Business North Carolina honored the 2017 Small Business of the Year winner and finalists at a luncheon Dec. 1 at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill. The winner was Mertek Solutions Inc. of Sanford, which makes robots to assemble everything from car parts to cosmetics cases. Runners-up were Appalachian Antique Hardwoods of Waynesville, Quilt Lizzy of Warrenton and Transportation Impact of Emerald Isle. Duke Energy Corp. sponsored this year’s award.
Photos by John Gessner
Jerry Pedley of Mertek Solutions and Nicole Schwerbrock of the SBTDC
Carmen Prevette of Duke Energy
Scott Daugherty of the SBTDC and Clint Ramsey of Appalachian Antique Hardwoods
Brent Barbour of 2016 winner Three Ships/CRISP Agency
Scott Daugherty of the SBTDC and Susan Harris of Quilt Lizzy
Jerry Pedley of Mertek Solutions, center, with Will Miller and Beth Gargan of N.C. Department of Commerce
Will Miller of N.C. Department of Commerce
Travis Burt of Transportation Impact; Scott Daugherty of the SBTDC; Keith Byrd,
Berkley Stafford and John Howard of Transportation Impact
