Five East Tennessee companies will be honored for their outstanding service at Oak Ridge National Laboratory at the 2015 Small Business Impact Awards program on March 27.

The small businesses were selected for their service in FY14 in categories specific to their work, such as “Above and Beyond” for work beyond the call of duty, “Innovator” for providing a crucial technology, idea or process, and “Rising Star,” which highlights a company in its early years of subcontracting with the lab. All the firms contribute not only to the laboratory, but to the overall economic development of the region.