This Ii t includ company.
headquarters city. line of b in
and 1992 reven
-TI..C
Co., Atluta, COD­
It, � d aavi
io,.
-Oald liDe Refiall lJd., HoD on,
oil rctiDery, $91.9 millio .
-Soft eea Produ lac., Chica ,
WI tare produetl manfac rer, $91.7 mil­
liota.
-{:iardll'.ll Sta Cable lV, erry Hill,
NJ., cable leviaiol operator, $91 m;llio .
-Crou Coloura,lo. AD, ppuel
nfachlrer, 9 millioa.
-Barden Com mllicatio IDe., De-
troit, oommunications, real estate develop­
meat. $78.6 millioa.
-Hi g Group, Detroit, slleel proc illg
ud metal tampiDg . triblltion, S77.6 mil­
lie> •
-Barrell Commuaicatio s Oro p,
Chica 0, advertisin ,public relatio a, con-
er promo . $77 illiol.
&...-U iwor\d Group lac., New York. ad­
vertiaiDg, $72.4 miUio .
llur System. lac., New Cutle,
Del., IYl1ema ilt ratio, offICe aUlOmat­
iol, computer readltr, $67 miUion.
top op aDd Save, Baltimore, -
permarke $66 millio .
-Blick Betertailmelt Televi.iol
Hoktil", W lDgto, D.C., cable televi­
aioa lerwork, mapziae publishilg, $61.7
million.
-Mays emicaJ Co. I c., I ctianapo­
. ,cbemicaJ di tn IItora, $60.8 miUio .
esce Communicational c., New
York, magazine publishilg, televiaio pro­
d ctlon, dired-mail catalog, SS6.3 millioD.
-Comm a ity Foods lac., Baltimore,
permarkett, $47.5 milUol.
-Tecla ology Application. lac., AIex­
aDdri , Va., systems iDtegration, IOftware
i.eerin ,$46.5 million.
.rface Protedio lad sbiea lac.,
lo8 e, paiDt and speeialty coatie
maalfacturer, $46.2 miUio .
-Job Prod Clllac., a'icago, ir
aDd pemonl care proChl mu.faehrer,
$46miUio .
-Luster ProdllCII Co., Chicago, air
care products mUllfad1lrer aDd distrib tor,
$46 miUiOD.
-Maxima Corp., Un am, Md., sys­
IemlelgiaeeriDg, comp let facilitiea m -
mellt, $45.1 miUio .
-Wealey IDdustriea lac., Flint, Mich.,
ildutrial coatillg and foundry prodll
mlllllfachirer, $45 million.
-Pepli-Cola of W hilgtOll, D.C.,
W binglOn, soft drink di triblltor, $43.9
million.
. -mtegrated Systems Anly. Inc.,
ArUn,to .' Va., systems g' cerillg, com­
puter system. erviecs, $43.6 millio .
-Oruite Broadcasting Corp., New
York, .ctwork telev' ion armia ,$43.1
miJljo.
in 0 Group, New Yort, adverti.­
ing, public rel.dona, $42.7 million.
-Crest Computer Slipply, Skokie, Ill.,
oom puller hardware and IOftware la pp1ier,
$42 miUio .
-Beauchamp Distributin, Co., Comp­
I Calif., beverage disbib tor, $40.2 mil­
lie>D.
-R
-Pro-Line Corp.. 11, bait' care
prod ts ml uf.cturer Ind distributor,
S36.9·million.
ker
geme t,
-Drew PClrso 0.., Ad . OD, Tc:x
aportl Hoe n&, por1Swear.maDufacturin ,
S36 miUio .
paonic GrollP Divi io 0( albriel
lac., BI in, ilL, electrical components
a IIfae rer, S36 million.
- Truroart, Inc., un in ,Mic ., m I
mpe ma Ilfactllrin ,wddin , $35.3
miJljon.
-J:"'eIWork Solutio c., Hem�on,
Va., ry t ratio, S3S million.
-Am-ProProtediveA DCy c., Co-
-, mbb, S.C., rity guud rvice&, $32.1
million.
-Ameflcan Development orp.,
Nort Chari ton, S.C., m nuf turing and
I metal f bricatio ,$23 million.
ylvest Man emeat System. Corp.,
W am, Md., compullersy tems and eDgi­
Deering, $22.6 million.
II PI tic. Co. Inc., Ro ville,
Mich., cuslOm pi tic injection moldin ,
S21.7 millio .
imm I Enterprises Inc., Ciacia­
uti, trUcking, farm operations, day care
ceat • $21.5 million.
-Earl G. Grav Ltd., N w York,
m azine publi bing, $21.4 miUion.
-H.P. H nderson Indu tries Inc., Weat
Caldwdl, N.J., industri&! process control
d dcfeo electronics, $20.7 million.
heo Engineering Co. Inc., Lan­
ham. Md., system inte ratio", faCIlity and
compu r maintenance, S20.5 million.
-Onam H it Produ ,Gary, 1 d.,
bair produ m nuf cturer, $20 million.
-Bronner Broth ,Atl nta, hair care
produc manufacturer. S19.5 million.
-Dllal lnc., Arlington, Va., engineer­
ing and techni I ervic ,S19.3 million.
-C.H. Jam Co., Charleston,
W.Va., whol le food di tributor, S)8.7
miUion.
