Fastest Growing in Tampa Bay
Tuesday, September 19, 2000
At an awards banquet held in Tampa, Florida last night, the LexJet Corporation was named this year's, Number One, fastest growing, technology-related company in the Tampa Bay area.
Sponsored in part by the Deloitte & Touche Accounting Firm and attended by the press, the dinner recognized 50 high technology CEOs, and 650 business people from Tampa Bay. The awards ceremony also celebrated the sixth year that the Tampa Bay region has been selected as one of 21 areas in the United States chosen by Deloitte & Toche to measure and track the growth of technology-related companies.
In a program dubbed the Tampa Bay Technology Fast 50, LexJet topped 49 other technology companies in the area and was named as the Number One, fastest growing technology company in the Tampa Bay seven county area for the year 2000.
As part of the selection criteria, a nominated company must have been in business for at least five years, be heavily involved in technology, and have its home office in the Tampa Bay area. Meeting all of that criteria, LexJet walked away with the Number One position last night when Kelly Ring, News Anchor for WTVT Fox 13, announced that the LexJet Corporation had posted a staggering 9,768% growth rate over the past five years.
This marks the second time in a week that LexJet has been honored as a rapidly growing technology company and sets the stage for the additional honors, which will be announced over the course of the next 60 days. Those honors include being ranked as one of the fastest growing companies in the state of Florida, being selected for the Deloitte & Touche National Fast 500 and being selected by INC Magazine as one of the top 500 companies in the United States for the year 2000.
LexJet was founded in 1994 by Ron Simkins and Art Lambert, and has since provided complete wide format printing and laminating solutions for customers worldwide. The company is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida with state-of-the-art distribution facilities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.