Aegis Analytical Corp. Ranks No. 3310 on the 2008 Inc. 5000
September 15, 2008
5000 Fast-Growth Companies to Quell Your Recession Fears – List Reports Aggregate Revenue of $185 Billion
Aegis Analytical Corp. Ranks No. 3310 on the 2008 Inc. 5000 With Three-Year Sales Growth of 101.5%
NEW YORK, August 20, 2008 – Inc. today ranked Aegis Analytical Corp. number 3310 on its annual ranking of the 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the country. The list is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy.
“Our second annual Inc. 5000 continues the most ambitious project in business journalism,” said Inc. 5000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. “The Inc. 5000 gives an unrivalled portrait of young, underreported companies across all industries doing fascinating things with cutting-edge business models, as well as older companies that are still showing impressive growth.”
Aegis Analytical is a leading provider of Manufacturing Process Intelligence software that helps process manufacturers access, aggregate and analyze data on-demand from raw materials to final product. Aegis helps some of the world’s leading companies such as Baxter, Biogen Idec, Genzyme and Merck Serono accelerate products to market, increase supply chain efficiencies, reduce the cost of quality and achieve process predictability.
“Increased regulatory and competitive pressures facing the life sciences manufacturing industry over the last few years have given Aegis the opportunity to implement its Discoverant software solution on a global level,” said Robert Di Scipio, Aegis president and chief executive officer. “We are honored to have been named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list and know that our growth was made possible by dedicated employees, loyal customers and expert channel partners.”
The 5000 companies that made the list reported aggregate revenue of $185 billion and median three-year growth of 147 percent. Most important, the 2008 Inc. 5000 companies were engines of job growth, having created more than 826,033 jobs since those companies were founded. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and a list of the fastest-growing companies that can be sorted by industry and region can be found at www.inc5000.com.
Hottest Regions for Fastest-Growing Companies
The New York metro area tops the Inc. 5000 list with the most companies of any city with 355. Washington, D.C. comes in a close second with 300 companies on the list; Los Angeles comes in third with 244 companies, and Atlanta (194 companies) and Chicago (189 companies) round out the top five. Interestingly, only 62 companies on the Inc. 5000 are not based in metropolitan areas.
Grand Rapids, Mich. leads the list with the highest median revenue of any metro area ($26.2 million, 16 companies), followed by San Antonio, Texas ($21.3 million, 25 companies), Baton Rouge, La. ($18.8 million, 14 companies), Houston ($17.1 million, 97 companies), and Kansas City, Mo.-Kan. ($16.5 million, 39 companies).
Hottest Industries for Fastest-Growing Businesses
The most notable median growth categories among the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing businesses are in the Energy category (which grew by 298%), followed by Government Services (which grew by 220%), Security (200% growth), IT Services and Software (both grew by 187%), and Consulting (which grew by 182% on average).
The largest business category is IT Services, with 579 Inc. 5000 companies. Business Services (532 companies), Construction (459), Manufacturing (405), and Advertising & Marketing (361) complete the top five industries ranked on the 2008 Inc. 5000.
Industries reporting the highest median revenue are Travel ($38.8 million), Financial Services ($16.3 million), Logistics ($15.4 million) Government Services ($14.2 million), and Energy ($14.2 million).
Methodology
The 2008 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2004 through 2007. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2007, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2004, and $2 million in 2007.
Companies can apply for next year’s Inc. 5000 by registering with “IncBizNet, Business Network for Private Companies”, at www.incbiznet.com.
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About Aegis Analytical Corp.
Aegis Analytical Corporation provides the only fully integrated manufacturing data management software system that enables life sciences companies to accelerate products to the market, improve operating efficiencies and Quality by Design initiatives, and satisfy regulatory obligations. More than just a manufacturing data warehouse, data historian or dashboard, Aegis’ Discoverant software solution presents a complete view of the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished product to provide on-demand data access integrated with user-centric investigational analytics and reporting capabilities for all data types. To learn more about Discoverant, visit: http://www.aegiscorp.com.
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Geri Studebaker
Aegis Analytical Corp.
T: 303-625-2114
E: gstudebaker@aegiscorp.com