FORTE: Winner of the Fast 50 Awards

Business Courier Award Honors the Great Cincinnati’s 50 Fastest Growing Private Companies

Cincinnati, Ohio — The Cincinnati Business Courier will recognize FORTE as a winner of the Fast 50 awards Thursday, Dec. 2 during a banquet at the downtown Cincinnati Hyatt Regency.

In its inaugural year, the Fast 50 identifies companies that are on the fast track for forward progress. The award is presented to the 50 fastest growing companies in the 15-county Greater Cincinnati region. The 50 companies were determined by calculating their two-year sales growth rate. To be eligible, companies had to be independent, for-profit, privately held and headquartered in Greater Cincinnati. They also had to average at least $1 million in revenue over the past three fiscal years.

“As you can see from this list [of winners], these are the most dynamic companies in this marketplace,” Courier Publisher Douglas Bolton said. “We all need to keep our eyes peeled to watch what these companies are doing.”

“We are privileged to be recognized as a winner, and we would like to congratulate all other 2004 Fast 50 award winners. The Tri-State area is a fertile locale for companies with a grand vision,” FORTE CEO and President Gene Forte said. “I established FORTE nearly 25 years ago eager to grow a first-class distribution consulting engineering firm. We’ve attained success thanks to our exceptional personnel, proven business model and excellent customers.”

About FORTE

FORTE (www.forte-industries.com), a distribution operations improvement firm, provides turnkey planning, design, and implementation services for automated distribution centers. The scope of FORTE’s projects range from reconfiguration, optimization, expansion, and consolidation of current distribution facilities, to the development of new, fully automated facilities. For more information, please call 513-398-2800, visit www.forte-industries.com.

About Cincinnati Business Courier

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Press Contact

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