Venture Awards Hall of Fame

Iowa Venture Award
“A Rich History of Recognition”

The Iowa Area Development Group established the Iowa Venture Award in 1988.  Over the past twenty-four years over 180 organizations have been recognized for their significant contributions to Iowa’s economy through entrepreneurial leadership, innovation and the creation of job opportunities.

Special Venture Awards have been presented in the categories of “Outstanding Business of the Year”, "Distinguished Leadership” and “Value-Added Agriculture.”
We invite you to review our Iowa Venture Award Hall of Fame.

Click here for video of 2011 Venture Award Ceremony Promo video

Click on the recipient for video of award presentation and acceptance speech:

Clickstop, Inc.
Delta Dental of Iowa
Golden Eagle Distributing Co.
Icon Ag & Turf
Interpower Corporation
Iowa Cage-free, L.L.P.
Iowa Protein Solutions
Royal Oaks Development Corporation
Valley of the Moon Commercial Poults, Inc.

2010 Venture Award Recipients

• A-C
• D-H
• I-O
• P-R
• S-V
• W-Z
• | Distinguished Leadership

Below is a listing of all Iowa Venture Award Recipients.
Click on the company name for more information

• A-C | Back to top
• Aero Race Wheels, Inc. 
• Agri Drain Corporation
• Alaniz, LLC
• Allan Industrial Coatings
• Allen-Bradley Co. dba Rockwell Automation, Inc.
• ALUMA Ltd.
• Amaizing Energy, LLC 
• American Eagle Accessories Group div. of Stellar Industries, Inc.
• American Tool & Engineering, Inc.
• AMPC, Inc. dba Proliant, Inc.
• Apotheca Naturale
• Jim Arenson Chevrolet-Imports dba Rydell Chevrolet
• Asoyia
• Aspen Hills, Inc.
• A-Z Manufacturing & Sales, Inc.
• Bandag, Incorporated dba
• Barker Company
• Bauer Built Mfg. Inc.
• Big River Resources, LLC
• Bil-Mar Foods, Inc.
• BoDean's Baking Company 
• Boomsma Egg Farm
• Bridges Bay Resort
• Buresh Building Systems, Inc.
• Calcium Products, Inc.
• Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
• Cardinal IG Co.
• Cascade Mfg. Co.
• CCB Packaging Inc.
• Center Fresh Egg Farm, LLP
• Chicago Rivet & Machine Co., Albia Division
• Clark Industries, Inc.
• Clickstop, Inc.
• Cloverleaf Cold Storage
• Co-Line Welding, Inc.
• Communication Data Services
• Conductive Circuits
• Cookies Food Products, Inc.
• Country Home Marketing & Machine
• D-H | Back to top
• Dakota Pack, Inc.
• Daybreak Foods, Inc.
• De Jong Greenhouses, Inc.
• Delong's Sportswear, Inc.
• Den Hoed's Greenhouse
• Dykstra Dairy
• Eaton Corporation - Hydraulics Division
• Epley Marketing Services, Inc.
• Ewing Land Development & Services
• Fairview Farms, Inc.
• Farmland Industries, Inc. dba KOCH Nitrogen Co.
• Flexi-Coil dba Ag Information Center
• Fluoro-Seal International L.P. 
• Freudenberg NOK
• Frontier Natural Products Co-op
• GKN Armstrong Wheels, Inc.
• GL Coating dba AFG Coatings, Inc.
• Golden Eagle Distributing Co.
• GOMACO Corporation
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
• Great Lakes Aviation, LTD
• Green Plains Superior LLC
• Green Products Company
• Hall Industries, LTD.
• Hawkeye Foodservice Distribution, Inc.
• Hawkeye Molding Engineers, Inc.
• Hawkeye Pride Egg Farm, LP
• Hawkeye Renewables
• Heartland Express, Inc.
• Heat Tech dba DEKKO
• Heatilator dba Hearth & Home Technologies, Inc.
• Hog Slat, Inc.
• XLM Company dba Hon Industries
• Horizon Ethanol, LLC
• HWH Corporation
• Hy-Capacity Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc.
• I-O | Back to top
• Icon Ag & Turf
