September 1, 2011 – Centreville, VA: MicroAutomation has been named by the Virginia U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award (SPQA) Program as one of the “12 to Watch” businesses within the commonwealth of Virginia. This program focuses on businesses that are poised for growth and evaluates each based on an assessment process that is centered on the Baldridge Criteria for Excellence. Participation of this extensive evaluation is an indicator that MicroAutomation based company is well qualified to produce excellent results in the upcoming years.The SPQA bases their selection of “12 to Watch” participants on businesses that show sustainable growth predicting factors. Jo Rohr, Virginia SQPA stated – those businesses on the cusp of major growth which are able to address the broader issues associated with the Nation’s performance excellence standards have a higher probability of success.””We are honored to have been chosen to participate in this program,” commented Scott Fischer, MicroAutomation’s COO. “Our organization has been growing and is on the brink of some amazing things – to have the state recognize those facts is evidence that we are moving in the right direction and acknowledges the accomplishments that have already been made at MicroAutomation.