Small Businesses Will Increase in Number in USA

The number of small businesses in the U.S.—most of them solo operations—will grow from about 30 million in 2014 to about 42 million in 2026.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/elainepofeldt/2016/10/24/why-small-business-ownership-will-skyrocket-in-10-years-especially-by-solopreneurs/#683733887725

Harman International Industries

Ranked 490 in F500 - 1992

Sales $604.5 mil



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harman_International_Industries

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2009/snapshots/932.html

http://www.harman.com/EN-US/OurCompany/Pages/History.aspx

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/harman-international-industries-inc-history/

Bandag

Muscatine, Iowa

Ranked 491 in F500 - 1992

http://www.bandag.com/what-we-do/bandag-milestones/


April 2007: Bandag shareholders approve the sale of Bandag, Incorporated to Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

June 2007: Bandag begins operating as Bridgestone Bandag, LLC, but continues to operate as "Bandag" in the marketplace. A big "Day One" celebration takes place in Muscatine, Iowa, attended by all local Bandag employees, plus executives from Bridgestone Americas including Mark Emkes, chairman and CEO of BSA.

http://www.bandag.com/what-we-do/about-bbts/

Kennametal

Latrobe, Pa

Ranked  492 in F500 - 1992

$594.4 mil sales


http://www.kennametal.com/en/home.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennametal

Inserts for hard turning
http://www.kennametal.com/kennametal/en/promotions/kbh20-inserts.html

Interface

Lagrange, Georgia


http://www.interfaceglobal.com/

Ranked 493 in F500 - 1992

$594.1 mil sales

Vigoro Corporation

Ranked 494 in F500 1992


http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-04-15/business/9102030634_1_vigoro-corp-telesphere-communications-stock-sale

IMC Global and Vigoro to merge

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/IMC+GLOBAL+INC.,+THE+VIGORO+CORPORATION+AGREE+TO+MERGE-a017792178

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/14/business/fertilizer-maker-imc-global-to-grow-with-vigoro-deal.html

Exide Technologies

Ranked 495 F500 in 1992

http://www.exide.com/en/about.aspx

2012 Annual Report

http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/XIDE/2394305501x0x586739/A1523E08-F697-4CFA-905E-8D3E317E96C4/Exide_Technologies_Annual_Report_2012_Final.pdf

Net Sales   $3,084,650,000  

Arcadian Corporation

Ranked 496 in F500 ranking in 1992.

Memphis, Tennesee

http://www.truckcompaniesin.com/dot/353469/


Company was merged into PCS Nitrogen in 1997

See the proxy statement filed with SEC

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862450/0000950134-96-006859.txt

Avondale Industries

Ranked 497 in Fortune 500 ranking in 1992  (Fortune issue dated 19 April 1993)


Acquired by Lytton in 1999
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/dec/02/business/fi-39620

http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/1major/active/avondale.htm

Will be closed in 2013

Carlisle

Syracuse, New York

http://www.carlisle.com/about-carlisle/history/default.aspx

498 rank in Fortune 500 in 1992

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=4236098

Annual Report 1998

http://www.carlisle.com/files/doc_financials/98Annual.pdf

Carpenter

Formerly E.R. Carpenter

Ranked in 499 in Fortune 500 ranking in 1992

http://www.carpenter.com/

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/21/privates08_Carpenter_KK5G.html

Block Drug Company

Jersey City, New Jersey

Fortune 500 company with rank 500 in 1992

Sold to GlaxosmithKline in year 2001

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_Drug

Startup America - Panel Discussion - Video - March 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlm6PMmZxuQ