Whitley County company with an aim for accessibility for all earns innovation award
(Talk of the Town photo provided) Brian Kyler, owner of Be Adaptive Equipment LLC, a company that creates specialized mounting and equipment to make hunting and sportsman activities handicap accessible, was honored Thursday with the 2011 Innovator of the Year award by the regional Fort Wayne Business Weekly.
By Jennifer Zartman Romano
Entrepreneur and outdoor enthusiast Brian Kyler reached a pinacle of success this week as his company was recognized regionally for innovation.
Kyler, owner of Whitley County-based Be Adaptive Equipment LLC, was the recipient of Fort Wayne Business Weekly's Innovator of the Year award Thursday.
Nominated by the Whitley County EDC, the company initially was notified Be Adaptive Equipment LLC had won the health care division first. At a reception Thursday afternoon, they learned they had been selected from among seven businesses to be the 2011 Innovator of the Year. Kyler and his wife, Renee, were present to accept the award.
Be Adaptive Equipment LLC specializes in equipment that enables disabled outdoorsmen to hunt and shoot. The company makes a variety of pieces of equipment, including shooting rests and activity trays as well as controls that are handicap accessible.
The company has been in operation since 2001.
For more information on Be Adaptive Equipment LLC, visit www.beadaptive.com