Outstanding Growth Awards

2008 OUTSTANDING GROWTH AWARD WINNER - Elan Nutrition, Inc.

Please join us on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 to hear how the 2008 Outstanding Growth Award Winner, Elan Nutrition, Inc., broke the mold to achieve positive growth and a competitive edge in one of the fastest growing and most competitive U.S. industries: food manufacturing.

The main ingredient that turned around this Michigan-based food manufacturer in 2004 was innovation. Innovation with every thought and every action. Innovative leadership recruitment, operational processes, employee incentives, and technology. Plus, innovative customer relationships.

Rich Krause, CEO, and Tom Olive, CFO, will present Elan Nutrition’s impressive results: compounded annual sales growth at 29 percent during the past four years, which brought the business from unprofitability to in industry-leading profit margins. Elan is now a leading formulator and contract manufacturer of great-tasting nutritional food bars to many well-known North American branded food marketers.

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Time: 5:30 pm Cash bar, hors d'oeuvres and networking

7:00 pm Presentation

Location: DeVos Place - Ballroom C-D

303 Monroe Ave. NW, Grand Rapids, MI

Cost: $40 Members

$60 Non-members

$500 Table of 10 sponsorship

Credit card payment accepted

RSVP: Friday, March 14, 2008

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