Top executive: John Guenin
Street: 6900 Poe Ave.
City & Zip: Dayton 45414
Year started: 1976
Phone: (937) 890-0711
Fax: (937) 890-2392
Principal business: Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: Material handling solutions including lift trucks,conveyors and integrated systems.
Sales for 1997: $29.8 million
Miami Valley employees: 60
Employees elsewhere: 70
No. of shareholders: 4
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: KMH is focused on integrating and automating ways to move andorganize inventory. It is looking for businesses to acquire as the industryconsolidates. The goal is to be a $150 million company operating in Ohio andIndiana.

Top executive: Clifford Alexander
Street: 1747 Commerce Drive, P.O. Box 1673
City & Zip: Piqua 45356
Year started: 1972
Phone: (937) 773-7000
Fax: (937) 773-4823
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Manufacturer of polyethylene bags and sheeting forindustrial packaging.
Sales for 1997: $29.6 million
Miami Valley employees: 60
Employees elsewhere: 30
No. of shareholders: 3
Hdqtrs county: Miami
Outlook: Expansion is under way to house new manufacturing equipment.Should be finished by fall.

Top executive: George E. Kling Jr.
Street: 2500 E. River Road
City & Zip: Dayton 45439
Year started: 1934
Phone: (937) 298-4371
Fax: (937) 297-3123
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Production of ready mix concrete and delivery tovarious construction job sites throughout southwest Ohio.
Sales for 1997: $28.5 million
Miami Valley employees: 100
Employees elsewhere: 80
No. of shareholders: 1
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The company is expanding its sand and gravel operations inGermantown and Middletown, but a shortage of cement-truck drivers willcontinue to slow the company's growth.

Top executive: Robert J. Shiffler
Street: P.O. Box 1108
City & Zip: Gettysburg 45328
Year started: 1982
Phone: (937) 447-2055
Fax: (937) 447-7575
Principal business: Retail
Thumbnail sketch: The lease-purchase business of name-brand appliances,electronics, furniture, jewelry and home accessories.
Sales for 1997: $28.1 million
Miami Valley employees: 90
Employees elsewhere: 310
No. of shareholders: 1
Hdqtrs county: Miami
Outlook: May be opening a few new stores in Ohio and Indiana.

Top executive: David L. Wyse
Street: 3680 Wyse Road
City & Zip: Dayton 45414
Year started: 1951
Phone: (937) 890-1800
Fax: (937) 890-4911
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Electronics manufacturing, including audio indicators,transducers, circuit board assemblies and cable harnesses.
Sales for 1997: $28.1 million
Miami Valley employees: 90
Employees elsewhere: 1
No. of shareholders: 9
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Recent investment in a South Korean company is expected to boostrevenues 20-30 percent. New products in development could triple sales by theyear 2000.

Top executive: Robert L. Zielsdorf
Street: 500 S. Vandemark Road, P.O. Box 769
City & Zip: Sidney 45365
Year started: 1913
Phone: (937) 492-4158
Fax: (937) 492-3688
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Makes and sells bakery equipment.
Sales for 1997: $28 million
Miami Valley employees: 113
Employees elsewhere: 69
No. of shareholders: 1
Hdqtrs county: Shelby
Outlook: Peerless earned ISO9000 certification last year, which Zielsdorfhopes will help generate more sales in overseas markets.

Top executive: Douglas Scholz
Street: 4671 Poplar Creek Road, P.O. Box 373
City & Zip: Vandalia 45377
Year started: 1969
Phone: (937) 890-7570
Fax: (937) 890-8303
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Makes factory-built, single-family houses sold throughcontractors in Ohio and neighboring states.
Sales for 1997: $27 million
Miami Valley employees: 200
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 7
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: In March, the company completed a 6,000-square-foot officeaddition and a 7,000-square-foot plant addition. New designs are being offeredtargeting the 1,800- to 3,000-square-foot market. Unibilt also will introducea line of houses compatible with early 1900s urban architecture.

Top executive: Donald P. Herres
Street: 5860 Possum Run Road, P.O. Box 304
City & Zip: Dayton 45440
Year started: 1972
Phone: (937) 848-6231
Fax: (937) 848-4324
Principal business: Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: Wholesaler of gold and silver for the U.S. Mint to coinshops around the country.
Sales for 1997: $27 million
Miami Valley employees: 5
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 2
Hdqtrs county: Greene
Outlook: This year's hot new product, half-ounce platinum coins with a$100 face value, have been a big success. The company also deals in vintageautographs and offers authentication service. Rare autographs represents about25 percent of sales.

