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Inc. Magazine: 3 Burr Ridge Businesses Among Country's Fastest Growing Companies
Chicago School Supply, Integrated Project Management and Fusion Systems were among the "2012 Inc. 5000," which ranked the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the U.S.

The "2012 Inc. 5000" is out and features three Burr Ridge-based companies.
Chicago School Supply, Integrated Project Management and Fusion Systems are among the country's fastest growing companies, according to the new Inc. Magazine rankings.
Chicago School Supply is ranked the 106th fastest growing in Illinois and 2,416th in the U.S.; Integrated Project Management was ranked 183rd and 3,951st, respectively; Fusion Systems was ranked 197th and 4,255th.
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According to Inc. Magazine's company bio, Chicago School Supply provides supplies including "curriculum and learning resources, professional development materials for teachers, field trip materials, science fair resources, janitorial supplies, and technology equipment" to schools, day-care centers, churches, and other educational sites.
The company, which is located at 16W455 S. Frontage Rd., has raised its annual revenue from $1.1 million in 2008 to $2.1 million in 2011, a 101 percent increase. See the company's website here.
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Integrated Project Management, 200 South Frontage Rd., "offfers project management services for clients of all sizes in a broad range of industries including life sciences, consumer products, industrial products, and health care," according to its Inc. Magazine bio.
It raised its revenue 38 percent between 2008 and 2011, from $14.5 million too $20 million. Its website can be found here.
Lastly, Fusion Systems "manufactures industrial products for the packaging, medical, and printing industries," its bio says.
The company is located at 7035 High Grove Blvd. and has raised its annual revenue from $5.3 million in 2008 to $6.8 million in 2011, a 29 percent increase. Fusion's website can be found here.
For good measure, the No. 1 fastest growing company in the U.S. is Unified Payments, a payment-processing services provider out of North Miami Beach, Fla. The company raised its annual revenue 23,646 percent from 2008 to 2011, from $250,433 to $59.5 million.
Not bad.
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