The bank was among 25 finalists honored at the awards luncheon. A few other Valley-based finalists included Team Capital Bank of Bethlehem and RETTEW Associates Inc. of Allentown.

The event was held as part of the Lehigh Valley Business EXPO 2012 event at the Agri-Plex which is located at the Allentown Fairgrounds.

More than 1,000 business professionals participated as registered guests and exhibitors at the event.

Also featured at EXPO: an educational seminar on cloud computing by INetU Managed Hosting of Allentown.

This year's event also saw the debut of the Executive Autos feature, which highlighted top-of-the-line luxury vehicles available from several of the Lehigh Valley's auto dealers.