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Previously known as Coptix, Medium is an integrated design and communications firm, bringing clients holistic business development through branding, graphic design, Web development, Internet marketing, social media marketing, e-commerce, software development and communications. Medium created, alongside Thinking Media, Emory University and Grady Health System, the software PictureRx, an interface that provides a simple way for people to manage and understand their prescription medication. Also built Message CMS—a new content management and Web site development system. The company recently opened an office in Chicago and also announced a partnership with Chattanooga's EPB and Alcatel-Lucent for a $226.7 million Smart Grid project in Southeast Tennessee.

Founded in 2002 by IT industry veterans Jeff Wade and Bill Smith, Market Street Solutions provides services to assist clients with the installation, implementation and support of performance management software solutions. The company strives to help companies plan, monitor and analyze their business using market-leading software solutions provided by Market Street's partners, Cognos (an IBM company), Microsoft and QlikTech. Such partnerships, especially that with fast-growing software vendor QlikTech, are expected to fuel growth.

Nearly doubling its revenue in the past two years, Kenco continues to provide third-party logistics to companies such as GlaxoSmithKline, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Whirlpool and Cummins. The company, whose humble beginnings 59 years ago included two employees (founders Jim Kennedy Jr. and Sam Smartt) and one facility, now boasts more than 4,000 employees, 100 facilities and roughly 25 million square feet of warehouse space in 31 states and Canada. The Kenco family of companies includes Kenco Logistics Services, Kenco Transportation, Kenco Toyota-Lift, Kenco Management Services and JDK real estate.

Engineering and precision CNC manufacturing company East Tech, which, among other things, makes components for nuclear and hydroelectric plants, counts TVA, Alstom Power, Astec Industries, Westinghouse and Mohawk among its major customers. Launched in 2003 by Layne, who mortgaged his house and used personal assets to get the company off the ground, East Tech recently extended its contracts with TVA Hydro and TVA Fossil. With the resurgence of nuclear power, as well as more road construction, East Tech expects to see contracts increase substantially.

A full-service transportation company that broke away from Key James Brick and Supply in 2006, AAT specializes in truckload, less-than-truckload and supply chain management services. In July, sourcing, logistics and transportation magazine Inbound Logistics selected AAT (from a pool of more than 500 companies) as a Top 100 Third-Party Logistics Provider for 2009. Though the economic downturn has resulted in fewer overall shipments and made it difficult for AAT to find new customers, AAT has diversified its customer base, focusing on alternative energy and government shippers.