oicesGrowing Up MetricThe story of World Wide Metric’s steady growth and promising future.Words are powerful, and “Growing up Metric,” the title of the recently released book by George Contos, the energetic CEO and second-generation ‘Contos’ leader of World Wide Metric, is a ? tting title. Contos recently sat with Maritime Reporter & Engineering News in his Branchburg, N.J. headquarters to discuss how his company has grown from roughly $3 million per year when he took over in 2000, to over $20 million per year today, with its course set for $50 million by 2026.By Greg Trauthwein32 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • AUGUST 2016MR #8 (26-33).indd 32 8/4/2016 8:53:45 AM