Coffin Communications Group Salutes Client Dental/Medical Diagnostic Systems on Deloitte & Touche Technology ``Fast 50'' Ranking
Business Editors & Health Writers
SHERMAN OAKS, (BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 2000
Sean Collins, senior vice president of Coffin Communications Group, today announced that the investor-relations agency's client Dental/Medical Diagnostic Systems (Nasdaq:DMDS) has been named to the Los Angeles "Fast 50" by the leading accounting firm Deloitte & Touche.
The Los Angeles "Fast 50" is a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in revenues in the five-year period from 1995 to 1999.
"It is exciting for our client Dental/Medical Diagnostic Systems to receive the Deloitte & Touche `Fast 50' acknowledgment," said Collins.
"Dental/Medical Diagnostic Systems has developed a suite of cutting-edge products for dentistry, the latest of which is Forever White(TM), a revolutionary, affordable, convenient tooth-whitening system for use in the home. Working with this company and other microcapitalized companies like them is very gratifying, and seeing DMD ranked in the Los Angeles `Fast 50' is part of the reason why."
Gary Dickey, partner, Los Angeles High Technology Group for Deloitte & Touche, remarked: "Today, there are more than 22,000 high-technology companies in the United States, many of whom are competing for the same markets here in the States and worldwide. The `Fast 50' winners for Los Angeles have proven that they can compete successfully by consistently delivering technological wonders.
"We at Deloitte & Touche commend Dental/Medical Diagnostic Systems for having the vision and determination to become among the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the Greater Los Angeles region."
To qualify for the "Fast 50," a company must have had minimum revenues of $50,000 in 1995 and 1999 revenues of $1 million or more; must be a public or private company with headquarters in the five-county region; and must be a "technology company," defined as a company that produces technology, manufactures a technology-related product, is technology-intensive, uses technology in problem-solving, or devotes a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology.
Winners of the 19 regional "Fast 50" programs in the United States are automatically entered in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks the nation's top 500 fastest-growing technology companies.
The awards banquet will be held Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, at the Loews Beach Hotel, 1700 Ocean Ave. in Santa Monica. For more information on the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 or Fast 500 programs, visit the Web site at .com.
Dental/Medical Diagnostic Systems (.com) develops and markets proprietary products for dentistry, targeting broad market segments and seeking dominance through superior technological innovations. Its current lead products are the Apollo(TM) line of devices used for "curing" (hardening) fillings and/or whitening teeth in the dentist's office and a state-of-the-art dental digital X-ray system.
One of the country's leading investor-relations firms, Coffin Communications Group (CCG) serves more than 40 publicly traded and private companies nationwide, including TROY Group, Microsemi, Quality Systems Inc., Cell Robotics International and Casino Data Systems. CCG provides full-service investor relations, which includes strategic counsel, corporate communications, investor contact and targeted media relations.
For further information, contact Coffin Communications Group directly or visit the company's Web site at .com.