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SymbolArts Ranks No. 3,072 on the 2008 Inc. 5,000 With Five-Year Sales Growth of 142%

Americaís 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies Revealed



5000 Fast-Growth Companies to Quell Your Recession Fears ñ List Reports Aggregate Revenue of $185 Billion



NEW YORK, September 8, 2008 ñ Inc. today ranked SymbolArts 3,072 on its annual ranking of the 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the country. This is the third consecutive year that SymbolArts has made the list. The list is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy ñ Americaís independent-minded entrepreneurs. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy.



ìOur second annual Inc. 5000 continues the most ambitious project in business journalism,î said Inc. 5000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. ìThe 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.î



SymbolArts was founded in 1986, by Utah-native, Mike Leatham, SymbolArts is a producer of jewelry quality custom designed badges, challenge coins, lapel pins, patches, belt buckles, awards and medals and other insignia. They have built their reputation by providing the highest quality badges and insignia products, with more color and detail than another other producer while providing proactive service and competitive pricing.



The 2008 Inc. 5,000, as revealed online at www.inc.com, reported median revenue of $8.5 million and median five year growth of 142 percent. Complete information on this yearís Inc. 5,000, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The list features a profile for each company, almost all of them written as a result of Inc. interviews with management. In addition, the list is searchable according to numerous criteria, including industry, city, state, region, and year founded.



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 ñ not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies ñ 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 yearís Inc. 5000 by registering with ìIncBizNet, Business Network for Private Companiesî, at www.incbiznet.com.



About Inc.com Inc.com, the daily resource for entrepreneurs, delivers how-to guides, advice, tools, breaking news, and rich multi-media to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses. Inc.com offers dynamic marketing solutions to help advertisers effectively reach Inc.com's audience of business leaders. Visit http://www.inc.com.



About Inc. 500 | Inc. 5000 Conference Each year, Inc. magazine and Inc.com celebrate the remarkable achievements of todayís entrepreneurial superstars ó the privately held small businesses that drive our economy. The Inc. 500|Inc. 5000 Conference brings together members of the Inc. 5000 communityóboth a new class of Inc. 5000 honorees and the listís alumniófor three days of powerful networking, inspired learning, and momentous celebration. For the first time ever, this powerful networking event is open to all. Please join us September 18-20, 2008 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington, D.C. For more information or to register, visit www.Inc500Conference.com or call us at 877-211-0489.



About SymbolArtsÆ, an Ogden, Utah, based company is a leading producer of high quality insignia products such as badges, pins, challenge coins and patches. Clients include numerous government entities including public safety and military, as well as corporate and the general public. For more information visit www.SymbolArts.com or call us at 888-379-6265.

 

SymbolArts Ranks No. 3,280 on the 2007 Inc. 5,000 With Three-Year Sales Growth of 94.8%

NEW YORK, August 23, 2007 ñ Inc. today ranked SymbolArts No. 3,280 on its first-ever Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. The Inc. 5,000, an extension of Inc. magazineís annual Inc. 500 list, catches many businesses that are too big to grow at the pace required to make the Inc. 500, as well as a host of smaller firms. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy.



ìThe Inc. 5,000 provides the most comprehensive look ever at the most important part of the economy ñ the entrepreneurial part,î said Inc. 5,000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. ìThe expansion of the list has allowed us to tell the stories of larger companies, older companies, and a wealth of companies in industries like Manufacturing and Construction that are underreported in the business media.



SymbolArts was founded in 1986 by Utah-native, Mike Leatham, SymbolArts is a producer of jewelry quality custom designed police badges, sheriff badges, challenge coins, lapel pins, patches and other insignia. They have built their reputation by providing the highest quality badges and insignia products, with more color and detail than another other producer while providing proactive service and competitive pricing.



The 2007 Inc. 5,000, as revealed online at www.inc.com, reported median revenue of $9.4 million and median three-year growth of 140 percent. Complete information on this yearís Inc. 5,000, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The list features a profile for each company, almost all of them written as a result of Inc. interviews with management. In addition, the list is searchable according to numerous criteria, including industry, city, state, region, and year founded.



