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Expansion Awards

The first "Mayor's Expansion Awards Breakfast" was held in 1995.  It was developed to bring more attention to the investment and job growth of existing area businesses.  Each year since, the Mayor has continued to honor businesses that have worked with our Department and recommitted themselves to our community with their reinvestment.  

 

Mayor Richard presents Smith Metals  
with a Business Expansion Award
on Feb. 5, 2004.

 

 

 

2003 Business Expansion Award Winners (Feb. 5, 2004)

Baekgaard, Ltd.

Popeye

Benco Dental

Lutheran Homes, Inc.

Bentz Transport Products, Inc.

Masolite

Brooklyn Medical Associates, PC

MER Group, LLC

States Engineering

Fort Wayne Professional Center

CME Automotive Group

National Tube Form

Convenience Store

Northcoast Commercial Roofing

Custom Golf of New Haven

Olde York Potato Chips

Custom Poly Packaging

Paradise Lawn and Landscape

DeBrand Fine Chocolates

Porteum, Inc.

Digimarc ID Systems, LLC

Precise Manufacturing, Inc.

ECENB Development

QC Printing and Imaging

Edy's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.

Quantum Settlement Services

Fogwell Manufacturing, Inc.

Rich's Auto Center, Inc.

Fort Wayne Boating Center

Riverside Manufacturing

Fort Wayne Pools

Brothers Express

General Dynamics

Serrano Law Office

Specialized Printed Products

SIRVA/North American Van Lines

HMC MidAmerica

Smith Metal Finishing

Home Reserve, LLC

Metal Supermarkets

Indiana Data Center

Symbol Mattress of Indiana, Inc.

Indiana Stamp Company, Inc.

Trinity Mortgage Company, Inc.

Service Champ

United Armored Services

Ultrazone

Vita Nonwovens

Kamaya, Inc.

Ward Aluminum Casting, Inc.

Diversified Marketing Solutions

Waterfurnace International, Inc.

 

2002 Business Expansion Award Winners (Feb. 6, 2002)

A.J. Roofing

La Tropicana

American Laminating Company of Indiana, Inc.

Lincoln Printing Corporation

BAE Systems Controls

Loggins Fireplace & Patio, Inc.

BF Goodrich

Manco Power Sports (Arlington Capital)

Bonecutter, LLC (Summit City Car Care)

Master Spas, Inc.

Brockman Rentals d/b/a Taylor Rentals

Meridian Automotive Systems

Bruce Wilds

Midtowne Real Estate, LLC for Midtowne Professional Center

Buffalo Wire Works

Modern Image Salon

Calico Precision Molding, LLC

Mullinix Packages, Inc.

Caliente

National Plastics Corporation

Cashel Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Connolly's Do It Best Hardware

Nishikawa Standard Company

CLT Enterprises, Inc.

Northeast Medical Associates

Commerical Filter Service, Inc.

Ottenweller Company, Inc.

Craftline Printing Company

Paragon Tube Corporation

David K. Harrison, D.D.S., Family Dentistry

Pinnacle Airlines, Inc.

DeBrand Fine Chocolates

Platinum Asphalt Company

Diskey Architectural Signage, Inc.

Polymer Sealing Solutions – TI Group

Dupont Print & Copy, LLC

Pontiac Street Properties, LLC

Ecenbarger, Inc. d/b/a Applied Metals & Machine Works

Press Seal Gasket Corporation

Edy's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.

Rebar Corporation

Elite Enterprises, Inc.

Recovery Technologies, LLC

eXcellon Technologies, Inc.

Show2 Realty c/o SPS Corporation

FedEx Ground Systems, Inc.

Shuttle America

Flagship Properties, LLC

Stonewall Brick Fireplaces & Building Supplies, LLC

Flowers & Barbara

Superior Aluminum Alloys

Fort Wayne Foundry

Tippmann Pneumatics, Inc.

G&G Auto Sales

Top Notch Tool Corporation

Goodies Mobile Food Service, Inc.

Tregar, Inc. (Laredo)

Hoosier Tool Making & Engineering, Inc.

Tri State Machining, Inc.

Indiana Institute of Technology

Troy Properties, LLC

Iron Out, Inc.

U.S. Management Corporation

JD Ventures II, LLC

Vera Bradley Designs, Inc.

Jorgensen YMCA

Wagner-Meinert, Inc.

Karl Scmidt Unisia, Inc.

Ward Corporation

Katrina's Hair Design

Waterfield Financial Corporation

Keefer Printing Company, Inc.

WPJD, LLC

 

2001 Expansion Award Winners

American Laminating Companyof Indiana, Inc.

Knapke & Sons, Inc.
d/b/a Woodworking By Design

Aztec Millennium Supply, Inc.

Magna Steyr

BAE Systems Controls

Manhattan Persuasion, Inc.

Bhar, Inc.

