ADVISORY/Synygy Employees Celebrate Synygy's Naming to the Inc. 500 Hall of Fame by Forming a Living '500'.Assignment/News Writers ADVISORY...for Wed. (Oct. 24) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHAT: All 250 of Synygy's Philadelphia-area employees
will assemble as a group to form the number
"500"
WHEN: Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at Noon.
Employees will begin assembling at 11:50 AM. The
Spring Mill Fire Company will use its ladder truck
to take an aerial picture of the employees. The
event will conclude around 12:15 PM
WHERE: The Helicopter Pad at the Spring Mill Fire
Company, Conshohocken, PA
At the intersections of Hector Street and North
Lane, across the street from Synygy's Lee Park
offices, in Conshohocken, PA.
BACKGROUND: Conshohocken-based software firm Synygy
(pronounced "SIN-uh-gee") has been named for a
fifth time to Inc. magazine's list of the 500
fastest-growing privately held companies in the
U.S.
Employees at Synygy today celebrated this
milestone by forming a living "500" in the parking
lot outside the company headquarters.
As a five-time Inc. 500 honoree, Synygy has also
now become a permanent member of the Inc.
500 Hall of Fame.
Synygy is only the second Pennsylvania-based
company to enter the Inc. 500 Hall of Fame.
Environmental consulting firm ERM Group of Exton,
PA, entered the Hall of Fame in 1988.
Synygy is the leading provider of "enterprise incentive management" software and services. ABOUT THE INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . 500 The Inc. 500, published each year in October October: see month. , is an exclusive report on the companies and CEOs that are changing the face of American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of business. Noteworthy alumni of the Inc. 500 include such household corporate names as Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. , Timberland, Dominos Pizza, and Patagonia Patagonia (pätägō`nyä), region, c.300,000 sq mi (777,000 sq km), primarily in S Argentina, S of the Río Colorado and E of the Andes, but including extreme SE Chile and N Tierra del Fuego. . This marks the 20th year that Inc. magazine has charted the progress of America's most innovative and successful entrepreneurs. To be eligible for the Inc. 500, companies have to be independent and privately held through 2000, have at least $200,000 in sales in the base year, 1996, and their 2000 sales must have exceeded their 1998 sales. Inc. verified ver·i·fy tr.v. ver·i·fied, ver·i·fy·ing, ver·i·fies 1. To prove the truth of by presentation of evidence or testimony; substantiate. 2. all information using tax forms and financial statements from certified public accountants Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. . The ranking is based on the percentage increase in sales from 1996 through 2000. Synygy grew 623% during that period. ABOUT SYNYGY Synygy Inc., The Incentive Compensation Company(TM), is the largest provider of Enterprise Incentive Management (EIM EIM Enterprise Incentive Management EIM Enterprise Information Management EIM Enterprise Identity Mapping (IBM) EIM Enterprise Instant Messaging EIM Employee Internet Management EIM European Institute for the Media ) software and services. Synygy created the EIM industry in 1991, and Synygy Compensation software, now in version 9, has been used to implement and manage the variable pay plans for more of the world's largest corporations than any other solution. Inc. magazine recently recognized Synygy's success and sustained growth by naming Synygy to the Inc. 500 Hall of Fame, reflecting Synygy's fifth consecutive inclusion on the Inc. 500. Based in suburban Philadelphia Philadelphia, ancient cities Philadelphia, name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir, it was founded in the 2d cent. B.C. , Synygy was also awarded the prestigious 2001 Workforce Optimas award for Vision in its human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. practices. For more information on Synygy, visit www.synygy.com. |
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