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HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | AUGUST 24, 2026 B5 AWARD CATEGORY: FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS, 250+ EMPLOYEES Endurance Home Care HEADQUARTERS: Stamford YEAR FOUNDED: 2024 INDUSTRY: Healthcare TOP EXECUTIVES: Christopher Weldon & Thomas Weldon, Founders EMPLOYEES: 800 ANNUAL REVENUE: $10 million FAMILY MEMBERS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT THE COMPANY: Christopher Weldon and Thomas Weldon GENERATION CURRENTLY RUNNING THE COMPANY: 1st E ndurance Home Care provides certified nursing assistants (CNA) to seniors in need of help in their home, assisted living facility or hospital. Endurance has a team of 800 CNAs in Connecticut and Westchester County. Endurance offers 24/7 remote AI audio monitoring and clinical oversight of every case to ensure best-in-class service. Tell us about your recent accomplishments. Endurance Home Care has grown its revenue more than 50-fold over the past two years and now employs the largest team in Connecticut's private-pay home care industry. We have been recognized as one of the fastest-growing home care companies in the U.S. by Home Care Pulse. Our company is built on cutting-edge AI to remove the administrative work so that we can spend 100% of our time servicing our clients. We have expanded to New York and New Jersey in the past six months with plans to hire 500 caregivers in the next 12 months. What are your family values? Our family values empathy, transparency, innovation and continuous improvement. We started as customers of another home care company and recognized that the quality of care needs to be dramatically improved. This experience provided us with the empathy we need to understand our clients deeply. We provide our clients with radical trans- parency into our operations as it helps us establish trust and credibility. We constantly innovate to drive better outcomes for our clients. Every day, we aim to get 1% better through continuous improvement. Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals Inc. HEADQUARTERS: North Haven YEAR FOUNDED: 1924 INDUSTRY: Precision Metals Manufacturing and Distribution TOP EXECUTIVE: Jonathan Ulbrich, Chief Executive Officer EMPLOYEES: 700-plus WEBSITE: www.ulbrich.com FOUNDER: Frederick Christian Ulbrich Sr. FAMILY MEMBERS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT THE COMPANY: Chris Ulbrich, Chairman of the Board and former CEO; Jonathan Ulbrich, CEO, son of Chris Ulbrich GENERATION CURRENTLY RUNNING THE COMPANY: 4th U lbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals Inc. is a precision metals manufacturer and distributor serving customers worldwide. The company produces stainless steel and specialty alloy strip and wire products for manufacturers in medical, aerospace, automotive, industrial, energy, electronics and other markets. Headquartered in North Haven, Ulbrich has more than 700 employees globally, with divisions throughout the U.S., Mexico and Europe as well as a sales presence in Asia. Tell us about your recent accomplishments. We recently celebrated 100 years in business, a milestone made possible by generations of employees, customers and family leadership. We also announced a 14,500-square-foot expansion at our Wall- ingford facility, including a new stretch-bend- leveling line, cafeteria and training center. This investment will strengthen our preci- sion strip capabilities while creating more space for employees to gather, train and collaborate. We have also continued to grow through our Precision Alloys operation in New Bedford, Mass., which expands our ability to serve customers with wider precision-rolled strip products. What are your family values? At Ulbrich, family values mean looking out for one another, doing the right thing and taking pride in the work we do together. We care deeply about our employees, customers and communities, and we believe success should extend beyond our walls. That spirit drives us to support local orga- nizations, give back to the communities we call home, and keep building a company people are proud to be part of. 2026 C T BUSINE S S E XCELLENCE AWARDS Solli Engineering LLC HEADQUARTERS: Monroe YEAR FOUNDED: 2012 INDUSTRY: Engineering, Land Development Consulting TOP EXECUTIVE: Kevin M. Solli, Founder, President & CEO EMPLOYEES: 50 WEBSITE: www.solliengineering.com S olli is a fully integrated land devel- opment consultancy providing site and civil engineering, planning and permitting, land surveying, traffic and trans- portation engineering, geotechnical engi- neering, environmental services, landscape architecture, lighting design, construc- tion-phase services, owner's representation and program management. The firm helps clients move complex proj- ects from concept through construction. Tell us about your recent accomplishments. Over the past year, we have continued to build on 14 years of sustained growth, expanding our footprint with a new office in Charlotte, North Carolina, launching our Envi- ronmental Services Group, and introducing a new brand identity that better reflects the full breadth of services we provide. We have grown from a sole practitioner firm into a multi-office organization serving clients throughout the Eastern United States, achieving consistent annual revenue growth while maintaining strong client and employee retention. In 2026, we were honored with an ACEC-CT Engineering Excellence Award, recognizing our team's technical expertise and commit- ment to innovative project solutions. What are your plans for future growth? We plan to continue expanding strategi- cally alongside our clients while investing in our people, service offerings and geographic reach. Our focus remains on sustainable growth, attracting top talent, strengthening long-term client relationships, and delivering integrated solutions that help projects move from vision to reality. How is your organization involved in the community? Solli's employees are deeply engaged in their communities, serving as youth sports coaches, planning and zoning commis- sioners, conservation and historic district commissioners, industry mentors and nonprofit volunteers. The firm supports community, educational, environmental and charitable initiatives that strengthen the places where its employees live and work. AWARD CATEGORY: FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS, 1-50 EMPLOYEES WWW.ULBRICH.COM Learn more about our strip and wire solutions: Thank you to the Hartford Business Journal for this recognition. For more than a century, generations of Ulbrich employees have helped our family-owned company grow through a shared commitment to our customers and communities. PROUD TO BE NAMED A 2026 FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS HONOREE Improving Lives With More Than Metal — Since 1924