Pima County, Arizona
Pima County is a sun-drenched region in southern Arizona boasting a strong economy, a long history, leading academic institutions, a wide array of outdoor recreational opportunities, and an...
Allegany County, New York
Allegany County, New York has been working hard to highlight its natural splendor, beauty, and other charms. Last profiled by Business in Focus in January 2019, Allegany is a largely rural county...
Portage Sales
Traditional training programs might work for simple transactional sales, but when you’re building long-term customer relationships that yield $500K deals throughout the year, generic roleplays and...
Mesa Solutions
There have been enormous changes at Mesa Solutions since this Loveland, Colorado-based company was profiled in April 2021 in Resource in Focus. Mesa specializes in the design, manufacture,...
La Crosse County, Wisconsin
La Crosse County, Wisconsin offers natural beauty, economic opportunity, cultural events, and outdoor recreation galore, plus a high quality of life matched with a low cost of living. “The main...
Town of Davie, Florida
Everywhere you turn, the economic landscape is booming in the Town of Davie, Florida, with the completion of several major projects that were underway when Business in Focus last profiled the...
Catherwood Towing
Last year, the Catherwood family and Ernie Catherwood, who owns and operates Catherwood Towing Ltd., in Mission, British Columbia, were inducted into the Fraser River Discovery Centre’s Hall of...
City of Kaukauna, Wisconsin
Kaukauna, Wisconsin is a Midwestern city of 17,588 residents with “a small-town feeling” and a progressive spirit, says Kaukauna’s Marketing and Communications Manager Andrea Fencl. “This is a very...
Miller Marriott Construction Co.
When faced with a client who wanted to build a house dangerously near a cliff, the team at Miller Marriott Construction Co. did not blink. “We have a reputation for being able to get our homes into...
Dorsey Trailer
For over a century, Elba, Alabama-based Dorsey Trailer has designed, manufactured and fabricated a wide variety of trailers used to transport equipment, materials, parts, and supplies on highways...
City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Asked what he wants people to know about the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Bob Mundt, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sioux Falls Development Foundation (SFDF), is quick to reply....
iWired/HomeRun Electronics
iWired of Scottsdale, Arizona specializes in lighting, sound, and security solutions for private homes and commercial buildings. The company’s “three-pillar approach,” as CEO Johnathan George calls...
Collective Arts
Collective Arts is a Hamilton, Ontario-based beverage company that does a lot more than just make and sell drinks. While the company’s product lineup includes craft beer, cider, spirits,...
Video & Audio Center
Video & Audio Center of Los Angeles, California blends cutting-edge technology with old-fashioned customer care. It has proven a hugely successful formula for this award-winning company that...
GEN-Y Hitch
GEN-Y Hitch of Nappanee, Indiana, specializes in innovative towing hitches and excellent customer service. The firm's steel hitches are used for numerous equipment-towing applications by clients in...
City of Wahpeton, North Dakota
Wahpeton is a small city in North Dakota with big ambitions. Wahpeton (pronounced “Waa-pet-on”) is determined to attract new residents and businesses alike with its safe neighborhoods, good schools,...
Disability Solutions
Disability Solutions’ motto is ‘Changing Minds and Changing Lives’—referring to the minds of employers and the lives of people with disabilities, who often face significant challenges in trying to...
National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP)
The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) has been supporting organizations dedicated to treating addiction for nearly 50 years. Based in Denver, Colorado and Washington, DC,...
Catalyst Energy Services
Catalyst Energy Services of Odessa, Texas is preparing to launch a new version of its pioneering Vortex Prime pumping system into a tumultuous natural gas and oil market. Catalyst provides crews and...
Cloward H2O
Based in Lindon, Utah, Cloward H2O has brought its aquatic engineering skills to water parks, aquariums, splash pads, fountains, white water rafting sites, and the world’s deepest swimming pool,...
Terradyne Armored Vehicles
Terradyne Armored Vehicles, Inc. designs and builds armored vehicles for law enforcement, border patrol agents, and military medical personnel. At its base in Newmarket, Ontario, the company...
Bespoke Audio Visual
Bespoke Audio Visual provides the technical equipment and staff needed to stage parties, galas, conferences, meetings, festivals, convocations, and other gatherings. In addition to staging events,...
Dorsey Trailer
Founded over a century ago, Dorsey Trailer of Elba, Alabama designs, manufactures, and fabricates trailers that haul goods on roads and highways. Its trailers have been used by NASCAR, country music...
Samuel Automation
Much remains the same at Samuel Automation in Waterloo, Ontario since the firm was profiled April 2023 in Manufacturing in Focus. The company, which custom-designs and manufactures automation...
Architectural Glass & Metal Company
Architectural Glass & Metal Company, Inc., (AGM) of Indianapolis, Indiana, celebrated its 40th anniversary this year. It’s quite the accomplishment for a company of humble origins that...
