Burlington, MA – Inc. today named Z Corporation to 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.
Z Corporation makes the world’s fastest 3D printers and the only ones that print in multiple colors. 3D printing creates physical objects from 3D data much as traditional office printers create documents from 2D document files. Z Corporation’s 3D printers ZPrint models using an ink jet system to bind together ultrathin layers of composite powder.
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.
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