Lenzyme Installs Solar Heating Panels

Lenzyme, manufacturer of septic tank treatment products, has installed a solar hot water heating system at its manufacturing facility in Suamico, Wis. The multiple solar panels provide 100 percent of the company’s hot water needs, as well as supplemental heat. The company’s facilities also are highly insulated and designed to take advantage of natural daylight and keep energy demands to a minimum. The 16 solar panels measure 4 by 8 feet each.

Liberty Among Fastest Growing Companies

Liberty Pumps has been named one of Inc. magazine’s fastest growing businesses for the second straight year. Located in Bergen, N.Y., Liberty ranks 4,848 on the magazine’s top 5,000 list. Founded in 1965, the manufacturer of sump and sewage pumps showed a 45.3 percent increase over the three-year period from 2004-2007, growing from $20.9 million to $30.4 million. It recently broke ground on a $4 million, 64,000-square-foot expansion project.