DAYTON TOP 100

Top executive: John Dunlap
Street: 829 Vandemark Road, P.O. Box 4009
City & Zip: Sidney 45365
Year started: 1987
Phone: (937) 498-2194
Fax: (937) 492-1100
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Direct Graphics is a full-service printing, mailing,creative and data services company specializing in production and fulfillmentof direct marketing promotions.
Sales for 1997: $20.8 million
Miami Valley employees: 252
Employees elsewhere: 3
No. of shareholders: 7
Hdqtrs county: Shelby
Outlook: The company will continue to expand its data services divisionand will focus on servicing a broader range of customer needs.

Top executive: Marvin L. Billow
Street: 1400 E. 1st St.
City & Zip: Dayton 45403
Year started: 1924
Phone: (937) 253-3152
Fax: (937) 253-3983
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Manufacturer of forged steel components for the autoindustry.
Sales for 1997: $20.4 million
Miami Valley employees: 119
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 3
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Company expects a fourth consecutive year of record sales. Italso will complete an expansion, install new equipment and bolster theengineering and sales organizations.

Top executive: Warren E. Webster II
Street: 3400 Office Park Drive, P.O. 1630
City & Zip: Dayton 45401
Year started: 1873
Phone: (937) 294-6261
Fax: (937) 297-7173
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Makes lifting and linear positioning equipment andengineered systems.
Sales for 1997: $19.4 million
Miami Valley employees: 100
Employees elsewhere: 60
No. of shareholders: 9
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Expanding plant in Portland, Ind. The company will look foracquisitions.

Top executive: Douglas Baker
Street: 765 Liberty Lane, P.O. Box 73
City & Zip: Dayton 45449
Year started: 1970
Phone: (937) 866-2402
Fax: (937) 866-0516
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Lawn care services for residential and commercialproperties.
Sales for 1997: $19 million
Miami Valley employees: 85
Employees elsewhere: 255
No. of shareholders: 23
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Company plans to open new branches in Denver or Philadelphia orboth.

Top executive: Galen Woodhouse
Street: 3200 Kettering Blvd.
City & Zip: Dayton 45439
Year started: 1915
Phone: (937) 297-6100
Fax: (937) 297-6106
Principal business: Construction/Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: Interior construction from floors to ceilings.
Sales for 1997: $18.6 million
Miami Valley employees: 160
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 3
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Federal Commercial Interiors, a division of Federal Flooring Co.and a subsidiary of Federal Holdings Inc., recently joined the Dupont FlooringSystems franchise program.

Top executive: Ramesh Mehan
Street: 1020 Woodman Drive, Suite 100
City & Zip: Dayton 45432
Year started: 1987
Phone: (937) 252-2145
Fax: (937) 254-6853
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Provides management consulting and engineeringservices.
Sales for 1997: $18.5 million
Miami Valley employees: 245
Employees elsewhere: 25
No. of shareholders: 1
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The company will emphasize information technology and plans tobuild web sites to work as technical support centers.

Top executive: Howard J. Kurdin
Street: 433 E. Maple Ave.
City & Zip: Dayton 45342
Year started: 1991
Phone: (937) 866-1908
Fax: (937) 866-1909
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Shore to Shore specializes in the worldwide sourcingand printing of UPC/EAN bar code hand tags and labels for the garmentindustry.
Sales for 1997: $18.5 million
Miami Valley employees: 80
Employees elsewhere: 12
No. of shareholders: 3
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Continue to study trends of where garments are made and set upshop in new, developing markets.

Top executive: William V. Homan
Street: 1100 E. Monument Ave.
City & Zip: Dayton 45402
Year started: 1935
Phone: (937) 224-9833
Fax: (937) 224-5648
Principal business: Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigerationand industrial supplies.
Sales for 1997: $18.5 million
Miami Valley employees: 45
Employees elsewhere: 25
No. of shareholders: 4
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The company will add three to four outside sales people. Thegoal is to boost market share with more territory managers. Sales rose $1million, and a 6 percent gain is expected this year. Allied was recognized byJohnson Controls, Milwaukee, as its top distributor in the central U.S. fordirect digital controls.

