Spokane-based Itron Inc. 16th among top 100 tech firms

A business magazine has placed Spokane-based Itron Inc. on its list of 100 fastest-growing technology companies.

Itron, which makes and sells automated metering systems and software tools, placed 16th on the list, published in the October issue of Business 2.0 magazine.

Itron is the only Washington state company on the top 100 list. Seven of the top 100 firms are based outside the United States.

The list was limited to companies that have been publicly traded for at least three years. Editors then made rankings based on revenue growth, profit and operating cash flow in the past three years.

The top 10 companies on the list are:

UTStarcom of Alameda, Calif.;

eBay of San Jose, Calif.;

Talx of St. Louis, Mo.;

Nvidia of Santa Clara, Calif.; Amdocs of Chesterfield, Mo.;

Electronic Arts of Redwood City, Calif.;

Take Two Interactive Software of New York City;

ViaSat of Carlsbad, Calif.;

Quality Systems of Irvine, Calif.;

and RSA Security of Bedford, Mass.

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