Record #:

36312

Author(s):

Martin, Cathy

Abstract:

FLS Energy, a solar energy company, joined the ranks of other privately owned businesses with bright economic and occupational futures in North Carolina. Among the other 99 companies highlighted were Ennis-Flint, Rodgers Builders, Camco, Hissho Sushi, and Allen Industries. Factors these businesses often held in common included employees retaining majority ownership, being family owned, and starting with a single product.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 10, October 2016, p84 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Solar energy; Solar power; Private companies; Wind power; Renewable energy; Renewable energy sources; Business owners; Family-owned business enterprises; Charlotte--Businesses; Triangle East; Hissho Sushi; Manufacturing industries; Industrial equipment; Camping

Record #:

42825

Author(s):

Solender, Michael J.

Abstract:

SteelFab is one of the nation’s largest fabricators of structural steel and ranks No. 18 among North Carolina’s largest private companies. Located in west Mecklenburg County, it was founded 65 years ago by former sharecropper and mill worker, J. Glenn Sherrill.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 9, September 2020, p38-43 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Steel industry and trade--Mecklenburg County; Sherrill, J. Glenn; Private companies

Record #:

42826

Author(s):

Mildenberg, David

Abstract:

Alex Lee Inc. ranks No. 6 among North Carolina’s largest private companies. Owner Brian George is steadily maneuvering dramatic changes and increasing competition running the company’s 74 store retail chain, Lowes Foods and its Hickory based wholesale food distributor, MDI, which supplies more than 600 grocery stores globally. Moses George started the company initially in 1931 and by 1956, it had become Merchants Distributors Inc.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 9, September 2020, p58-61 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Food service industry; Food distribution companies; Private companies; Alex Lee Inc

Record #:

42827

Author(s):

Cuthrell, Shannon

Abstract:

Richard Boyd owns Tanjo, a Carrboro-based artificial intelligence company which uses virtual simulations and machine learning to improve market research and assist organizations in spotting redundancies in their internal processes. Tango’s clients include insurers, banks, the North Carolina Community College System and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of N.C. among others.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 9, September 2020, p20-21 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Market research--artificial intelligence; Carrboro; Carrboro--private companies; Private companies