Mansfield Acquisition Company

Bonar Group

Meridian Automotive Systems

Busak & Shamban

Network Consulting, Inc.

C&M Fine Pack

OmniSource Corporation

Chadwick Designs, Ltd.

Pepsi Americas Vending, LLC

Command System, Inc.

Perfection Bakeries, Inc.

Corbin Manufacturing, Inc.
d/b/a System Science Institute

PHD, Inc.

Cornerstone Landscape Group

Quoin Enterprises, LLC

Crossroads Courier, Inc.

S&L, LLC d/b/a Frame Service, Inc.

Edy's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.

Smurfit Stone Container Corporation

Ellison Bakery, Inc.

SolutionPoint, Inc.

Falstaff Properties, LLC

St. Joseph Health System

Fleming Companies

Stork News of Fort Wayne, Inc.

Fort Wayne Public Television, Inc.

T&G Properties

Fredna’s Treasures

T.J. Nowak Supply Company, Inc.

GE Industrial Systems

TechEdge Corporation

Hayes & Hayes Law Firm

The Trane Company

Hoosier Communications

Troyer Potato Products
d/b/a Seyfert Foods

Hoosier Pride Plastics

Truck Maintenance, Inc.

Hoosier Windows, Inc.

Tuthill Linkage Group

Iron Out, Inc.

Uniroyal Goodrich

JD Ventures II, LLC

Vintage Chemical Enterprises

Jump Corporation d/b/a Prentice Products

Ward Corporation

Kamen Corporation

Wattley's Auto Service, Inc.

At the Expansion Breakfast on January 18, 2000, the following companies received expansion awards for their reinvestment in Fort Wayne.

AAA Classic Nails & Tanning
Aaron's Home Companion Care, Inc.
Accur-C Tool Corporation
Advanced Consumer Electronics, Inc.
Advanced Cutting Systems, Inc.
AmerCan Corporation
Apollo Design Technology, Inc.
Apollo Plaza, LTD.

BHAR, Inc.
Boxed DeLites
William E. Brown

C.E.D. Property Management, Inc.
Central States Enterprises, Inc.
Chadwick Designs
CNC Industries
Core-Tech, Inc.
Craftline Printing Company

E. Realty Fund
Envirotemp Corporation d/b/a Frontier Safe Co.
Epco Products, Inc.

Gard-Brown Enterprises d/b/a Oyster Bar
General Motors Corporation, Fort Wayne Assembly
Gensic Creative Metals
GMP Cleaning, Inc.
GT Automation, Inc.

Hot Realty, Inc.

ITP, Inc./Electric Vehicles, Inc.

J.D. Ventures, Inc.
Johnson Controls, Inc.

Kaiser Tool Company, Inc.
Kelly Box and Packaging Corporation
Kitty Hawk Air Cargo
Korte Paper Company
KT Industries, Inc.
KUS Zollner Division

Lee Supply (4-L Company of Carmel)
Leo Machine & Tool, Inc.
Life Enrichment Concepts
Lincoln Foodservice Products, Inc.
Little Tapioca's Company

Mad Dasher, Inc.
Metal Plate Polishing
Meyer Stamping and Manufacturing Company
Mobe-Pro, Inc.
Moss Engineering Corporation
Murphy & Associates

Navistar International Transportation Corporation

P&A Realty, Inc.
Precision Products Group, LLC
Precison Laser Services, Inc.

Rainbow Peanut Company
Recovery Technologies, L.L.C.
RIS Paper, Inc.
RJM Trucking, Inc.

Signature Products
Saponi, Inc.
Sipe Steel Rule Die, Inc.
Solutionpoint, Inc.
STAR Financial Bank

Tokheim Corporation
Top-Kote of Fort Wayne
Tri-State Warehousing, Inc.

U.S. Airways/Chautauqua Airlines

Vintage Chemical Enterprises, Inc.
VSI Mortgage Services, Inc.

Zeigler Window Coverings

1999 EXPANSIONS
66 Businesses
$164,207,028 in supported investment
6,563 jobs retained
1,181 jobs created

1998 EXPANSIONS
56 Businesses
$89,051,261 in supported investment
3,630 jobs retained
1,089 jobs created

1997 EXPANSIONS
56 Businesses
$102,293,722 in supported investment
3,865 full-time jobs retained
1,481 full-time jobs created

1996 EXPANSIONS
42 Businesses
$181,443,756 in supported investment
5,394 full-time jobs retained
579 full-time jobs created
84 part-time jobs created

1995 EXPANSIONS
46 Businesses
$329,318,630 in supported investment
5,271 full-time jobs retained
721 full-time jobs created
45 part-time jobs created

1994 EXPANSIONS
50 Businesses
$65,939,266 in supported investment
3,082 full-time jobs retained
491  full-time jobs created
79 part-time jobs created

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last updated: 08/02/2004

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