Standard Components Inc.

Automotive gauge manufacturer

"Knowledge of the industry and satisfying customer needs"

"In a word, growth!"

"You'll never get rich working for someone else."

"When we changed our core business to concentrate on designing and building CMM checking fixtures"

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Company Details

Location: Sterling Heights, MI
Founders: James O. Wilkins, 50, Joseph Lucent, 49, David Jackson, 48

Website: www.scigage.com

Year Started: April 2001

Initial Investment: $100K

Turned a Profit: 2003

First Million: 2004

2002 Sales: $256K

2006 Sales: $6.1M

Number of Employees:

Day 1: 2

2006: 51

2007: 60*

* Projected by 2008

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