8th Annual 5x5x5 Growth Awards

KeyBank and Vermont Business Magazine present

8th Annual 5x5x5 Growth Awards

Recognizes 25 of Vermont’s Fastest Growing Companies

(Burlington, VT, September 7, 2010) – The five fastest growing Vermont companies over the past five years in five different business sectors will be recognized at the 8th annual 5x5x5 Growth Awards on Thursday, September 16, at the DoubleTree Hotel and Conference Center in South Burlington. KeyBank and Vermont Business Magazine co-present the awards event.

The event begins at 4:30 pm, with presentations at 5:15 pm. Following the awards, keynote speaker Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank, will talk about the near-term prospects for the economy and whether the US could fall into recession again before the economy truly bounces back.

A list of award recipients, including their percentage of growth over the past five years, is below.

2010 5X5X5 Award Recipients

Company        Growth

CONSTRUCTION        

ReArch Company, LLC     1000.00%

Forcier, Aldrich & Assoc Inc  94.12%

New England Air Systems Inc   50.00%

DEW Construction Corp   48.44%

Patterson & Smith Construction, Inc 47.06%

MANUFACTURING    

MicroStrain, Inc  214.99%

Donald P Blake Jr Inc   136.84%

North Hartland Tool Corp      122.22%

Autumn Harp Inc   87.50%

King Arthur Flour Company     79.95%

SERVICE         

The Choice Care Card, LLC     770.00%

Instrumart  116.87%

GeoDesign Inc     100.00%

SymQuest Group, Inc     52.38%

Repro Digital & Champlain Valley Printing 50.00%

TECHNOLOGY

Dealer.com  1270.27%

Global Resource Options, Inc  1076.47%

ASIC North Inc    429.00%

Logic Supply, Inc.      400.00%

iTech US Inc      206.10%

Companies 25 years Old or Older   

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc 484.43%

NRG Systems Inc.  159.04%

Champlain Oil Co, Inc   157.73%

Spherion    137.50%

SB Collins Inc    130.26%