Hottest Regions for Fastest-Growing Companies:

Leading the list of the fastest-growing companies in the nation is the Midwest region with 1,046 of the fastest-growing companies, followed by the West with 884 companies. The Southeast comes in a close third, with 872 companies, followed by the Northeast with 782 companies, and the Mid-Atlantic region with 606 companies.



Hottest Industries for Fastest-Growing Businesses:

The largest business category is Construction, with 561 of the fastest-growing companies in this category, followed by Manufacturing with 515 companies, IT services in third with 466 companies, Business Services with 377 companies and Advertising & Marketing with 349 companies round out the top five industries ranked on the 2007 Inc. 5,000.



Industries reporting the highest total revenue in 2006 are Construction ($27.1billion), Manufacturing ($18.6 billion), Health ($13.1 billion), Computers & Electronics ($12.7 billion), and Financial Services ($11.8 billion).



Methodology:

The 2007 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2003 through 2006. To qualify, companies had to be U.S.-based and privately held, independent ñ not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies ñ as of December 31, 2006, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2003, and $2 million in 2006.



Companies can apply for next yearís Inc. 500 and Inc. 5,000 by registering with IncBizNet, the new social network for private companies that will launch this fall on Inc.com.



About Inc.com:

Inc.com, the Daily Resource for Entrepreneurs, delivers advice, tools, breaking news, and rich multi-media to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses more successfully. Information and advice covering virtually every business and management task, including marketing, sales, finding capital, managing people can be found at http://www.inc.com.

 

Deaflympics Come To Salt Lake City

The 16th Winter Deaflympics, to be held in Salt Lake City USA February 1-10, 2007, will offer competition featuring the worldís best deaf athletes. The Deaflympics, founded in 1924, is the second oldest international multi-cultural sports event in the world, surpassed only by the Olympic Games which were founded in 1894.



For the first time in their history, the Deaflympics, the Olympics, and the Paralympics, will have been held in the same city utilizing some of the same venues. These world-class athletes will be receiving medals custom created by SymbolArts. The medals will be the traditional Bronze, Silver and Gold. Each medal incorporates both the flame logo of the Salt Lake Deaflympics on the front side and the multi-hand logo of the International Committee on Sports of the Deaf (ICSD) on the other. The hand shapes, ëokí, ëgoodí, and ëgreatí that overlap each other in a circle, represent the original sign for ëDeaflympicsí. Together, the hand shapes represent the sign for ëunitedí.î There will additionally be another 500 medals produced that will be custom framed and sold to raise funds to support the 16th Winter Deaflympics.



SymbolArts is known for their custom, jewelry quality, products, including badges, patches, coins, pins, awards and more, and welcomes the opportunity to partner with the 16th Winter Deaflympics in this endeavor. To find out more about SymbolArts please visit their website at www.symbolarts.com.



To learn more about the 16th Winter Deaflympics please visit their official website at www.2007deaflympics.com.

 

Get Noticed at Golf Tournaments with Two Products from SymbolArts

SymbolArts has been known for years as the leader in ìjewelry qualityî badges. They have also been making other products that can help any organizationís public awareness or community involvement programs. Two such items are divot repair tools and ball marker hat clips.



Both products are specialized to golfing; but provide a great way to help promote a departmentís charity golf tournament. They help by giving the participant not only a tool that can be used quite effectively on the golf course, but a lasting reminder of the organization or event they participated in.



With the number of people getting into the sport of golf, these can make great fundraising tools as well or add to an already existing array of products carrying an organizationís logo. Both are low-cost and easily customizable to fit an organizationís needs. These items can attach just as easily to your hat as to your golf bag, belt, or pants pocket; and can easily be customized with other attachment options.



SymbolArts, an Ogden, Utah, based company supplies public safety insignia products such as badges, patches, pins, and coins to law enforcement agencies across the country and internationally. Visit their website at www.symbolarts.com.