Archive for the ‘Mississippi 100 Private Companies’ Category

Leading Private Companies: No. 3 — Howard Industries Inc.

by Amy McCullough Published: October 17,2010

Tags: Howard Industries Inc., Leading Private Companies

$900 Million (Last year No. 3) Established in 1968, Howard Industries has grown to become a billion-dollar company with sales in 120 foreign countries. Howard Industries manufactures and sells distribution and power transformers, regulators, ballast, indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures, lamp bulbs and over 190,000 electronic and computer products. Howard also has a transportation company. [...] [...]

Leading Private Companies: No. 4 — Staplcotn

by Amy McCullough Published: October 17,2010

Tags: Leading Private Companies, Staplcotn

$625 Million (Last year No. 5) Formed in 1921 with the name Staple Cotton Cooperative Association, Staplcotn was a response to marketing problems experienced by Mississippi Delta cotton farmers. Based in Greenwood, formerly known as the Cotton Capital of the World, Staplcotn is the oldest and one of the largest cotton marketing cooperatives in the [...] [...]

Leading Private Companies: No. 5 — Stuart C. Irby Company

by Amy McCullough Published: October 17,2010

Tags: Leading Private Companies, Stuart C. Irby Company

$612 Million Founded in 1926 by Mississippian Stuart C. Irby, the Stuart C. Irby Co. is an electrical distributor with a goal of developing high-value relationships with customers, saving them money and helping them avoid low-bid relationships with multiple vendors. Irby distributes some 45,000 electrical products to electrical utilities, industrial customers and commercial builders from [...] [...]

Godwin relies on experience, adaptation

by Laura Smith Published: October 17,2010

Tags: GodwinGroup, Leading Private Companies

Middle of the Pack snapshot: No. 87 Handling public affairs like their own is what group has historically been known for With 73 years of experience in advertising, GodwinGroup stays ahead of the curve by providing sophisticated services while adapting to the evolving digital marketing world. “The secret to our success is our being able [...] [...]

List mirrors large segment of state economy

by Amy McCullough Published: October 17,2010

Tags: privately held companies, The Mississippi 100, Top 100

At 21 years old, The Top 100 is still the only definitive gauge of the most successful companies in state The Mississippi Business Journal began its annual Top 100 ranking in 1989. Twenty-one years later, “The Mississippi 100” is still the only definitive ranking of Mississippi’s top privately held companies. The list is a mirror of a [...] [...]

Dunlap: We don’t participate in recessions

by Nash Nunnery Published: October 19,2009

Tags: Dunlap & Kyle Company Inc., Gateway Tire Center

Family-owned tire company has continued to grow and get stronger through the years   Tires are where the rubber meets the road,, literally and figuratively, for Dunlap & Kyle Company Inc. From humble beginnings nearly 80 years ago to its present status as a multi-million-dollar corporation, this homegrown company is again ranked in the top [...] [...]

20 years and still growing

by Clay Chandler Published: October 19,2009

Tags: McAlister's Deli, Phil Friedman

  McALISTER’S Deli now has nearly 300 restaurants in 22 states   Twenty years ago, McAlister’s Deli opened its first restaurant in Oxford and quickly became a hit in the small college town for its soups, sandwiches and sweet tea. That restaurant on University Drive was the beginning of what is now McAlister’s Corporation that operates 296 [...] [...]

JBHM Architects still ‘ready to go’

by Wally Northway Published: October 19,2009

Tags: architects, JBHM

Firm preparing to celebrate its 40th anniversary Next year, JBHM Architects will celebrate its 40th anniversary. The firm is still going over its celebration plans, but Richard McNeel, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, IIDA, partner with the firm, said JBHM definitely is “ready to go” 40 more years and beyond. “We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished, [...] [...]

On-Site Fuel Service keeping tanks full

by Wally Northway Published: October 19,2009

Tags: Fuel Service, On-Site

Fuel service company ‘addicted to growth’   Greg Nethery was a student at Hinds Community College in the mid-1980s when he saw a vehicle of one of the college’s vendors pass by the window of his classroom. He wondered who maintained that company’s fleet, and how much that maintenance cost. Perhaps there was a business [...] [...]

Family business earns way into Top 100

by Nash Nunnery Published: October 19,2009

Tags: Eat With Us Group, Sweet Peppers Deli

Eat With Us Group is known better around Mississippi by the Sweet Peppers Deli restaurants   Some people might not recognize the corporate name, but if you are a Mississippian, there’s a good chance that you might know its dining establishments. And it’s probably no surprise that Eat With Us Group is ranked on the [...] [...]

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