Celebrating the Success of Smaller Enterprises in America
May marks Small Business Month in the United States, and there’s plenty to celebrate. For a start, small firms make up the vast majority (over 99 percent) of all businesses in America and provide...
Stryve Foods
Stryve Foods is on a mission to expand the meat snack market. The company offers treats made from beef Biltong—that is, air-dried meat that is packed with protein but lacking in nitrates, sugar, and...
GROB Systems, Inc. (pronounced ‘Grow-buh’) is in the midst of a massive expansion. The manufacturing equipment provider, specializing in machining centers, industrial software, automated pallet...
Specific Mechanical Systems
Specific Mechanical Systems Ltd., a Victoria, British Columbia-based company that designs, manufactures, and installs brewing and distilling equipment, has expanded its automation processes and...
Kendrick Forest Products
Kendrick Forest Products (KFP) is preparing for a year of consolidation and planning. The thriving, family-owned business based in Edgewood, Iowa offers lumber-related products and services and has...
Total Operations & Production Services (TOPS)
TOPS LLC specializes in advanced, electric-powered compressors that facilitate the gas flow in the oilfield. The company’s environmentally friendly wares have proven hugely popular in the Permian...
B.S.D. Linehaul
Business is booming at B.S.D. Linehaul, Inc., a transport company based in Brampton, Ontario. The company has recently added a slew of new trucks and drivers and is exploring opening a tanker...
HAWE Hydraulik
HAWE Hydraulik has gone electric, so to speak. Headquartered near Munich, Germany, with subsidiaries around the world including in North America, the company designs and manufactures hydraulic...
MMP Architects
Consistency, continuity, and quality have been central to the success of MMP Architects Inc., based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and founded nearly a century ago. In addition to its impressive heritage and...
At Look at Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown Light Rapid Transit Line
On August 10 of this year, Phil Verster, CEO of Metrolinx, the regional transportation agency for the Ontario government, made a major announcement about Toronto’s long-delayed, multi-billion dollar...
Alberta Well-Poised for a ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Breakthrough
On November 8, 2022, leaders from the federal and Alberta governments appeared at a press conference at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) to sing the praises of hydrogen. A series...
Boundary Electric
Boundary Electric of Grand Forks, British Columbia, has been designing and manufacturing electrical transmission equipment for over seventy-five years. The longevity of this family-run firm is due,...
Catalyst Energy Services
When Catalyst Energy Services was profiled in the September 2022 issue of Resource in Focus, the Texas-based company had just released its highly innovative Vortex Prime pumping system. Vortex Prime...
GROB Systems
Manufacturing equipment provider GROB is experiencing accelerated growth, with new products, new staff, and a new focus. Founded in 1926 in Munich, Germany by Ernst Grob (whose family still controls...
Samuel Automation Solutions Group
Things are booming at Samuel Automation Solutions Group (Samuel ASG) of Waterloo, Ontario. “We’ve gotten stronger. We have a greater reach and expertise. Being part of a much larger organization...
Peninsula Plastics
Big changes have taken place at Peninsula Plastics Ltd., a start-to-finish custom injection moulding company in Fort Erie, Ontario, since it was profiled in February 2021’s Resource in Focus...
Total Operations & Production Services (TOPS)
Total Operations & Production Services (TOPS) LLC of Midland, Texas, is on the cutting edge of gas compression. This fast-growing company offers a rental fleet of automated, electric-driven gas...
The Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association
The Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association (ACFFA) has been keeping busy with advocacy, public education, and conferences, among other activities, since Resource in Focus last profiled the...
Hightowers Petroleum Company
There have been some major developments since Hightowers Petroleum Company (HPC), a prominent gas and diesel wholesaler based in Middletown, Ohio, was profiled in April 2021 in Resource in Focus...
SFX Transport
There have been major changes at the East Coast trucking company that went by the name Seafood Express Transport when Business in Focus profiled the company in March 2021. For a start, the...
Taylor Flooring
Taylor Flooring of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia marks its thirtieth anniversary next year. The secret to the company’s success—beyond providing excellent products and services—is simple: put the customer...
Green Wellness Life
Green Wellness Life distributes a wide array of cannabis-based goods, used primarily for health and healing. None of its wares—sold online and at a retail outlet in Caledonia, Michigan—will get you...
Specific Mechanical Systems
Specific Mechanical Systems is at a turning point. The Victoria, British Columbia-based firm specializes in the design, manufacture, and installation of brewing and distilling equipment for...
Polyplex USA
Polyplex USA LLC, the Decatur, Alabama-based branch of Polyplex Corporation of India, is poised for massive growth. This major producer of polyethylene terephthalate—aka polyester or PET—film used...
Performance Plastics Ltd.
Performance Plastics Ltd. (PPL) of Cincinnati, Ohio marked its fortieth anniversary this year as a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance thermoplastic components. The company...