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Capel, Inc., located in Troy, is the country's largest privately owned rug manufacturer and importer. Started in 1917 by A. Lon Capel, the company is currently run by his three sons. While Capel, with $50 million in sales in 1998, has a strong market position, competition is growing. As the third-generation prepares to assume control, the company is trying to decide whether to become a major retailer or to continue as an importer and manufacturer.
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37166
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With the same theme as another article in this edition, Susan Stafford Kelly's, “For the Love of Fish,” this article profiles North Carolina companies owned by the same families. Among the forty were Joe Sugar’s of St. Paul’s, founded 1916; Winston-Salem’s Quality Oil, established 1937; Raleigh’s Capitol Broadcasting, founded 1937; Morehead City’s El’s Drive-In, established 1959.
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7436
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Mary Clara Capel, administrative director of Capel, Inc., Troy, North Carolina, is devoted to the rug company started by her grandfather in 1917. Capel has worked from the mailroom to the showroom and knows the family business inside out. She joined the company in 1981 and worked in sales in Atlanta and San Francisco before returning to Troy in 1997. Capel, Inc., is the country's largest privately owned rug manufacturer and importer.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 63 Issue 10, Oct 2005, p56-59, por