-Consolidated Bever ge Corp., New
York, beverag exporter and importer,
SI8.S million.
-Watiker & Son lnc., Zanesville,
Obio, beavy higbway, bridg ,mine recla­
mation, S18 million.
Terry M.Dufacturing Co. lnc.,
ke, Ala., apparel maaaf cturing,
million.
- J.E. Ethridge Construction Inc.,
Presno, . Calif., commercial construction,
$17.3 million.
-Bum En rpri ,Louisville, Ky.,
jaDltorial rvices and upermarkets, S17
miUion.
-Ozann.e Construction Co. lnc.,
Oeveland, constructioD and oonstruction
m a ment, $17 million.
- UBM Inc., Chicago, general con­
tracting, ooDStruct1oD management, S 16.7
mIllion.
-AmICO Wholesalers Inc., Norcross
Ga., wholesale di tributor to apartment in­
dustry, $16.2 million.
-System EngineeriDg & Man ge.­
ment Associates Inc., Alexandria, ·Va.,
technical support rviccs for oomputer
processiDg, $16 million.
-Mid-Delta Home Healtb Inc.,
Betzoni, Mi So, home caltb care medical
. eqllipment and uppUea, $15 milUoD .
-Urbaa ConstruelOrs Jac., Miam i,
general ooDtracting, oon truction manage­
m t, SIS million.
merican Urban Radio Networks,
New York, radIO tation and network, tele­
marketing, SIS million.
peei Uzed Packaging Internation I
IDC., Hamden, Conn .• packaging design,
engineering, brokerage, $14.9 million.
-A Minority Entity Inc., Norco, La.,
janitorial and food SeNic ,S14.8 million.
- Tresp ia Inc., Alexandria,
Va., military logistics, y tern engineer­
ing, oompatCfS, $14 m:lIion.
010 ConstrUction Corp:, North Mi­
ami Beach, Pia., Deral engineering, COll­
.tTudion, $13.96 miUion.
-RPM Supply Co. Inc., PbiiadeJphi ,
electrical compooenta distributor, $13.9
million.
-Pow & So Con truction Co.
Inc., Gary, Ind., oonstruction, S13.7 mil­
lion.
-Williams-Ru eU and Jobn on Inc.,
Atlanta, engineering, arcbitechlre, con­
tTucrion mlDa em t, $13.6 million.
-BII Rivet Mfg. Inc., Port Huron,
MI., a to p rts m.nuflCturer, $13.4 mil­
lion.
-Eltrex Indu tri ,Roch r, N.Y.,
office furniture manufacturer fulfillm t
seN I ,S13 million.
-Adv ed Sy Tecbnolo 'y Inc.,
Atl nta, uclear, vironmeDtal Ind corro­
sion 1eCbno y, SI2.7 million.
-Advlneed Consu mer Marketln
Corp., Burling me, Calif., in form.tion ys­
and telecommunication, S12.4 mil-
lion.
Inc., Ph nlX,
rocery ind try,
Carl Jone ,I ft, and Thoma J. Walker own Cro
Colour.
-Wise Con truction Co. Inc., yton,
io, ener I c truction, $12 million.
. - Systems M n ement American
Corp., Norfolk, Va., oompu r y iD-
le raftOn, $12 millioD.
Cro s Colours b gan as an idea
for Jon . Citing the ab ence of ur­
ban BI k attitud in mainstream
clothing.
"It was just a thing in the air, an
id " Jon aid.
Littl did Jon ,n r did hi artis-'
tic partn r, Thomas J. Walker, know
that Cro Colours would send con­
sum rs on an ethnic frenzy. Th
company' first trade fair ent a tide
of $5 million in orders on their door
tep.
Retailers included th su ful
D.C.-based pe ialty tore Up
Against the Wall, will halo cam
Detroit' own Mauri e Malon (Blu
Jeans fit fur your as , dig), Califor­
nia' Mill r' Outpo t and Oaktr ,
a 3 - tore men' clothing chain
based in SL Lou' .
made its appearance in videos am
album covers.
"They got a good buzz going."
Nelson aid in a recent article in The
New York Times.
FlRTY ro
.colours made $15 mi 1J ion. In 1 2,
t t gro ro e to mil lion.
Jones and Walker' in enui ty
catapulted them int the Bl k Ent r­
prise Magazine honor f Company
of the Year thi Jun.
RTUN T Y, Cros
Colours has its fair share of ups aIX1
downs with uccess. It had to cancel
60 million in in orders last year due
to lack of capital. Shipments were
late and incompl te too often to re­
ul t. i n financial treng tho
Jones, at 38, wants to slow th
ucces of Cros Colours down to
$1 0 million in 1 3 by curbing or­
ders.
"We hope to do thing differently
thi year," Jon aid.
Oaktree initially offered to fi­
nance its own order but Cross CoI­
ou never collected on the credit.
"We ve him thre to four tim
the busine: he e pect d." aid presi­
dent of Oaktrce, Derek Tucker.
Cro 01 urs has proven to be
irspiration for other Black de-
igners/entreprenuers, pecially
Karl Kani. K ni i part f the Cro
BI c designers
of ethnicity into th
tream clothing d ig and m t can
be bought in the neighborhoods.
They maybe one of th key t t ill
allow Blacks to open t door to
Blac and. community empower­
menL
Maurice Malone own Maurice Malone Designs.
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