Top executive: Michael Johnson
Street: 1 Prestige Place, Suite 535
City & Zip: Miamisburg 45342
Year started: 1978
Phone: (937) 435-5401
Fax: (937) 435-5402
Principal business: Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: The company is a contract supplier of coal, metals andpaper products to industry.
Sales for 1997: $26.7 million
Miami Valley employees: 4
Employees elsewhere: 50
No. of shareholders: 2
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Looking into new product lines. Will continue to work withDayton-based Standard Register Co., supplying paper to certain plants.

Top executive: George Homan
Street: 3201 Encrete Lane
City & Zip: Dayton 45439
Year started: 1977
Phone: (937) 294-8265
Fax: (937) 294-5360
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Makes and distributes industrial and institutionaldetergents and water based lubricants.
Sales for 1997: $26 million
Miami Valley employees: 25
Employees elsewhere: 70
No. of shareholders: 4
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The company is growing fast and expects to add 15-20 employeeshere and elsewhere, mostly in sales. Last year, the company purchasedHouston-based Rust Specialty Chemicals, which boosted sales by $8 million.

Top executive: John L. Witt
Street: 1671 Martindale Road, P.O. Box 808
City & Zip: Greenville 45331
Year started: 1972
Phone: (937) 548-7272
Fax: (937) 547-6046
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Manufacturer and supplier of various plastic films,interior construction panels and polystyrene fluorescent lighting panels forsuspended ceilings.
Sales for 1997: $25.7 million
Miami Valley employees: 73
Employees elsewhere: 39
No. of shareholders: 4
Hdqtrs county: Darke
Outlook: The company will launch a redesigned computer web site and putmore emphasis on marketing.

Top executive: George G. Malacos
Street: 2830 E. River Road, P.O. Box 237
City & Zip: Dayton 45449
Year started: 1956
Phone: (937) 293-4194
Fax: (937) 293-1168
Principal business: Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: Material handling distributor; Cat lift trucks,industrial cleaning equipment, aerial work, platform equipment, industrialbatteries and chargers, other products relating to material handling.
Sales for 1997: $25.7 million
Miami Valley employees: 95
Employees elsewhere: 30
No. of shareholders: 1
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Malacos will continue the company's expansion in the Toledomarket. He will add two sales representatives.

Top executive: H. Brockman Anderson
Street: 1 Arena Drive
City & Zip: Dayton 45408
Year started: 1934
Phone: (937) 222-1001
Fax: (937) 222-0138
Principal business: Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: Miller Beer distributor.
Sales for 1997: $25.1 million
Miami Valley employees: 44
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 4
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The company will develop teamwork skills of its workforce inhopes of sustaining the revenue growth of the last four years.

Top executive: Eric Marcus
Street: 2324 Stanley Ave.
City & Zip: Dayton 45404
Year started: 1977
Phone: (937) 226-0521
Fax: (937) 226-1076
Principal business: Retail
Thumbnail sketch: A Domino's Pizza franchisee, operating stores in Greeneand Montgomery counties as well as Richmond, Bloomington and Indianapolis,Ind.
Sales for 1997: $24.8 million
Miami Valley employees: 433
Employees elsewhere: 488
No. of shareholders: 3
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Rolling out a new heated hot bag that maintains pizzas at 170degrees Fahrenheit. Remodeling stores and will introduce new flavored crusts.

Top executive: Jerrett Thomas
Street: 6 N. Main Street, Suite 370
City & Zip: Dayton 45402
Year started: 1993
Phone: (937) 222-2900
Fax: (937) 222-9259
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Design and operate performance-improvement programs andmarketing campaigns for major corporations.
Sales for 1997: $24 million
Miami Valley employees: 51
Employees elsewhere: 11
No. of shareholders: 90
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The company will continue to develop Internet and intranetmarketing capabilities for major corporations. It will continue to look foracquisitions or mergers of businesses with similar beliefs and cultures.

Top executive: Frank V. Casella
Street: 1889 Radio Road
City & Zip: Dayton 45431
Year started: 1972
Phone: (937) 252-5252
Fax: (937) 258-7024
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Four subsidiaries include tool and die machines andmetal stamping.
Sales for 1997: $23.9 million
Miami Valley employees: 293
Employees elsewhere: 4
No. of shareholders: 4
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Will work on getting profitable in its stamping and productionoperations that moved into a new building two years ago.

Top executive: Richard Anglin II
Street: 1516 Stanley Avenue, P.O. Box 583
City & Zip: Dayton 45401
Year started: 1979
Phone: (937) 461-5800
Fax: (937) 586-6031
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Decorator and fabricator of aluminum and plastic trimfor the automotive, appliance and consumer electronic industries.
Sales for 1997: $23.6 million
Miami Valley employees: 73
Employees elsewhere: 197
No. of shareholders: 2
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Declined comment.

Top executive: Daniel P. French
Street: 1035 W. Greene St., P.O. Box 920
City & Zip: Piqua 45356
Year started: 1900
Phone: (937) 773-3420
Fax: (937) 773-3424
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Designs and manufactures machinery for extractingvegetable oil from oil-bearing seeds and nuts. Also makes mechanical screwpresses.
Sales for 1997: $ 22.1 million
Miami Valley employees: 102
Employees elsewhere: 2
No. of shareholders: 38
Hdqtrs county: Miami
Outlook: The company will seek more large-scale, hydraulic compositemolding press business. It will pursue productivity improvement programstarted earlier.

Top executive: Lawrence Connor/James Murphy
Street: 7777 Washington Village Drive., Suite 290
City & Zip: Dayton 45459
Year started: 1991
Phone: (937) 434-3095
Fax: (937) 434-6215
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Specializes in the business of restructuring ofunder-performing real estate assets.
Sales for 1997: $22 million
Miami Valley employees: 83
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 2
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The firm will continue building an experienced senior managementteam while developing different acquisition strategies. The forecast is for$200 million in new acquisitions over the next five years.

Top executive: Craig Johnson
Street: 1129 Miamisburg-Centerville Road
City & Zip: Dayton 45449
Year started: 1995
Phone: (937) 866-7421
Fax: (937) 423-3834
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Manufacturer of customized business forms withproduction facilities in Leipsic and Bellville, Texas, and distribution to all50 states and Puerto Rico.
Sales for 1997: $22 million
Miami Valley employees: 22
Employees elsewhere: 125
No. of shareholders: 3
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The company is improving productivity and been acquiring newequipment. It has entered a partnership with an envelope manufacturer andnegotiated new loan agreements to increase its borrowing capacity.

Top executive: Raymond P. Koenig
Street: 16240 C R 25-A, P.O. Box 549
City & Zip: Botkins 45306
Year started: 1904
Phone: (937) 693-2221
Fax: (937) 693-6236
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Operates farm machinery and lawn- and grounds- careservice centers in Western Ohio.
Sales for 1997: $21.5 million
Miami Valley employees: 53
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 19
Hdqtrs county: Shelby
Outlook: In January, company acquired two new dealers and will bebuilding two new stores in Urbana and Oxford.

Top executive: Michael Adams
Street: 2735 Needmore Road
City & Zip: Dayton 45414
Year started: 1983
Phone: (937) 274-5318
Fax: (937) 274-0836
Principal business: Construction
Thumbnail sketch: General contractor primarily in water treatment andwastewater treatment plant projects.
Sales for 1997: $21.4 million
Miami Valley employees: 25
Employees elsewhere: 104
No. of shareholders: 2
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The company plans to control overhead costs while boostingproductivity.

Top executive: Brian Wenrick
Street: 1414 Commerce Park Drive
City & Zip: Tipp City 45371
Year started: 1979
Phone: (937) 667-4485
Fax: (937) 667-3647
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Extruded PVC to the automotive window trim market.
Sales for 1997: $21 million
Miami Valley employees: 250
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 2
Hdqtrs county: Miami
Outlook: No response

Top executive: Roger W. Walters
Street: 2800 E. River Road
City & Zip: Dayton 45439
Year started: 1977
Phone: (937) 643-4100
Fax: (937) 643-4110
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: CAD CAM is a leader in computer-aided drawingengineering services.
Sales for 1997: $21 million
Miami Valley employees: 60
Employees elsewhere: 380
No. of shareholders: 1
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: CAD CAM may open two more offices. This year's largest capitalinvestment probably will be be high-end computer hardware and softwareplatforms to support new partnerships with Fortune 100 companies.

Top executive: Alan L. King
Street: 2850 Needmore Road
City & Zip: Dayton 45414
Year started: 1984
Phone: (937) 277-2929
Fax: (937) 277-7757
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Designs and builds special assembly and test equipmentof varying levels of automation for the automotive appliance andtelecommunications industry.
Sales for 1997: $20.9 million
Miami Valley employees: 153
Employees elsewhere: 8
No. of shareholders: 1
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: We don't look at 1998 as being stronger than 1997. Theautomotive industry, one of our major customers, is becoming more and morepreoccupied with Y2K compliance. We anticipate the next two years as beingsoft until those Y2K questions are resolved.