Sunday, October 03, 1999
GREATER CINCINNATI 100
List has room for 11 newcomers
Only one company new to the Greater Cincinnati 100 list broke into the top third in revenues — Mike Castrucci Automotive, at 32 — but newcomers dominate the 90-through-100 slots.
Six new companies landed on the list in those positions:
• Richard Goettle Inc., a Fairfield construction company specializing in foundation support systems, at 91.
• Floturn Inc., a Fairfield supplier of photoreceptors to the laser printer market, at 95.
• Viox Services Inc., a Reading integrated facility management and maintenance company, at 97.
• Tape Products Co., a Sycamore Township distributor of pressure sensitive tape, packaging material and related equipment and supplies, at 98.
• The Cincinnati Belting and Transmission Co., a Cincinnati manufacturer and distributor of belting and power transmission products, at 99.
• Riemeier Lumber Co., a Cincinnati distributor of lumber and construction material, at 100.
Other newcomers: Richards Electric Supply Co., a Bond Hill firm, at 77; BSH, a St. Bernard commercial door and hardware company, at 80; Kaeser & Blair Inc., a Batavia distributor of custom imprinted promotional products, at 82; and Jay Industrial Technologies Group Inc., a Cincinnati distribution and engineering company that provides maintenance, at 88.
The majority of the 11 departures from the list occurred because of purchases by out-of-state or publicly traded companies. Seven of those companies were dropped because companies on the list must be private and based in the Tristate.
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List has room for 11 newcomers
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