Meet the 2023 Michigan and Northwest Ohio honorees

Duro-Last manufactures and sells a full line of commercial PVC roofing systems, including accessories, with 10 plants around the United States and customers throughout North America.

The Lasting Impressions (LI) team provides promotional marketing and advertising solutions for corporate events and trade shows. For over 40 years, LI’s goal has been to provide customers with exceptional service and quality products in a time frame that meets their advertising needs. Every member of the LI team understands that quality is essential, value is the measure and the customer always comes first. Today, LI continues to sustain a strong focus on improving quality along with a relentless commitment to customer satisfaction. Committed to being the best-value resource for all advertising specialty needs, LI elevates its customers’ success and satisfaction by anticipating their needs and being the easiest company to do business within the industry.

The LI team advantage includes:

• Fulfillment program management
• In-house decoration capabilities
• Inventory and closeout purchasing options
• E-store development
• Rush service
• Value-added brands

MAXPRO was established with one belief: Fitness can be enjoyable and accessible to people worldwide. The company’s fitness solution offers a comprehensive digital experience, including workout tracking, coaching and gaming, along with the MAXPRO portable cable system, which incorporates patent-pending PowerClutch technology. MAXPRO has quickly built a global community of over 25,000 customers in 56 countries in just two and a half years since starting product shipments. Its success is attributed to its promotion of freedom, fitness and fun.

The company was featured on Shark Tank in December 2021 and holds the record as the highest first-year revenue company to appear on the show’s 13-year run. Nezar Akeel, the founder, received two offers before accepting a deal on the show. MAXPRO’s impressive growth over the past two and a half years is a testament to the quality of its products for not just fitness enthusiasts but also people with disabilities due to its safety and ease of use, military personnel for its portability and effectiveness, and for physical therapy and rehabilitation.

With the vision of “warfighters serving warfighters,” Mettle Ops is able to provide superior support in program management, engineering, cybersecurity, 3D printing and business development. With over 30 years of combined military service, Mettle Ops is acutely aware of the obstacles facing the warfighter and therefore can provide products and services with industry ingenuity and practicality.

Fiscally conservative, the company champions its expertise to bring exceptional results. Mettle Ops is certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Women Business Enterprise (WBE), Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), National Veteran Business Development Council (NVBDC), Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), and U.S. Small Business Administration 8(a) Certified. It is also NIST 800-171 compliant and AS9100 Certified by PJR.

Mettle Ops guarantees predictability in pricing, dependability with stated deliverables and transparency in risk management. As warfighters serving warfighters, its mission is to help save soldier lives on the battlefield, and Mettle Ops lives its values of grit, tenacity and transparency.

Roxbury is a Detroit-based real estate development and investment firm founded in 2005 by principals David Di Rita and Stacy Fox. The firm specializes in complex real estate and economic development projects primarily in Detroit. The firm has played an instrumental role in the redevelopment of the city’s downtown and, since its initial founding, has developed a wide range of projects across the city. While Roxbury’s projects encompass a wide range of uses, including residential, commercial, governmental and mixed use, over the last decade, its portfolio has increasingly focused on the development of hospitality properties.

The mission of Ryter Cooperative Industries (RCI) is to accelerate the adoption of solar-powered energy systems in underserved communities worldwide. RCI has supported and expanded the growth of advanced energy in Michigan by creating partnerships with companies and nonprofits that understand the importance of sustainability and clean energy. Through these partnerships, it has impacted the lives of many throughout metro Detroit by providing pathways of instruction to those interested in becoming gainfully employed within the clean energy arena. RCI cares about its community and has a commitment to provide clean energy solutions not only to residents but also to businesses and municipalities. The company prides itself on creating efficient, scalable, robust solutions that positively impact its clients.

RCI believes that sustainability is key in today’s world. It has taken on projects that make great impacts within the city of Detroit from the installation of solar streetlights to keep residential areas safe to installing solar charge stations with Wi-Fi access so residents could charge small devices and handle business online.

The Andersons, having been named to Forbes’ 2023 list of America’s Best Small Companies and as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023 by Newsweek, is a diversified company rooted in agriculture that conducts business in the commodity merchandising, renewables and plant nutrient sectors. Guided by its statement of principles, the Andersons is committed to providing extraordinary service to its customers, helping its employees improve, supporting its communities and increasing the value of the company.

Established in 1998 in Michigan, V2Soft is an award-winning technology services company focused on building innovative solutions to address industry challenges and help the bottom line of its customers by leveraging the company’s local and global delivery centers. V2Soft’s world headquarters is in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with offices in eight locations in the US and operating in seven countries.

V2Soft is a minority business enterprise (MBE) certified by NMSDC and MMSDC. It is also a Corporate Plus member and a member of Georgia, Florida and Dallas/Fort Worth councils. V2Soft has strong quality processes and is ISO 27001 certified, CMMI level 3 and HIPPA compliant.

V2Soft has several prestigious accolades from customers and the industry, including NMSDC’s 2022 National Supplier of the Year Award! Its strategic services capabilities and offerings include:

• Application services: AMS, ADS, web and mobile
• Testing services: automation and AI testing
• Digital services: digital commerce, digital transformation, blockchain, IIoT and cloud
• Data and analytics: big data and AI/ML
• Workforce management services: staff augmentation (on-site, offshore, flexible and contract) and co-location services