City of Fort Wayne Economic Development

Century Awards
Half-Century Awards

The City of Fort Wayne, and the State of Indiana recognize the importance of our existing businesses to the growth and vitality of the area.  For a number of years, the State has awarded in continual business for 50 or more years a Half-Century award.  Businesses that have been in our community for over 100 years receive a Century Award.

If you think that your business might qualify for one of these awards, please let us know so that we can nominate you!

Century Awards:

• A. Hattersley & Sons, Inc.

• Birkmeier & Sons Monument Company, Inc.

• Fishers Brothers Paper Company

• FW Toenges & Sons, Inc.

• GE Motors

• Home Loan Bank

• International Business College

• Irmscher, Inc.

• The Journal Gazette

• Klaehn, Fahl & Melton Funeral Homes

• Lupke, Rice, Clancy & Assoc.

• Noble Machinery Co.

• Riegel's Pipe & Tobacco

• Schenkel & Sons, Inc.

• Stellhorn Hardware, Inc.

• Valspar Corporation

• Wolf  Corporation

• Young's Greenhouse and Flower Shop

Half-Century Awards:

• Allen Dental Laboratory

• Antibus Scales & Systems, Inc.

• Apex Specialty Products

• Bob Davis Automotive, Inc.

• Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company

• City Glass Specialty

• CL Schust & Company

• Cottage Flowers, Inc.

• Deister Concentrator Company, Inc.

• Deister Machine Company

• Dana Corporation/Spicer Axle Division

• Dulin, Ward & DeWald, Inc.

• Elzey & Haggard Funeral Home

• Essex Group, Inc.

• Flashfold Carton

• Fort Wayne National Bank

• Fort Wayne Printing Company, Inc.

• Franke Plating Works, Inc.

• Freeman Jewelers

• Gildea Tool & Engineering Co., Inc.

• Greenlawn Memorial Park, Inc.

• GTE North Region

• Hagerman Construction Corporation

• Hardware Wholesalers, Inc.

• Hassan Barrel Co., Inc.

• Hillman's China Company

• Huth Machine and Tool

• ICON, Inc.

• Ideal Printing

• Indiana Stamp Company

• Indiana Textile Company, Inc.

• Kaough Distributing Co., Inc.

• Keltsch Pharmacy, Inc.

• Knight Leather Company

• The LaMar Company, Inc.

• Lassus Brothers Oil, Inc.

• MacAllister Machine Co., Inc.

• Magnavox Electronic Systems Company

• Marketing Impact, Inc.

• McCoy Bolt Works, Inc.

• Mike's Car Wash

• Needhams Business Machines, Inc.

• North Side Plumbing & Heating Company, Inc.

• O'Brien & Sanderson Insurance

• Old Fort Supply Co., Inc.

• OmniSource Corporation

• Ottenweller Company, Inc.

• Pape Paints & Wallpaper Co., Inc.

• Pepsi Cola General Bottlers, Inc.

• Perfection Bakeries

• Prentice Products Corporation

• Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc.

• Rotobur-Doell Manufacturing

• Seyfert Foods, Inc.

• SGI, Inc.

• Shambaugh & Son, Inc.

• Slater Steels Corporation

• States Engineering Corporation

• Stein Advertising

• Sunny Schick Camera Shop, Inc.

• Tokheim Corporation

• Wayne Feeds/Continental Grain

• Wayne Home Equipment

• Wayne Press

• Wayne-Vaughn Equipment Co., Inc.

For more information contact:

City of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Department of Economic Development
840 City-County Building
Fort Wayne, Indiana  46802
260/427-1127

last updated: 07/16/2003