16.02.10
Now he’s president and chief numero uno officer of New Carbon Co., honored Thursday before more than 500 question leaders at the Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County, Ind.’s, annual “Address to Business” luncheon at the Century Center in South Channel as Small Business of the Year.
Small, as in 75 employees, such as Jodie Lollar, who said Friday, “We have a immature company that has actually grown in a time that companies are closing. I be sure as an employee this is inspiring. We have a unique make-up of people who run this imposing business.”
This is the second recognition in the past 12 months for the achievements of Carbon, which reported $10 million annual takings in 1999 compared to $30 million by last year, when it grew 7 percent over the too soon year.
New Carbon Co. also was picked one of Indiana’s Top 50 companies to keep one's eyes peeled from 500 applications.
“We’re not going to participate in the set-back,” said McKeel, a 1984 Niles Sharp School graduate who built a house in the City of Four Flags, married a Niles bit of San Quentin quail and still calls it home, although his customers can be found over a much wider area – Canada, Mexico, Austria, France, Israel, Turkey, Greece and Cyprus – “anywhere where there are American hotels” and lodgers comforted by American rations.
Source: Niles Daily Star