Top executive: Krishan Joshi
Street: 4401 Dayton-Xenia Road
City & Zip: Dayton 45432
Year started: 1973
Phone: (937) 426-6900
Fax: (937) 429-5413
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Research and development of advanced materials andcoating engineering software products and product-safety consulting.
Sales for 1997: $18 million
Miami Valley employees: 150
Employees elsewhere: 50
No. of shareholders: 105
Hdqtrs county: Greene
Outlook: Investing in new coating technologies that will save wear ontools for the manufacturing industry.

Top executive: James Arnett Jr.
Street: 1101 Negley Place P.O. Box 7248
City & Zip: Dayton 45407
Year started: 1975
Phone: (937) 277-8080
Fax: (937) 277-3951
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Heavy industrial machine rigging and crane rental aswell as mill and ironworker services.
Sales for 1997: $17.4 million
Miami Valley employees: 175
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 1
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Will help build paint shop and install utilities at GeneralMotors Corp.'s new sport utility vehicle plant in Moraine.
James Arnett Jr.

Top executive: Carl Mays
Street: 760 Liberty Lane
City & Zip: Dayton 45449
Year started: 1979
Phone: (937) 847-8121
Fax: (937) 847-9987
Principal business: Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: Machine tool sales
Sales for 1997: $17 million
Miami Valley employees: 17
Employees elsewhere: 9
No. of shareholders: 1
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Expand in northern Ohio. Possibly add space to building inDayton, which will require new employees.

Top executive: Alexander Williams
Street: 1785 Big Hill Road
City & Zip: Dayton 45439-2219
Year started: 1945
Phone: (937) 294-3333
Fax: (937) 297-5223
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: TV and radio broadcasting.
Sales for 1997: $16.5 million
Miami Valley employees: 65
Employees elsewhere: 135
No. of shareholders: 6
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Plan to acquire more television stations. In 1997, the companysold radio stations WING and Z-93 for two television stations in Montana in amove toward becoming a pure television broadcasting company.

Top executive: Todd Kelchner
Street: 6834 Loop Road
City & Zip: Centerville 45459
Year started: 1948
Phone: (937) 434-1334
Fax: (937) 434-3807
Principal business: Construction
Thumbnail sketch: Civil construction, subdivision excavation forcommercial and industrial developments and remediation of hazardous wastesites.
Sales for 1997: $16.5 million
Miami Valley employees: 100
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 1
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The company will concentrate on increasing productivity throughbetter planning.

Top executive: Wes Hamdan
Street: 108 W. First St.
City & Zip: Dayton 45402
Year started: 1973
Phone: (937) 222-8180
Fax: (937) 222-2765
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Full service corporate, group and individual travelagency.
Sales for 1997: $16.5 million
Miami Valley employees: 45
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 2
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The company has sold an equity interest to Miles Docherty ofCenterville. The goal of the partnership is to continue growth and double theagency's business over the next two years.

Top executive: Gerald Trimbach
Street: 872 Valley St.
City & Zip: Dayton 45404
Year started: 1962
Phone: (937) 223-0811
Fax: (937) 223-0812
Principal business: Distribution
Thumbnail sketch: Wholesale distributor of heating and cooling equipmentand supplies.
Sales for 1997: $16.2 million
Miami Valley employees: 28
Employees elsewhere: 27
No. of shareholders: 4
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: A hot spring and summer will enable the company to expand andhire more workers.

Top executive: Charles S. Biehn Jr.
Street: 4455 Infirmary Road, P.O. Box 37
City & Zip: West Carrollton 45449
Year started: 1965
Phone: (937) 866-5986
Fax: (937) 866-6844
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: The manufacturing, distribution and servicing ofindustrial knives, tools, tool grinding, wire cutting, heat treating, andrelated products and services.
Sales for 1997: $16.1 million
Miami Valley employees: 125
Employees elsewhere: 4
No. of shareholders: 4
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The company spent more than $500,000 oncomputer-numerically-controlled (CNC) tool grinders that are a major advancein the sharpening of cutting tools. Another 20,000-square-foot expansion isplanned at the Infirmary Road plant.

Top executive: Michael McCall
Street: 495 Byers Road
City & Zip: Miamisburg 45342
Year started: 1979
Phone: (937) 384-2277
Fax: (937) 384-2280
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: A software system integrator and manufacturer providinginventory control and price verification for the grocery store industry.
Sales for 1997: $16 million
Miami Valley employees: 161
Employees elsewhere: 7
No. of shareholders: 3
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: BASS has moved to a new headquarters in Miamisburg that doubledits operating space and brought together all employees.

