Savage Precision Fabrication, Inc. of Wylie, Texas was awarded the Region IV Small Business Subcontractor of the year by the U.S. Small Business Administration on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 as part of the National Small Business Week Conference held in Washington, D.C. Savage, nominated by Raytheon for this award, also received the SBA National Subcontractor of the year for 2010. Savage manufactures precision machine and sheet metal fabrication parts for the aerospace, military, defense and high-tech industries. W.T Gardner, along with his wife JoAnn, founded the veteran and Native American owned company in 1975 after starting the business in his Garland, Texas garage. The Company now has 44 employees and occupies a 60,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

Gadberry Group in Little Rock, Ark, has named Wylie as number eight on its list of the top nine most notable high-growth areas in the U.S.

Gadberry Group's Web site describes the company as one that provides location-based services and information data for the world's top retail brands to assist them in their choice of new stores and restaurant locations.