There's never a smooth ride - Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative 1994 honorees

Nation's Business, March, 1994 by Sharon Nelton

CONNECTICUT

The Fleteher-Terry Co. (manufacturer of hand tools), Farmington; RESCUE Educational Services Center, Litchfield; Rapidprint Inc. (manufacturer of time and date stamps), Middletown; Helicopter Support, Inc. (logistic support services and manufacturing), Orange.

DELAWARE

Pro-Active Technology, Inc. (power-protection products and services), Newark; Travel Horizons Unlimited, Inc., Wilmington; Capitol Uniform & Linen Service, Inc. (dry cleaning and rental), Dover.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Professional Restoration, Inc. (building restoration).

FLORIDA

International High-Tech Marketing (computer hardware and software distribution), and Creative Staffing, Inc. (placement services), both of Miami; Fireservice, Inc. (fire/water restoration), Fort Myers; Indian River Canvas, Inc. (manufacturer of awnings), Merritt Island; Medical Technology Systems, Inc. (manufacturer of pharmaceutical packaging), Clearwater; Aetna Maintenance, Inc. (janitorial services), Tampa.

GEORGIA

Tom Wilheit Packaging Materials Co. (distributor), Gainesville; Medical Review Systems (a service to negotiate lower medical bills), Atlanta; America Megatrends, Inc. (manufacturer of computer components), and Software Technical Services, Inc. (consulting), both of Norcross.

HAWAII

Spanier & Bourne Sailmakers, Inc. (designer of windsurfing equipment), Kahului; The Systemcenter, Inc. (business-management-systems sales and services), PBR Hawaii (landscape architecture services), and Maui Divers of Hawaii, Ltd. (jewelry manufacturer), all of Honolulu.

IDAHO

Ace Company-Manufacturing & Machine Works (metal-goods manufacturer), Boise; WASTREN, Inc. (environmental engineering), Idaho Falls; Rule Steel (manufacturer of storage tanks), Caldwell; Filler King Co. (manufacturer of beams and roof decking), Homedale.

ILLINOIS

Micro Overflow Corp. (technical services for people with disabilities), Naperville; Genesis Communications, Inc. (wiring and cabling service), Chicago; Graphic Solutions, Inc. (manufacturer of labels and nameplates), Burr Ridge; Air Comfort Corp. (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning services), Broadview.

INDIANA

Bright Ideas in Broad Ripple, Inc. (advertising specialty products), and Wild Birds Unlimited, Inc. (franchisor of retail stores), both of Indianapolis; Squire Boone Caverns, & Village (tourist attraction), Corydon; Jasper Computer Center, Inc. (retailer), Jasper.

IOWA

GS Technologies, Inc. (pharmaceutical capsules manufacturer), Fairfield; Ag Services of America, Inc. (sells and finances farming products and services), Cedar Falls; American Media Inc. (producer of training videos), West Des Moines; Magnatech, Inc. (manufacturer of magnetic-field heaters), Bettendorf.

KANSAS

Wilson Building Maintenance, Inc. (maintenance services), Wichita; KTKA-TV/Northeast Kansas Broadcast Service (commercial television station), Topeka; Ace Personnel, Overland Park; CottageCare, Inc. (housecleaning-service franchisor), Prairie Village.

KENTUCKY

Patti's 1880 Settlement (restaurants), Grand Rivers; ECT Services (temperature controls), Louisville; Turner Publishing Co., (publisher of specialty history books), and GF3, Inc. (restaurants), both of Paducah.