The FootBridge Companies Rank Among America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies; Andover, MA Staffing Firm Lands Spot on Prestigious Inc. 500 List; One of 27 Massachusetts-based Companies to Make the List

Business Wire,  Oct 24, 2005  

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ANDOVER, Mass. -- The FootBridge Companies recently ranked 258th in Inc. magazine's 24th annual listing of the 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America. The staffing firm, which focuses on providing contract placement, contract-to-hire, permanent placement, and managed services to clients throughout the U.S., was honored for their three-year sales growth of 474 percent. The Inc. 500 can be found in the November issue, which appears on newsstands November 1.

"We've got a great group of employees who are focused on meeting all of our clients' needs," said Richard O'Donnell, FootBridge co-founder and president. "As our clients grow, we grow. We've always been committed to them - finding them the right resources to get the job done. It's truly gratifying to get recognized for helping make them successful. "

Massachusetts ranked fifth in terms of the number of companies that placed on the Inc. 500 list, preceded only by California, Virginia, Florida and Texas.

"When you look at the amazing job growth among Inc. 500 companies and contrast it with the stagnation in the Fortune 500, it underscores the changing nature of our economy," said Jim Melloan, project manager for the Inc. 500. "With unprecedented global competition, companies have to be able to turn on a dime and discover innovative new ways of doing business. Increasingly, it's the smaller, agile companies like those on the Inc. 500 that are best equipped to meet these challenges."

This is The FootBridge Companies' third such recognition this year. Previous honors include being ranked third in a Boston Business Journal listing of the Area's 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies and ranked fifth in a Staffing Industry Report of Staffing's Hottest Private Firms.

The FootBridge Companies continue to be an innovative leader in the industry by offering clients strong recruiting capabilities, thorough training and screening programs, as well as comprehensive workforce safety management programs.

About The FootBridge Companies

The FootBridge Companies provide strategic, cost-effective staffing solutions to clients in three primary sectors - engineering, information technology and manufacturing. The company specializes in contract placement, contract-to-hire, permanent placement, and managed services to clients throughout the United States and can be found on the Internet at www.FootBridgestaffing.com.

About Inc. and Inc. 500

Inc., the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies, delivers real solutions for today's innovative company builders. It provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology. The Inc. 500 list can be found in the November issue, which appears on newsstands November 1, 2005. The companies that made this list represent the vanguard of American industry, posting an average three-year sales growth of 769 percent. Inc. 500 companies posted aggregate 2004 revenue of $15.9 billion, and 84 percent of them were profitable. Most importantly, Inc. 500 companies were engines of job growth, having created more than 95,000 jobs since the companies were founded.

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