MANCHESTER — Cellular Specialties Inc. and Benefit Strategies of Manchester were selected for the 2012 Inner City 100, a list from the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and Fortune Magazine of the fastest-growing inner city companies in the U.S.

The Inner City 100 program recognizes successful inner city companies and their CEOs as role models for entrepreneurship, innovative business practices, and job creation in America's urban communities.

Cellular Specialties Inc., is No. 63 on the list and Benefit Strategies is No. 66 on the list. The full list can be viewed at Fortune.com.

The rankings for each company were announced at the Inner City 100 Awards earlier this month in Boston.

Winners attended a two-day small business symposium featuring executive education case studies and how-to workshops from Harvard Business School, Babson College, Boston University, Next Street and R/GA.

In the last 14 years, 720 different companies have earned positions on the Inner City 100, collectively generating more than $2.2 billion in annual revenues and creating nearly 73,000 new jobs.