Inc. 500 Countdown: S.A. Robotics

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S.A. Robotics, today's Inc. 500 honoree, is developing what may be the world's longest robotic arm.

Location: Loveland, Colo.
Three-Year Growth: 485%
2004 Revenue: $8.5 million
Employees: 72
Founded: 1992
What it does: Designs and manufactures remote-control robots for industrial purposes--such as cleaning nuclear and hazardous waste sites, like power plants. Why it's growing: From Wisconsin to the United Kingdom, there's still quite a bit of nuclear waste left over from the Cold War, says CEO and co-owner Michael Cappello. But the company is increasingly branching out into other areas, including chemical waste cleanup. Long arm: S.A. Robotics is developing what may be the longest robotic arm in the world--a 104-foot device that will place pollution-filtering caps on the smokestacks of cargo ships docked in the L.A. harbor.

Inc.com is counting down to the unveiling of Inc. magazine's Inc. 500 list with a profile a day of one of this year's honorees. See other honorees in the Inc. 500 Countdown archive, and discover new winners each business day until Oct. 19, when we reveal this year's number one company.