The award was announced on May 26^th at the annual California Small Business Day in Sacramento, and Metabolex, Inc. joined small businesses of the year identified in over 75 state legislative districts. Scores of legislators joined in chorus to salute the spirit of entrepreneurship among California’s small business owners and operators throughout the day-long event.

“We were humbled to have been selected for this award and it is a tribute to our employees, customers, and community,” said Dr. Van Wart.

“This is a special event when government, businesses, associations and community come together to honor the small business contributions of innovation, job creation and economic growth to the State of California,” said Betty Jo Toccoli, President of the California Small Business Association, on behalf of the two-dozen small business organizations hosting the event.

Small businesses serve as the primary economic engine that drives the state’s economy. Over one-half of Californians employed in the private sector work for a small business. The state’s small firms produce more new jobs, more inventions, and more patents, than any other size company in California or any other state in the nation.