EAC Product Development Services

EAC Product Development Solutions Honored by Inc. Magazine as One of the 5,000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America and the 24th fastest growing companies in the Minneapolis St. Paul area. “We credit our success to a business model that reflects a strong commitment to our customers, as well as a dedication to crafting innovative solutions.” says EAC President & CEO Thane Hathaway.

MINNEAPOLIS, August 25, 2008 – Inc. today ranked EAC Product Development Solutions (EAC) number 1,435 on its Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. EAC also ranked number 24 in the Inc.’s top 50 businesses in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area. This is the second consecutive year EAC has made the Inc. list. The Inc. 5,000, an extension of Inc. magazine’s annual Inc. 500 list, catches many businesses that are too big to grow at the pace required to make the Inc. 500, as well as a host of smaller firms. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy.

“EAC is very proud to have earned this achievement for a second straight year,” said Thane Hathaway, President and CEO at EAC. “We credit our success to a business model that reflects a strong commitment to our customers, as well as a dedication to crafting innovative solutions.”

“Our second annual Inc. 5000 continues the most ambitious project in business journalism,” said Inc. 5000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. “The Inc. 5000 gives an unrivalled portrait of young, underreported companies across all industries doing fascinating things with cutting-edge business models, as well as older companies that are still showing impressive growth.”

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.

About EAC Product Development Solutions
EAC Product Development Solutions (EAC) provides the manufacturing, engineering and design industries with a single resource for complete product development solutions. EAC offers software, consulting, training, hardware, implementations and engineering services addressing all aspects of the product development process. EAC is committed to helping companies leverage proven technologies and practices to become more efficient and competitive in the global market place. For more information visit http://www.eacpds.com <http://www.eacpds.com>

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