Tiger Optics Named to Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing U.S. Companies
Tiger Optics in top half of list, 70th in Greater Philadelphia area through growth of CW CRDS analyzers
Warrington, PA - September 11, 2008 - Inc. counted Tiger Optics, LLC among 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.
Tiger Optics ranked 2,257th in the national Inc. 5000 list and ranked 70th among the top 100 businesses in the Philadelphia, Camden, and Wilmington areas (PA, NJ, DE, MD). Rapid growth secured seven-year-old Tiger Optics' inclusion in the Inc. 5000 list. This was achieved through great acceptance and repeat business in the semiconductor, laboratory, and specialty, industrial, and ultra-high-purity gas markets, as well as other industries.
"Tiger Optics is honored to be named to the 2008 Inc. 5000 list both nationally and in the top 100 of companies in the Greater Philadelphia region," said Lisa Bergson, CEO of Tiger Optics. "We've seen the power of our advanced CW-CRDS technology create a high level of customer satisfaction and lead to award-winning growth rates. We congratulate our fellow Inc. 5000 members and look forward to our continued growth and success." INC found Tiger's equipment, "state-of-the-art, yet easy to use, cost-effective and low maintenance", noting, "Eighty-percent of its sales are to repeat customers."
"Our second annual Inc. 5000 continues the most ambitious project in business journalism," said Inc. 5000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. " 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
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.
About Tiger Optics
Tiger Optics, LLC leads the way in 21st Century Spectroscopy by bringing to market the world's first commercial gas analyzers based on patented Continuous Wave Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CW CRDS) technology. Tiger Optics' cutting edge gas analyzers offer unparalleled and absolute accuracy, real-time response, high sensitivity and low cost of ownership. It serves the most demanding applications for an array of analytes, including moisture, oxygen, methane, acetylene, hydrogen cyanide, formaldehyde, and ammonia. As a result, the company's analyzers have been designated transfer standards by nine of the world's leading National Laboratories. With over 500 analyzers sold, Tiger Optics is now improving process yields for companies worldwide in a host of industries, including: semiconductor, laboratory, process control, automotive, and alternative energy; as well as industrial, specialty, and ultra-high-purity gas. Headquartered in Warrington, PA, Tiger Optics is represented in the United States and internationally by a select group of sales and service organizations highly experienced in gas analysis and well versed in the advantages of CW CRDS technology.
For additional information, visit www.tigeroptics.com
Matt McLernon
On behalf of Tiger Optics
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