrial Magnetics, Inc. – Boyne City
K. Carroll Accessories – Auburn Hills
Kennari Consulting – Grand Rapids
Liberty Reach, Inc. – East Lansing
Mawby Sparkling Wine – Suttons Bay
METAS LLC – Grand Rapids
Mettle Ops – Sterling Heights
Micro-LAM, Inc. – Portage
Midwest Construction Group – Zeeland
Miniature Custom Manufacturing – Vicksburg
Onyx Enterprise, Inc. – Detroit
Omega Electric and Sign Company, Inc. – Alpena
Our Family Friend, LLC – Hillsdale
Premier Group Associates, LC – Detroit
Public Sector Consultants – Lansing
Pyramid Consulting International – Ann Arbor
Rutherford & Associates – Holland
Skidmore Studio – Detroit
SkySpecs – Ann Arbor
Stark Enterprises, LLC – Livonia
The Mitten Brewing Company, LLC – Grand Rapids
Therapy Today Counseling & Consulting LLC – East Lansing
Valentine Distilling Co. – Ferndale
Van Dyke Horn Public Relations – Detroit
White Glove – Birmingham
Zolli Candy – Commerce Twp.

SmartZone Innovation Award

SpinTech, Inc. – Bingham Farms

Michigan SBDC Best Small Business of the Year Award

Akervall Technologies, Inc. – Saline

Michigan SBDC Best Small Business Honorees

Barrel + Beam – Marquette
Bob’s Butcher Shop LLC – Roscommon
ellembee – Wixom
Feast Gourmet Kitchen Shop – Fenton
Growing Years Christian School – Saginaw
Guided Life LLC – Newaygo
Heart of Michigan Café – Clare
Inhabitect, LLC – Traverse City
Massman Trucking Inc. – Okemos
Midtown Fresh Market – Kalamazoo

PTAC Best Small Business of the Year

Northern Wings – Newberry

PTAC Best Small Business Honorees

A.C. Tourniquet, LLC – Saginaw
All Things By Design, Inc. – West Branch
Evolution Tool – Lapeer
Janel’s Industries – Dowagiac
Learning Designs, Inc. – Bloomfield Hills
Mettle Ops – Sterling Heights
Swint Logistics Group, Inc. – Detroit

SmartZone Best Small Business of the Year

Groundspeed Analytics, Inc. – Ann Arbor

SmartZone Best Small Business Honorees

CertifID – Grand Rapids
Flash Steelworks, Inc. – Washington Twp.
GCI Water Solutions, LLC – Midland
Jolt Energy Storage Technologies, LLC – Holland
Laser Augmented Diamond Drilling (LADD), LLC – Muskegon
Life Magnetics, Inc. – Detroit
Osprey Technologies, LLC – Sault Ste. Marie
Prime Energy C.S. – Rochester Hills
PromptPay Inc. – Port Huron
SafeSense Technologies, LLC – Portage
Security Vitals – Pontiac
TempGigs – Marquette