ImTech, a Corvallis-based company that provides specialty inks and related consulting and engineering services for inkjet printing applications, was named 2006 OEN development stage company of the year. As an OEM inkjet partner with Hewlett Packard's Specialty Printing Systems Division, ImTech is licensed to fill new, original HP 45 cartridges with its own inks, and in April introduced the first commercially available UV inks for HP cartridges.

2006 OEN Working Capital Company of the Year

The 2006 OEN working capital stage company award went to SawStop, a Wilsonville company that develops and markets improved active safety technology for woodworking equipment. SawStop's goal is to see its safety technology incorporated into every type of woodworking equipment sold so that the number of debilitating injuries to woodworkers can be dramatically reduced.

2006 OEN Growth Company of the Year

TripWire, of Portland, the leading provider of change auditing software, which reduces operational risk and ensures the security and availability of computer networks, won the 2006 OEN award for growth company of the year. By establishing a baseline of data in its desired state, and detecting and reporting changes to that baseline, Tripwire ensures rapid discovery and remediation when an undesired change occurs, helping IT staffs gain control over systems security.

2006 OEN Entrepreneurship Award for Individual Achievement

Michael Wright, the CEO of Portland’s WellPartner, was recognized as winner of the 2006 OEN entrepreneurship award for individual achievement. A serial entrepreneur who has started three companies after a long career at Johnson & Johnson, Wright has driven huge revenue growth at WellPartner since taking over as CEO in 2001. WellPartner received an OEN Entrepreneurship Award as Growth Stage company of the year in 2005. 

2006 OEN Entrepreneurship Award for Nonprofit Organizations

Our United Villages helps neighbors prove that the capacity to make a positive difference and solve problems in their neighborhood exists in their own backyard. OUV stages neighborhood events and activities to enhance a stronger sense of community, such as Neighborhood History Storytelling, Neighbor Conversations, and Idea Development Workshops. In order to fund these and many other community-building activities, OUV started and runs The ReBuilding Center, a building material recycling center in North Portland that diverts 7 tons of material from landfills per day that can be reused, which funds 100% of its programming.