Dayton Daily News Library
LIST
Published: Sunday, April 18, 1999
Page: 5F
Section: BUSINESS PAGE
Rank: 34
Baldwin & Whitney Insurance Agency Inc.
Top executive: Donald H. Driskell
Street: 15 E. 4th St.
City & Zip: Dayton 45401
Year started: 1881
Phone: (937) 223-3181
Fax: (937) 223-2993
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Independent, multi-line agency brokering to local,
national and international markets.
Sales for 1998: $39.2 million
Miami Valley employees: 42
Employees elsewhere: 0
Outlook: Baldwin & Whitney is looking for acquisitions to broaden its
business base. A new computer system with e-mail, Internet and World Wide Web
functions will also allow it to broaden its service base and expand its
methods of operations.
Rank: 35
CTG, Inc. (formerly Cables to Go)
Top executive: Michael Shane
Street: 1501 Webster St.
City & Zip: Dayton 45404
Year started: 1984
Phone: (937) 224-8646
Fax: (937) 496-2668
Principal business: Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: Founded as a supplier of computer cables, CTG has
diversified to become a full-service systems integrator.
Sales for 1998: $38.4 million
Miami Valley employees: 133
Employees elsewhere: 5
Outlook: With the acquisition of Pen Cabling Technology in Salt Lake City,
CTG will see "another solid growth year," Michael Shane said. The company
plans to open a network operations center in Dayton in the third quarter.
Shane said the center will manage and monitor local area network activities
for large corporations.
Rank: 36
YSI, Inc.
Top executive: Malte vonMatthiessen
Street: 1700/1725 Brannum Lane
City & Zip: Yellow Springs 45387
Year started: 1948
Phone: (937) 767-7241
Fax: (937) 767-9353
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Makes and sells environmental monitoring equipment for
water quality and other scientific measuring instruments.
Sales for 1998: $38.1 million
Miami Valley employees: 224
Employees elsewhere: 42
Outlook: Efforts to restructure YSI to align it with "the economic forces
of globalization," while scouting for opportunities to acquire complimentary
businesses or product lines, "appear to be paying off," Malte vonMatthiessen
said. Those actions, coupled with several new product lines, should result in
"significant growth" in 1999.
Rank: 37
Dayton Supply & Tool Co.
Top executive: Carl Woessner Jr.
Street: 507 E. First St.
City & Zip: Dayton 45401
Year started: 1936
Phone: (937) 461-4550
Fax: (937) 461-0958
Principal business: Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: Supplier of cutting tools, abrasives and industrial
supplies.
Sales for 1997: $33.7 million
Miami Valley employees: 68
Employees elsewhere: 40
Outlook: January weather slowed business, but Carl Woessner still expects
business to grow from five to 10 percent over 1998. The company expects to
hire more workers to meet the demand. But Woessner also admitted taking time
to watch construction work on Dayton's new minor league baseball stadium.
"We're right next to the baseball park, and we're kind of excited about it,"
he said.
Rank: 38
Presto "America's Favorite Food"
Top executive: V. Philip Weeda
Street: 1522 Manchester Road
City & Zip: West Carrollton 45449
Year started: 1960
Phone: (937) 294-6969
Fax: (937) 534-0279
Principal business: Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: Specialty foodservice distribution of Italian pizza and
deli products to restaurants, pizza shops, schools and specialty food stores.
Sales for 1998: $37.1 million
Miami Valley employees: 78
Employees elsewhere: 47
Outlook: Presto is getting a new fleet of delivery trucks with the latest
mechanical and refrigeration systems and decorative side panels. The company
is planning an expansion of its West Carrollton warehouse to add freezer and
cooler areas. It also plans to acquire other food operations similar to
acquisitions in Newark and Lexington, Ky., in 1997.
Rank: 39
Earhart Petroleum, Inc.
Top executive: Jeffrey Earhart
Street: 1494 Lytle Road
City & Zip: Troy 45373
Year started: 1952
Phone: (937) 335-2928
Fax: (937) 339-5352
Principal business: Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: Wholesale and retail distribution of petroleum products.
Sales for 1998: $37 million
Miami Valley employees: 41
Employees elsewhere: 8
Outlook: "We're continuing to look to grow through acquisitions, and we
plan on several acquisitions in 1999," Jeffrey Earhart said. The company also
expects to grow in all business areas - industrial and fleet lubricants,
wholesale gasoline and diesel delivery, small bulk delivery, and commercial
fueling operations.
Rank: 40
GZK, Inc.
Top executive: Neil M. Kaufman
Street: 660 Fame Road
City & Zip: West Carrollton 45449
Year started: 1959
Phone: (937) 384-1960
Fax: (937) 384-1961
Principal business: Retail
Thumbnail sketch: GZK Inc. owns and operates 33 Arby's and 16 Lee's Famous
Recipe Chicken restaurants.
Sales for 1998: $35 million
Miami Valley employees: 1,125
Employees elsewhere: 0
Outlook: GZK will focus on remodeling stores and recruiting employees for
hourly and management positions. It hopes to build a new Arby's Restaurant.
It's also working on another restaurant concept for the Miami Valley market.
DAYTON TOP 100 1999
Category: BUSINESS - COMPANIES
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PHOTOS: (6):
(#1) Donald H. Driskell
(#2) Michael Shane
(#3) Malte vonMatthiessen
(#4) Carl Woessner Jr.
(#5) V. Philip Weeda
(#6) Neil M. Kaufman
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