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OWC appeared on the <strong>2009 Crain\u2019s Fast Fifty list<\/strong>, and has also been recognized annually since 2008 on Crain\u2019s list of <strong>Chicago\u2019s Largest Privately Held Companies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Crain\u2019s began the qualification process in January by searching lists of public and private companies. To be eligible for consideration, companies had to be headquartered in the six-county Chicago metropolitan area (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will), posted both revenue growth and a <strong>minimum of least $20 million revenue for 2010<\/strong>, and had no more than one year of declining revenue in the 2005-2010 timeframe. Firms meeting those criteria, along with earning the<strong> highest five-year revenue growth percentages,<\/strong> became the \u201cFast 50\u201d. 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