WEST LAFAYETTE – Five companies and an entrepreneur based in the statewide Purdue Research Park network have been named finalists for the 2011 TechPoint Mira Awards.

            The Purdue Research Park network has locations in West Lafayette, Merrillville, Indianapolis and New Albany and is home to 200 businesses that employ 4,000 people.

            The five companies are CoreTech Revolution in the health care information technology category; I-DENTI-FIED in the health and life science gazelle category; Neil Mylet, CEO and founder of LoadOut Technologies for young profession of the year category; Nanovis in the health and life science company category; Officescape in the clean technology/energy innovation category; and Scale Computing in the information technology company category.

            Winners will be announced May 7 at the Mira Awards Gala at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis.