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14749
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On May 15, 1985, the Biltmore Estate Winery will open, marking the start of a new industry for Biltmore House & Gardens. It is the brainchild of William A. V. Cecil, grandson of George Vanderbilt who built the Estate. Production will start with 25,000 cases a year, and officials predict that by 1994, the winery will be producing 100,000 cases a year.
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14750
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine and Arthur Andersen & Company second annual ranking of the state's top one hundred privately-held companies reveals a change at the top. McDevitt and Street, a Charlotte general contractor, dropped from first to third. Blue Bell, Inc., a Greensboro manufacturer of jeans and other casual and work apparel, took over the top spot.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 6, June 1985,
p13-14, 16-18, 20, 22, il
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14751
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Founded in 1937 and headquartered in Weldon, Coastal Lumber Company is the second largest privately held forest products company in the country, with annual sales of over $120 million. Coastal employs 1,500 at twenty production sites in nine states and owns 160,000 acres of timberland. International sales offices are located in Los Angles, Belgium, and Germany.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 6, June 1985,
p25-26, il
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14752
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A. O. Redding, a High Point craftsman, started Alma Furniture in 1885. In 1921, Charles E. Hayworth, Sr. purchased the company, dropped furniture making, and began specializing in wooden desks and other furniture designed for office and institutional use. Alma is now one of the top three producers of wooden office furniture in the country. Sales in 1984 exceeded $70 million, and the company remains a family-owned business.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 6, June 1985,
p27-28, il
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14753
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Mirror-making is a fairly crowded business, but Carolina Mirror stands out from the rest. Ed F. Garner founded the company in North Wilkesboro in 1936. Recently edged out of the number one position in the world by a German manufacturer, Carolina Mirror is now the world's second largest mirror-maker and largest in this country. In the beginning the company sold mirrors to furniture makers, but has expanded to retail mirrors and distributor mirrors. Carolina Mirror posted sales of almost $50 million in 1984.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 6, June 1985,
p31-32, por
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14754
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J. Roy David, Sr. and Lawrence Switzer started S & D Coffee in Charlotte in 1927, and two years later moved the company to Concord. At the beginning the company sold its product on the retail market through mom and pop stores and country markets. However, the market changed after World War II with the rise of the large supermarket chains which threatened smaller grocery stores. Davis shifted his coffee business to the commercial side, focusing on a customer base of food service suppliers, such as restaurants, hospitals, offices, and convenience stores. From ten employees twenty-five years ago, S & D has grown to over 300 today in thirteen states.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 6, June 1985,
p35-36, por
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14755
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Miller examines some of the boat builders' operations in the state, how they view their businesses, and prospects for the future. Most are currently enjoying good times and some are talking of expansion. Among the builders are Hatteras Yachts, Grady-White Boats, and Albemarle Boats, Inc.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 6, June 1985,
p58-60, 62, il
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14756
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In 1972, Ed Mayorga bought R & E Electronics, a struggling Wilmington telecommunications company, for $3,000. Although the company had been in business since 1952, it had a less-then-wonderful financial status, making about $36,000 in yearly sales and holding a $70,000 deficit. Mayorga paid off the debt in three years, and today he expects the company will see $25 million in sales in 1985.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 6, June 1985,
p63-66, por
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14757
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Jim Crockett, Sr., began promoting professional wrestling events in Charlotte in Charlotte in 1935. His son, Jim, Jr., followed him into the business and took over the operations when his father died in 1973. Crockett discusses what is involved in promoting wrestling.
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14758
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In 1981, William Seymour and Olin Broadway co-founded Broadway & Seymour in Charlotte, a software company serving the banking and legal industries. The company is seeking to create a niche in the software market by providing custom-tailored programs in various fields and standardized software for the financial industry. Revenues reached $7 million in 1984 and are expected to be $30 million in 1985.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 8, Aug 1985,
p31-32, por
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14869
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While many developers, local officials, and chambers of commerce worry about the construction market overheating, the boom continues around the state. Adams examines construction in the state's three largest markets which account for over half of the projects reported - Raleigh/Durham Research Triangle, Charlotte/Mecklenburg, and the Piedmont Triad of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 8, Aug 1985,
p41-42, 44-45, 47, il
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14870
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA profiles four key players in the state's construction industry - J. M. Dixon Inc.; Jones Group Inc.; G. Smedes York; and Henry Faison.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 8, Aug 1985,
p50-51, 53-54, 56-58, por
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14872
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Bob Lowry heads a Charlotte commercial janitorial service called Better Cleaning Service. The firm provides full or part-time jobs to over 200 people and grosses nearly $2 million a year.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 9, Sept 1985,
p64-65, por
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14873
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At 17, Reid Hoke was a jockey racing on tracks from New York to Oklahoma. Now he is pursuing a new career -- opening a brewery and bottling his own beer in Raleigh. The brewery will make unpasteurized German-style beer the old fashioned way. His company will be called the Raleigh Brewing Company, and its lager, Raleigh Pilsner.
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14874
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Mobile home construction in the state is doing very well. Figures from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) for 1984 rank North Carolina third in the number of units manufactured with 28,197. Only Texas and Georgia produced more. Two of the four major third tier companies are located in the state - Oakwood and Conner. They soon may be joined by a third as Manufactured Homes, Inc. of Winston-Salem has announced its entry into the manufacturing side of the business.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 5 Issue 10, Oct 1985,
p22-24, 26-29, 32-33, por
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