TES Engineering Wins Weatherhead 100 Award for Fast Growth
Posted on Thu, Nov 08, 2007
CLEVELAND, OH — Nov. 8, 2007 — TES Engineering, a national consulting mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) engineering firm, has been selected as a Weatherhead 100 winner for 2007. The annual award, presented by the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) in Cleveland, OH, honors the 100 fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio.
Eligibility requirements include net sales of at least $100,000 in 2002 and over $1 million in 2006, an increase in 2006 sales over the prior year, and a minimum of 16 full-time employees in 2006. A ranking system determines the top companies.
TES’ revenues have nearly tripled since 2002, including a 34 percent increase in 2006 over 2005. The Firm had 24 full-time employees in 2006, and the current staff has grown to 30. Additional revenue increases of more than 70 percent are projected by 2010.
TES had already doubled its space at its previous location in 2004, and moved to new quarters in July 2006 to accommodate further staff expansion. The current facility has room to triple in size to meet the needs for future growth, including an expansion planned for early 2008.
President Lawrence (Larry) M. Thomas, P.E., attributes TES’ success to a unique perspective. “It’s really about our people and our approach to customer service; we’ve instilled caring and passion for responsive service into our staff to build our company and culture around developing clients’ trust and turning them into raving fans,” he says. “Also, we’re not a traditional engineering firm—discussions with our clients are just as likely to cover finances, building appearance, and kiosk locations as they are air conditioning capacities, power requirements, and plumbing needs. My partner, Steve Chase, our senior staff members, and I have hands-on backgrounds in construction as contractors and this enables us to provide dependable guidance to our clients and keep designs in line with budgets.”
