

21st annual Star Tribune 100
Company set a revenue record for Minnesota as it pushes beyond traditional insurance. Updated May. 7, 2012
The Star Tribune 100 is a measure of the largest publicly held companies with headquarters in Minnesota ranked by revenue. Data presented also include each company's total profits from continuing operations, assets and market capitalization (taken on April 13).
Workers prepare engines for installation into Polaris' Ranger side-by-side vehicles at the company's plant in Roseau, Minn. on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.
In 2011, many of the state's biggest publicly held firms saw improvements, and did more hiring.
This eclectic group ranges from biotech to restaurants to high-tech manufacturing.
Lawson Software building
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The state's biggest companies are making more money and starting to hire.
Executives at most of Minnesota's biggest companies think 2011 is going to be a strong year for sales, hiring and capital investment. They also think health care reform needs to be revisited, pronto.
This eclectic collection of small-cap companies outperformed the Star Tribune 100 last year.
A frothy mergers & acquisitions market, cash-rich suitors and a recovering economy combined to create lots of turnover on our Star Tribune 100 list last year. Medical device companies were especially attractive targets. And two initial public offerings added fresh faces, as well.
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