Hall County recognized three area industries excelling in their economic impact, corporate responsibility and workforce at the fourth annual Industry Appreciation awards Wednesday at Gainesville’s Chattahoochee Country Club. Hosted by the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Lanier Technical College, industry of the year awards were presented to Zebra Technologies Corp. of Oakwood in the small category of companies with 0-50 employees, Bitzer US Inc. of Oakwood in the medium category of 51-200 employees and Kubota Manufacturing of America Corp. of Gainesville in the large category of 201 or more employees. “Because you’re honoring industries, you see their importance in this region and in this state,” said Jackie Rohosky, assistant commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia.