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

Nation's Business, March, 1994 by Sharon Nelton

LOUISIANA

Lewis Services (janitorial and lawn services), Lafayette; Tammany Supply, Inc. (wholesaler and retailer of plumbing supplies), Corington; Quality Wholesale & Supply, Inc. (janitorial services and supplies), and Landry Lumber & Building Supply Company, Inc., both of Luling.

MAINE

CHIPCO International Ltd. (manufacturer of casino gaming chips), Windham; Firstmark Corp. (consulting and financial services), Waterville.

MARYLAND

Orion Network Systems, Inc. (telecommunications services), and Technical Education Center, Inc. (vocational school), both of Rockville; Working Smart, Inc. (personal-computer consulting), Frederick; Towne Park, Ltd. (parking management service), Annapolis.

MASSACHUSETTS

East Coast Seafood, Inc. (live-lobster distributor), Lynn; Gemini Industries Inc. (information systems and facilities management consulting), Burlington; MacTemps, Inc. (temporary personnel with computer skills), Cambridge; Suffolk Construction Company, Inc., Boston.

MICHIGAN

Robotron Corp. (manufacturer of resistance welding controls), Southfield; United Lighting Standards, Inc. (manufacturer of steel and aluminum light poles), Warren; Saturn Electronics & Engineering, Inc. (manufacturer of electronic products), Rochester Hills; Business Television Video Systems (audio/visual equipment sales and service), Walled Lake.

MINNESOTA

The Riverwood Cos. (conference center, restaurant, and resort), Monticello; Steinwall, Inc. (thermoplastic injection molding), Fridley; NEI Electronics, Inc. (electronics contract manufacturing), Blaine; Computer Network Technology Corp. (manufacturer of computer networking systems), Maple Grove.

MISSISSIPPI

Bankston's Paint Center Inc. (paint retailer), Biloxi; Divesco, Inc. (wholesaler of replacement parts for the nuclear industry), Jackson; Copy Cats Printing, Inc., Hattiesburg; C.C. Lynch & Associates, Inc. (environmental-technology sales and service), Pass Christian.

MISSOURI

Mark Andy, Inc. (manufacturer of printing presses for the packaging industry), Chesterfield; King's Beauty Supply Distributor, St. Louis; Physician's Home Health & Hospice Network (in-home nursing), Columbia; Hydro Systems Inc. (manufacturer and retailer of boat lifts), Sunrise Beach.

MONTANA

Timberline Northwest, Inc. (manufacturer of shut-off clamps), Columbia Falls; King Tool, Inc. (manufacturer of welding tools), Dana Design Ltd. (backpack manufacturer), and Wild Flour Bakery Inc., all of Bozeman.

NEBRASKA

Task Lighting Corp. (manufacturer of low-voltage lighting systems), Kearney; Land and Sky (manufacturer of waterbed mattresses and flotation beds), Lincoln; Laser Options (laser cartridge management systems manufacturing and services), Omaha; Encore Manufacturing Company, Inc. (manufacturer of commercial lawn and turf equipment), Beatrice.

NEVADA

The Continuum-Nevada Communication Services (child and adult day-care and health-care services), and Pacific States Communications of Nevada, Inc. (telephone services and equipment), both of Reno; JB Chemical Company Inc. (distributor), North Las Vegas; Martin-Harris Construction (general contractor), Las Vegas.