On May 23, 2013, companies from around the state of Pennsylvania converged at the Hershey Lodge for the first annual Governor’s ImPAct Awards. This prestigious event was conceived by Governor Tom Corbett, the PA Department of Community and Economic Development, and the Team PA Foundation to pay tribute to businesses that are creating jobs and actively investing in Pennsylvania. To be eligible, companies first had to be nominated by their representative to the Partnerships for Regional Economic Performance (PREP) program. Then, the merits of each nominee were scored by an independent panel of judges to determine the final winners in each PREP region.
Three representatives from Bellefonte-based Restek Corporation—Shaun Smith, Karen Kishbach, and Nicole Simpson—accepted the Export Impact award on behalf of the employee-owners of Restek. This award comes soon after Restek announced the opening of a new subsidiary in the People’s Republic of China—joining offices in the U.S., France, Germany, UK, and Japan in addition to a distributor network that covers over 100 countries across six continents. As a company that started so humbly in a single room of a business incubator just over 25 years ago, Restek is honored to be recognized for its expansion into a global provider of cutting-edge chromatography products and world-class Plus 1 service.
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Shaun Smith, Karen Kishbach, and Nicole Simpson accept the Governor’s ImPAct Award from the 2013 award judges on behalf of Restek. (Photo courtesy of CPBJ/Amy Spangler.)