Record #:

15755

Author(s):

Bailey, David

Abstract:

Shane Cooper, who founded Defeet International Inc. in Hildebran, near Hickory, in 1993, is BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine's 2011 North Carolina Small Business of the Year. The company, which specializes in making bicycling socks, employs thirty-five people and projects 2011 revenues of $4.5 million.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 31 Issue 12, Dec 2011, p32-39, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

DeFeet International, Inc. (Hildebran); Small business--Hildebran; Cycling--equipment and supplies; Socks--Hildebran

Record #:

15756

Author(s):

Bailey, David

Abstract:

Mercer Design Group PC, a civil and structural engineering firm co-owned by Marvin Mercer and his wife Wendy, is a runner-up in the 2011 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. Headquartered in Weaverville and founded in 2003, the company has faced tough years but is improving with projected revenues in 2011 of $650,000.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 31 Issue 12, Dec 2011, p40-41, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Engineering firms--Weaverville; Mercer Design Group PC (Weaverville); Small business--Weaverville

Record #:

15757

Author(s):

Bailey, David

Abstract:

Rhino Assembly Corp., co-owned by Dan Brooks and Leif Anderson, is a runner-up in the 2011 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. Located in Charlotte and founded in 2000, the company specializes in providing customized tools for auto and aircraft manufacturers. Projected revenues for 2011 are $9.5 million, and the company employs a staff of nineteen.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 31 Issue 12, Dec 2011, p42-43, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Rhino Assembly Corp. (Charlotte); Tools--Design and construction--Charlotte; Small business--Charlotte

Record #:

15758

Author(s):

Bailey, David

Abstract:

Jill Marcus and Karen Teed worked by day and cooked by night to get their business, Something Classic Catering & Cafes Inc., up and running. Headquartered in Charlotte, the company specializes in catering, for example, some of Charlotte's highest-profile events, and opening eight eateries. Founded in 1989, Something Classic employs 69 full-time and 112 part-time people. Projected revenues for 2011 are $5.8 million.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 31 Issue 12, Dec 2011, p44-45, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Restaurants--Charlotte

Record #:

15759

Author(s):

McKenzie, Ana

Abstract:

These are anxious times for the state's general contractors where a lack of bank-funded credit has deterred companies from expanding and building. To keep going, companies are taking whatever work there is wherever they can find it. BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine ranks the top twenty-five general contractors in the state by revenues for the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2011. Balfour Beatty Construction LLC of Charlotte heading the list.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 31 Issue 12, Dec 2011, p52-53, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Construction industry--Statistics

Record #:

15760

Author(s):

Martin, Edward

Abstract:

Hans Doellgast and his twenty-seven employees at Jade Mountains Builders LLC build award-winning houses in the Asheville area that are healthy for both people and the environment. He started his company seven years ago, and the houses combine Asian aesthetics with mountain materials. He calls the architectural style Jappalachian.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 31 Issue 12, Dec 2011, p54-59, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

House construction--Asheville; Jade Mountains Builders LLC (Asheville)

Record #:

15766

Author(s):

Williams, Thomas A.

Abstract:

Dewey Hudson, an East Carolina University graduate, was teaching school in Tarboro when he decided to make a career change and build houses in 1974. However, it was a chance finding of a dismantled old house that started his business. Underneath the weathered, beat-up exterior, a fine piece of beautiful timber was hiding. That created the Joinery Co., an annual $3 million supplier of antique heart-pine flooring, paneling, and other rare woods and a crafter of specialty mill work.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 8, Aug 1988, p56-59, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Joinery Co. (Tarboro); Family-owned business enterprises--Tarboro; Hudson, Dewey

Record #:

15768

Author(s):

Bailey, David

Abstract:

Bob McFarland Franklin is the founder and lead editor at McFarland & Co. Inc., located in Jefferson in Ashe County. It is the state's largest privately owned book publisher, and its market is a narrow one--scholarly and reference books--marketed to libraries and the general public. McFarland is not into trade publishing.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 9, Sept 1988, p32-36, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Books; Publishers and publishing--Jefferson; Family-owned business enterprises--Jefferson; McFarland & Co. Inc. (Jefferson)

Record #:

15769

Author(s):

Matson, Robert

Abstract:

Garry Snook is president of Performance Bicycle Shop, based in Chatham County near Chapel Hill. He, wife Susan, and brother Richard started the business six years ago with $25,000 in savings. Today it is the nation's largest bicycle mail-order retailer. The company has stores in five states, and it makes clothing for cyclists at operation in Graham.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 9, Sept 1988, p40-44, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cycling--Equipment and supplies--Chatham County; Performance Bicycle Shop (Chatham County)

Record #:

15770

Author(s):

Sellmeyer, Sheri

Abstract:

In 1900, women were a large part of the workforce in the textile industry and in hosiery and knit goods. Then women had extended families to fall back on to look after their children while at work. Today's woman doesn't have that luxury of an extended family, whether they work in textiles or other industries. To help out with this situation, some employers are providing on-site-day care centers, but the numbers are small. North Carolina only has twelve employer-operated centers. Sellmeyer examines how this benefits both the employee and the employer.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 10, Oct 1988, p16-17, 19, 21-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Employer-supported day care

Record #:

15771

Author(s):

Britt, Suzanne

Abstract:

Woodland, a tiny town (pop. 861), in Northampton County has an economy supported by the making of bargain-priced caskets. The town has a shirt factory; a basket company and a zipper plant have closed. Three companies make caskets for the budget minded--Parker Manufacturing Co. (65 employees); Tar Heel Casket (35 employees); and Terra Sales Inc. (11 employees).

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 10, Oct 1988, p60-62, 65, 67, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Coffin industry--Woodland

Record #:

15772

Author(s):

Padilla, Arthur; Cunningham, Hugh

Abstract:

College sports are a multi-million dollar investment. With so much money and prestige on the line at many schools, earning is often pitted against learning. Such pressure is changing the rules of college sports. Arthur Padilla, associate vice-president for academic affairs for the 16-campus University of North Carolina and a member of the economics faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill and Hugh Cunningham, professor of journalism emeritus at the University of Florida, who has served as a special assistant to its president and as director of university information, offer two views on what has happened and what should be done.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 11, Nov 1988, p28-30, 32-35, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

College sports--Management

Record #:

15777

Author(s):

Pace, Lee

Abstract:

Pace discusses the money that universities and their sports teams pull in when the team logo is licensed for sales. In many schools the university and the sports department divide the royalties equally. When the licensing program began in the state in 1982-83, UNC received royalties of $43,000. By 1987-88, royalties had grown to $270,000.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 11, Nov 1988, p36-41, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

College sports; Trademark licenses

Record #:

15778

Author(s):

Sellmeyer, Sheri

Abstract:

One out of every four foreign-owned companies in the state calls Germany home. There are over 400 foreign companies here and of that number 107 are German. Germany, along with Canada and England, are the top foreign employers in the state, having more than 20,000 employees and investments of over $1 billion. Top products for Germany are machinery (non-electrical) 30 companies, service industries, 14 companies, and electrical and electronic machinery, 10 companies.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 11, Nov 1988, p48-53, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Business enterprises, Foreign

Record #:

15981

Author(s):

Martin, Edward

Abstract:

Reggie Fountain managed his successful motorboat company for 30 years building approximately 10,000 speed boats for celebrities, dignitaries, and presidents. After years of successes his company and subsidiaries declared bankruptcy in late 2009. Fountain's company meant more than making him a millionaire but kept hundreds of Beaufort County citizens employed, becoming the county's largest private employer.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 31 Issue 8, Aug 2011, p46-53, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Boats and boating--North Carolina, Eastern