• IML Containers Iowa, Inc.
• Infrastructure Technology Solutions
• Institute for Decision Making - UNI
• Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.
• Interpower Corporation
• Involta
• Iowa Aluminum
• Iowa Assn. of Business & Industry
• Iowa Assn. Of Electric Cooperatives
• Iowa Base Inc.
• Iowa Cage-free, L.L.P.
• Iowa Corn Procesesors
• Iowa Engineered Processes Corp.
• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
• Iowa Protein Solutions
• Iowa State University-Extension Service
• IPSCO
• ITC Midwest
• ITWC, Inc.
• Kness Mfg. Co., Inc. 
• Kooima Company
• L & M Radiator, Inc.
• Land Mark Products, Inc.
• Land O Lakes
• LDJ Manufacturing, Inc.
• Life Line Emergency Vehicles
• Liquid Carbonic dba Praxair
• Lomont Molding, Inc.
• MacKay Envelope Co. LLC
• Magnimet Corporation
• Majona Steel Corporation
• Maurer Manufacturing Inc.
• Menard, Inc.
• Metal Works, Inc.
• Midwest Grain Processors Cooperative
• Midwest Stave Supply, Inc/Seguin Moreau
• Milk Unlimited Dairy Farms, LP
• Miller Loaders, Inc.
• Monsanto
• MSI Mold Builders
• North Liberty Plastics, Inc.
• Northeast Iowa Community-Based Dairy Foundation
• Northern Pipe Products Inc.
• Novartis Animal Health (Grand Laboratories, Inc.)
• NRP of Iowa L.L.C.
• Nutriant - A Kerry Company
• Oakland Foods
• Olderog Wholesale Tire, Inc.
• P-R | Back to top
• Parker Industries
• Pella Plastics, Inc.
• Percival Scientific, Inc.
• Performance Pipes
• Phoenix E-Waste Solutions
• Pine Lake Corn Processors LLC
• Pioneer Hi-Bred International
• Plastics Unlimited
• Platinum Ethanol
• Power Lift
• Precision Pulley & Idler Company
• Pries Enterprises, Inc.
• Professional Communicators
• Profile Boats
• Progress Casting Group, Inc.
• Puck Custom Enterprises, Inc.
• Quad County Corn Processors
• R & D Machine Tool, Inc.
• R. J. Thomas Mfg. Co., Inc.
• RELCO Locomotives, Inc.
• Rembrandt Enterprises
• Riverside Paper Corporation
• Rockwell Collins
• Roorda Dairy LLC
• Rose Acre Farms
• Rosenboom Machine & Tool
• Royal Oaks Development Corporation
• Rural Housing Institute
• S-V | Back to top
• Schaefer Pullet Corporation
• Schuster Company
• Seguin Moreau/Midwest Stave Supply
• Shelby County Cookers
• Shine Bros. Corp.
• Simonsen Iron Works, Inc. dba Cycle Country
• Siouxland Energy and Livestock Cooperative
• Sioux-Preme Packing Company
• SmithCo, Inc.
• Southwest Iowa Egg Cooperative
• Sparboe Agricultural Corporation
• Specialty Wire & Mfg., Inc.
• Speed's Automotive Supply
• Struve Labs
• Stylecraft Furniture, Inc.
• Sunbest Papetti Farms
• Sunrise Farms, Inc.
• Superior Machine, Inc.
• Tall Corn Ethanol Cooperative dba POET
• TigerHawk Plastics, Inc.
• Times-Citizen Communications, Inc.
• Toyota Financial Services Center
• Uncle B's Bakery
• University of Iowa-OakDale Research Center
• Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
• Urosurge, Inc.
• US Bio Albert City
• Valley of the Moon Commercial Poults, Inc.
• Van Ess Dairy LLC
• Vantec, Inc.
• VeraSun Energy
• Veridian Limited
• Vosberg Enterprises, Inc.
• W-Z | Back to top
• Wal-Mart Distribution Center
• Wal-Mart Store - Dubuque
• Wausau Supply Company
• Wells Dairy, Inc.
• West Central Soy
• West Liberty Foods
• Western Iowa Energy, LLC
• White Consolidated Industries
• White Oak Vineyards
• Wilson Hybrids, Inc.
• Winn-A-Vegas Casino
• WoodMarc
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• A-C
• D-H
• I-O
• P-R
• S-V
• W-Z
• | Distinguished Leadership