The June 2014 employment numbers are out and Kosciusko County’s job growth and persons employed is twice the Indiana percentage. Nextremity Solutions Inc. of Warsaw has also been recognized as one of the “2014 Indiana Companies to Watch.”

Information was presented by the Indiana Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Indiana Small Business Development Center, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, and is endorsed by the Edward Lowe Foundation.

Kosciusko Economic Development Corp. congratulates Rod Mayer and the employees of Nextremity for this recognition. Nextremity is an orthopedic company targeting innovative implants for small bones.

Twenty-seven companies from Indiana will be honored as outstanding second-stage companies during the fifth annual Indiana Companies to Watch awards program Wednesday, Aug. 20.

Companies to Watch celebrates Indiana’s privately-held second-stage companies, those businesses that are past the startup phase, are considered to be established, and face issues of growth, not survival.