Record #:

8013

Author(s):

Martin, Edward

Abstract:

There are over 200 crushed-stone quarries in the state, producing about 75.7 million tons of rock worth $589 million in 2005. Most of the rock is used for road work and other construction projects. Buying land for a quarry and getting all the local and state government permission required to operate it takes between five and eight years. Because of this, many quarry operators buy or lease sites that are already approved.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 8, Aug 2006, p62-67, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Quarrying and quarries

Record #:

8014

Author(s):

Richter, Chris

Abstract:

Mark Goldberg is president and CEO of Asheville-based Plasticard Locktech International LLP. The company is the country's largest maker of hotel key cards. Goldberg credits the company's successful growth to investment in new equipment and a willingness to devote 30 of its 120 employees to sales and marketing.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 8, Aug 2006, p26, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hotel room keys

Record #:

8486

Author(s):

Martin, Edward

Abstract:

Kevin Schoolcraft, president of Masterpiece Staircase and Millwork, Inc., is BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine's 2006 North Carolina Small Business of the Year. The company, which was founded in Matthews in 1987, employs thirteen workers and makes custom staircases and millwork. Staircases for luxury homes can cost $100,000 or more. Schoolcraft bought the company eighteen months ago. It was losing money then, but projected revenues for 2006 are over $1.2 million.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 12, Dec 2006, p40-42, 44, 46, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Millwork (Woodwork)--Matthews; Stair building--Matthews

Record #:

8487

Author(s):

Marley, Frank

Abstract:

Arcadia Northstar LLC, headquartered in Rutherfordton, is a runner-up in the 2006 Business North Carolina Small Business of the Year competition. The company's managing partners are Tom Williams, Mark Lawing, and Dave Founce. Arcadia was founded in 2001 and employs thirty people. The company projects revenues of $3.3 million in 2006 and provides financial and other services for charter schools.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 12, Dec 2006, p43, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Charter schools; Financial services industry--Rutherfordton

Record #:

8488

Author(s):

Gray, Tim

Abstract:

Elizabeth City Glass Co., headquartered in Elizabeth City, is a runner-up in the 2006 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. The company was founded in 2001 and employs eight people. Company president Shawn LeMond projects revenues of $320,000. Elizabeth City Glass Co. recycles glass, crushing it into a sandy material for such uses as sandblasting, making concrete, and filtering swimming pools.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 12, Dec 2006, p45, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Recycling industry--Elizabeth City

Record #:

8489

Author(s):

Frank, Maggie

Abstract:

Sageworks Inc., headquartered in Raleigh, is a runner-up in the 2006 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. The company was founded in 1998 and employs 120 people. CEO Brian Hamilton projects revenues of $7.5 million in 2006. The business creates financial-analysis software. Accountants make up 90 percent of the software's users. Sageworks has ten products. Six analyze for-profit companies; two, industry data; one each for nonprofit companies and personal finances.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 12, Dec 2006, p47, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Computer software developers; Computer software--Accounting

Record #:

8491

Author(s):

Murray, Arthur O.

Abstract:

Steve Harrell is curator of exhibit design at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. He is in charge of maintaining whatever is being displayed at the seven-story, 200,000-square-foot Raleigh museum. Harrell discusses the requirements of his job, which include dusting whale bones the dangle from the ceiling and making certain the mechanical exhibits work.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 12, Dec 2006, p50-55, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Natural history museums--Raleigh

Record #:

9643

Author(s):

Kemp, Mark; Martin, Edward

Abstract:

BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine lists the top 100 private companies in the state. The International Group, Inc., a Raleigh distributor of automotive replacement parts, ranked first. Conbraco Industries, Inc., a valve manufacturer in Matthews, is profiled.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 10, Oct 2006, p34-47, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Commercial statistics; Private companies; Valve industry--Matthews

Record #:

9644

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine is celebrating its 25th anniversary and has selected twenty-five people who have had the most impact on the state's economic conditions during the last quarter-century. They include Marc Basnight, William Friday, Harvey Gantt, and Hugh McColl.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 10, Oct 2006, p48-52, 54, 67-68, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Economic conditions; Executives

Record #:

9645

Author(s):

McMillan, Alex Frew

Abstract:

McMillan talks about several Chinese workers and how what they do helps shape the state's economy.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 10, Oct 2006, p70-74, 76-83, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Economic conditions; China

Record #:

9646

Author(s):

Gray, Tim

Abstract:

Gray discusses how the state's economy got where it is and where it will go over the next twenty-years.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 10, Oct 2006, p84--88, 90, 92, 94-95, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Economic conditions; Business forecasting

Record #:

9658

Author(s):

Speizer, Irwin

Abstract:

Insteel Industries, Inc., based in Mt. Airy, specializes in heavy industry materials, including concrete and steel wire. Speizer discusses the ups and downs of the company.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 1, Jan 2007, p24-33, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Insteel Industries, Inc. (Mount Airy)

Record #:

9659

Author(s):

Martin, Edward

Abstract:

Illegal immigrants who are in North Carolina and who are uninsured for health care are straining already tight budgets in hospitals and threatening to erode the quality of care that hospitals can afford to provide.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 3, Mar 2008, p36-40, 42, 44, 46-47, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Health care; Immigrants--Services for

Record #:

9660

Author(s):

Kemp, Mark

Abstract:

Kemp discusses Dolph Ramseur; his small Concord-based record label--Ramseur Records; and one of his most popular recording and performing groups, the Avett Brothers.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 3, Mar 2007, p58-62, 64-65, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sound recording executives and producers--Concord; Sound recording industry--Concord; Avett Brothers (Musical group)

Record #:

9661

Author(s):

Maley, Frank

Abstract:

Jim Fain, a former banker, became North Carolina's Secretary of Commerce in 2001. In this BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA interview, Fain discusses the state's economy during his tenure.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 2, Feb 2007, p8-12, 14-15, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Economic conditions