Business & Tech
Inc. Magazine: 2 Hinsdale Businesses Among Country's Fastest Growing Companies
Collabralink Technologies and Countrywide Transportation 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 two Hinsdale-based companies.
Collabralink Technologies and Countrywide Transportation, both of which are headquartered at 211 W. Chicago Ave., are among the country's fastest growing companies, according to the new Inc. Magazine rankings.
Collabralink is ranked the 35th fastest growing in Illinois and 694th in the U.S. Countrywide was ranked 231st and 4,756th, respectively.
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According to Inc. Magazine's company bio, Collabralink is a "tech consultancy that offers process analysis, improvement, and implementation to federal government and commercial clients."
The company has raised its annual revenue from $1.2 million in 2008 to $7.2 million in 2011, a 512 percent increase.
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"At CollabraLink Technologies, our mission is to deliver solutions to our clients which allow them to make their people more productive, maximize their resources, and eliminate inefficiencies," the company's website reads.
Countrywide, meanwhile, is a freight-shipping company. It raised its revenue 13 percent between 2008 and 2011, from $3.8 million too $4.3 million.
Countrywide's website reads, "Since 1984, Countrywide Transportation has arranged truck transport throughout the United States. Our computer-driven systems have allowed hundreds of shippers to rely on us for quality, price-competitive freight arranging."
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.
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