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Governor’s ImPAct Award Finalist

YellowGovSuburban Testing Labs, Inc. Recognized as Governor’s ImPAct Award Nominee

Suburban Testing Labs, Inc. is being recognized for creating jobs that pay and their economic impact within the commonwealth as part of the third annual Governor’s ImPAct Awards. Awards will be presented at a ceremony at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pa. on May 21, 2015.

“Our team works tirelessly each and every day to build a strong company, support the health of our environment, and give exemplary customer service, even in the face of international competition.  This recognition is really theirs, and we are so proud of the work they do every day,” comments Rich Stump, III, president of Suburban Testing Labs.

ImPAct Awards 2015Suburban Testing Labs was nominated for the ImPAct Awards because of their 600%+ revenue growth over the past 10 years, highly qualified job creation in the Greater Reading area, and their involvement in the local community.

The Governor’s ImPAct Awards recognizes companies from throughout the state in five categories: Community Impact, Entrepreneurial Impact, Export Impact, Jobs That Pay, and Small Business Impact.  Suburban Testing Labs was nominated for a Small Business Impact award.

  • Small Business ImPAct Award – This award is given to a small business that has been an innovator within its industry, demonstrated revenue/profit growth, increased its workforce, and committed to the growth and development of its employees and community. The company must have 100 or fewer employees.

Suburban Testing Labs was nominated for the award by the Partnerships for Regional Economic Performance (PREP) network. Each of the 10 PREP regions submitted up to five nominations per category.

PREP is a statewide network of partners that works to regionalize and coordinate local economic development services to businesses and entrepreneurs.

Representatives from the Team Pennsylvania Foundation and Journal Multimedia evaluated the nominations and will select the award recipients.

For more information and the full list of nominees, visit newpa.com/gia.