Top executive: James Kroencke
Street: 5051 Kitridge Road
City & Zip: Dayton 45424
Year started: 1919
Phone: (937) 233-0233
Fax: (937) 233-6085
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Builds assembly machines used in the small universalelectric motor industry to build and wind armatures and stations.
Sales for 1997: $15.9 million
Miami Valley employees: 130
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 2
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Investing in new product development, including an armaturewinding machine.

Top executive: Walter C. Horvath, Leslie S. Breman
Street: 7651 Center Point 70 Blvd., P.O. Box 24590
City & Zip: Dayton 45424
Year started: 1984
Phone: (937) 233-1181
Fax: (937) 233-1418
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: A truckload carrier servicing the 48 continentalstates.
Sales for 1997: $15.4 million
Miami Valley employees: 120
Employees elsewhere: 15
No. of shareholders: 2
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Company hopes to expand the size of its fleet and increase itscustomer base.

Top executive: John J. Beals
Street: 3100 Research Blvd., P.O. Box 20246
City & Zip: Dayton 45420
Year started: 1966
Phone: (937) 259-5000
Fax: (937) 259-5000
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Engineering consulting firm experienced in structural,architectural, environmental, industrial, safety, civil, highway traffic,bridge and mechanical and electrical designs.
Sales for 1997: $15.4 million
Miami Valley employees: 146
Employees elsewhere: 46
No. of shareholders: 16
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: LJB completed its third consecutive year of double-digit growthin volume and employment and has high expectations. The company is expandinginto another 13,000 square feet at the Miami Valley Research Park as itdevelops a significant national and international client base.

Top executive: Geoffrey R. Lorenz
Street: 501 E. Third St., P.O. Box 802
City & Zip: Dayton 45401
Year started: 1890
Phone: (937) 228-6118
Fax: (937) 223-2042
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Publisher of sheet music, college planners and keyboardmusic books.
Sales for 1997: $14.5 million
Miami Valley employees: 73
Employees elsewhere: 8
No. of shareholders: 4
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: Over the past 18 months, the company bought three small musiccompanies and will continue to look for more opportunities as the industryconsolidates.

Top executive: Larry Song
Street: 1630 E. Stroop Road
City & Zip: Dayton 45429
Year started: 1983
Phone: (937) 299-4594
Fax: (937) 298-5798
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Systems integrations and development, as well asdocument/imaging management service, technology training and educationservices.
Sales for 1997: $13.9 million
Miami Valley employees: 140
Employees elsewhere: 10
No. of shareholders: 12
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: The company is launching a new software venture and expandingits document/imaging management service to the commercial market.

Top executive: James R. Schindler
Street: 700 Liberty Lane, P.O. Box 1265
City & Zip: Dayton 45401
Year started: 1962
Phone: (937) 865-0498
Fax: (937) 865-0070
Principal business: Manufacturing
Thumbnail sketch: Services the promotional product and informationpackaging markets.
Sales for 1997: $13.3 million
Miami Valley employees: 109
Employees elsewhere: 18
No. of shareholders: 2
Hdqtrs county: Montgomery
Outlook: A goal is to be more market-driven and to focus on specificniches and markets.

Top executive: John D. MacAulay
Street: 3915 Germany Lane
City & Zip: Dayton 45431
Year started: 1979
Phone: (937) 426-3421
Fax: (937) 426-5364
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Supplies technical and management support to theDepartment of Defense. The company also models, simulates and analyzes thecost-effectiveness of weapon systems. It has specialized data base and otherinformation technology applications.
Sales for 1997: $13.2 million
Miami Valley employees: 85
Employees elsewhere: 30
No. of shareholders: 4
Hdqtrs county: Greene
Outlook: Consolidation of contracts at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base isforcing the company to find work at other military bases.

Top executive: Robert J. Gran
Street: 1270 N. Fairfield Road
City & Zip: Beavercreek 45432
Year started: 1961
Phone: (937) 426-2808
Fax: (937) 426-0839
Principal business: Service
Thumbnail sketch: Performs research and engineering services, technicalsupport, graphics desktop publishing, plus photographic and videographyservices.
Sales for 1997: $13.1 million
Miami Valley employees: 103
Employees elsewhere: 0
No. of shareholders: 50
Hdqtrs county: Greene
Outlook: The company has completed a 10,200-square-feet expansion.