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Awards & Honors

Top Small Workplace 2007

TSW2007 Award Restek Corporation was one of 15 companies across the United States selected as Top Small Workplaces by The Wall Street Journal and Winning Workplaces.

The winners were announced in the October 1 issue of The Wall Street Journal.

Wall Street Journal article Winning Workplaces 2007 Award Winners

2007 ESOP Company of the Year

ESOP Award Restek Corporation has been named the 2007 ESOP Company of the Year by the PA/DE Chapter of The ESOP Association at the Chapter's Annual Meeting on September 19 in Scranton, PA.

The ESOP Association is the national trade association for companies with employee stock ownership plans (ESOP) and the leading voice in America for employee ownership.

The PA/DE Chapter represents ESOP companies in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

2006 - Best Places To Work In Pennsylvania

Best Places to work in PA 2006 Restek Corporation has been named to the 2006 list of Best Places to Work in PA. This marks the 3rd time Restek has placed on the list since the program began in 2000.

2003 - Restek Technology Earns R&D 100 Award

Silcosteel®-UHV surface treatment has been recognized by a panel of independent judges and editors of R&D Magazine as one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced in 2003.
Silcosteel®-UHV treatment minimizes migration of water, oxygen, and other molecules from the inside surfaces of ultra high vacuum system components into the vacuum chamber. This greatly reduces the time needed to evacuate the chamber to ultra high vacuum, and simplifies the pumping equipment needed to maintain the vacuum.
Silcosteel®-UHV is one of a family of patented surface treatments developed at Restek's Bellefonte, PA facilities: Silcosteel®-CR protects stainless steels from corrosion by inorganic acids or salt water; Silcosteel®-AC dramatically reduces carbon buildup on stainless steels; Siltek® treatment makes glass, steels, stainless steels, and high-nickel steel alloys exceptionally inert to reactive chemicals.

2002 - Paul Silvis Named Entrepreneur of the Year 2002

PA Business Central chose Restek's Head Coach in the For-Profit, Large Business category.
“Paul's innovative approach to business and the results speak for themselves. He created a company out of nowhere and has been successful beyond all expectations. Paul epitomizes the model by which many entrepreneurs should compare themselves,” said Todd A. Erdley of Videon Central, one of this year's contest judges and a recipient of the newspaper's Entrepreneur 2001 award in the Small Business category.

2002 - Finalist: Pennsylvania Governor's Export Excellence Award

These highly prestigious awards are presented to Pennsylvania companies that excel as contributors to the Commonwealth's international market trade activities.
Restek has 3 subsidiaries and 68 dealers in 60 countries, with representation on every continent.

2002 - Healthy Workplace Award for Small Sized Companies — Pennsylvania Psychological Association

This award is given to companies that demonstrate a commitment to areas such as family support, employee development, employee involvement, promotion of a healthy workplace, community involvement and health and safety. Last year, Restek received honorable mention in 2001.

2002 - Best Business-to-Business Web Catalog

Restek's online ordering system took top honors
at Pindar Systems' 2002 User Conference.

2001 - Outstanding Technology Company of the Year, 2001

The Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County chose Restek Corporation for this honor. The selection was made by the membership of the Chamber, rather than a committee.

2001 - Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania (#23)

For the second year in a row, Restek Corporation was named one of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania.

2000 - Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania (#20)

Restek Corporation was named one of Pennsylvania's Best 100 Places to Work, ranking 20th among companies with 50 to 250 employees. Winners were identified by the Great Places to Work Institute, that also creates the instrument used in the FORTUNE "100 Best Places to Work."

1998 - NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Group Award

Presented to personnel and companies who contributed in the design, development, fabrication, and assembly of the Cassini Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) and the Huygens Probe Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GCMS).

1996 - State College Business and Professional Women's Employer of the Year Award

Presented to companies that promote women in the workforce and programs that provide opportunities for women in the workforce.

1995 - Governor's Waste Minimalization Award

Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, recognizes companies for accomplishments in preventing or reducing the generation and release of waste in Pennsylvania.

1994 - ISO 9001 Registration

ISO 9001 is the most encompassing ISO standard, which includes quality assurance systems for manufacturing, product design, development and service.

1993 - Semi-finalist: Best of America Awards (Northeastern Region)

Award sponsored by Dun & Bradstreet Small Business Services and the NFIB Foundation given to companies that have shown exemplary performance growth, innovation, and community service.
From a total of 585 entries, Restek was one of three Pennsylvania companies chosen overall.

1993 - Inc. magazine's Inc. 500 list of fastest growing privately held companies in America (#454)

From 1988 to 1992 Restek's sales growth was 605%, number of employees increased from 15 to over 69.

1992 - Inc. magazine's Inc. 500 list of fastest growing privately held companies in America (#246)

From 1987 to 1991 Restek's sales growth was 1137%, number of employees increased from ten to over 60.

1992 - Central/Eastern Pennsylvania Manufacturing Entrepreneur of the Year

Award founded by Ernst & Young and sponsored by Inc. magazine and Merrill Lynch, given to entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their business and communities.

1992-1991/92 - National Business Incubator Graduate of the Year Award

Presented by Coopers & Lybrand and the National Incubator Association to the company that started in a business incubator and has shown high employment growth and demonstrated commitment to the community.