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

Nation's Business, March, 1994 by Sharon Nelton

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Landmark Title, Inc., Manchester; Customer Perspectives (evaluates customer service), Hooksett; Waterville Valley Lodging, Inc. (hotel and condominium management), Waterville Valley; ControlAir Inc. (manufacturer of precision air-pressure regulators), Amherst.

NEW JERSEY

Gale & Wentworth (real-estate developer), Florham Park; Anadigics, Inc. (manufacturer of integrated circuits), Warren; Speciality Steel & Forge, Inc. (manufacturer of steel products), Fairfield; IMEDIA (high-technology marketing), Morristown.

NEW MEXICO

Bradbury & Stamm Construction, McBride and Associates, Inc. (computer services), and Western Building Supply Company Inc., all of Albuquerque; Jackalope (retailer of imported pottery and folk art), Santa Fe.

NEW YORK

800-Flowers (seller of flowers and gifts by telephone), Westbury; Communications Specialties, Inc. (manufacturer of computer video peripherals), Hauppauge; Tri-Seal International, Inc. (plastic extrusion products), Blauvelt; Higbee Gaskets and Sealing Products, Inc., Syracuse; The Gift Basket Emporium, Inc. (retailer of gift baskets), Merrick; United Dividers, Inc. (manufacturer of corrugated partitions for packaging), Elmira.

NORTH CAROLINA

Carolina Fine Snacks (snack-food manufacturer), Greensboro; Southern Lithoplate Inc. (manufacturer of offset lithographic printing plates), Raleigh; Techstyles, Inc. (manufacturer of garments for sterile environments), Hickory; TeleData Services, Inc. (telecommunications services), Winston-Salem.

OHIO

Dry Cleaning Operations, Oregon; AccuSpray, Inc. (manufacturer of spray equipment), Cleveland; DIFCO, Inc. (manufacturer of specialty rail cars), Findlay; Spirit Rent-A-Car, Warrensville.

OKLAHOMA

Guthrie Corp. (transporter, warehouser, and distributor of dry bulk commodities), Guthrie; EDECO, Inc. (engineering and construction services), and Maxwell/ Healthcare, Inc. (health-care personnel placement), both of Tulsa; Homer Miller Co. (advertising and marketing services), Oklahoma City.

OREGON

The Empire Co. (manufacturer and retailer of uniforms), Chown Hardware (wholesale distributor), and Trail Blazers, Inc. (owner of Portland Trail Blazers basketball team), all of Portland; Advanced Information Solutions, Inc. (computer consulting), Lake Oswego.

PENNSYLVANIA

Trau & Loevner, Inc. (sports apparel manufacturer), Pittsburgh; CocoTech, Ltd. (cocoa manufacturer), Media; Haleyville Manufacturing Company of Bloomsburg (manufacturer of draperies and bedspreads), Bloomsburg; Valley Toy Distributors, Inc., Orangeville.

PUERTO RICO

Emma's Beauty Academy (educational services), and Solstar Corp. (travel agency), both of Mayaguez; Hoyos International Corp. (supercomputer and software development services), Hato Rey; Farmacia San Jose (drugsore), Santurce.

RHODE ISLAND

Hurd Buick-GMC Truck, Johnston; JVR Communications, Inc. (public relations), Bristol; American Industrial Casting, Inc. (manufacturer of cast components), Cranston; Lloyd Manufacturing Corp. (manufacturer of elastomeric films), Warren.

SOUTH CAROLINA