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Top 50 Submission

Nominations Are Now Open for The Top 50!

Who will make the 2009 list of The Times Imperial Calcasieu Top 50 Privately Held Businesses? The Times of Southwest Louisiana and Jeff Davis Bank are now seeking those prestigious businesses that will be featured in our Top 50 issue, published July 12.

Please Note: We have an earlier deadline this year, Tuesday, June 26th. Fill out the form below and submit your entry online today. Or you can print it out and fax it to us at (337) 439-0418, or request a form be faxed to you by calling Nancy Correro at (337) 439-0995, ext. 16

The Times Top 50 will be honored at our annual awards luncheon at the Lake Charles Country Club, sponsored by Jeff Davis Bank.

2008 Times of Southwest Louisiana Imperial Calcasieu Top 50 Privately Held Businesses:

  1. Central Crude
  2. Superior Supply & Steel
  3. Navarre Chevrolet
  4. Stine Lumber Co.
  5. Pumpelly Oil
  6. Martin Automotive Group
  7. Solar Supply Corp.
  8. Mark Dodge
  9. Cameron Communications
  10. Bubba Oustalet
  11. Port Aggregates, Inc.
  12. R & R Construction
  13. Aeroframe Services, LLC.
  14. AllStar Pontiac GMC
  15. LeeVac Industries, LLC
  16. Alfred Palma, Inc.
  17. Theromoplastic Services
  18. Bassette Developmenet
  19. Brask, Inc., IEE
  20. Gulf Island Shrimp
  21. Lee Dee Wholesale
  22. ReCon Management Services
  23. Gray Nissan Ford Mercury
  24. Health Systems 2000
  25. Kennison Forest Production
  26. Lake Charles Auto Auction
  27. Levingston Engineers
  28. McDonald's of Lake Charles
  29. Century Group
  30. LA Ash, Inc.
  31. Miller Livestock Markets, Inc.
  32. OilQuip, Inc.
  33. O'Neal Feeder Supply
  34. The Rush Companies
  35. Calcasieu Mechanical Contractors
  36. Freshko Foodservice, Inc.
  37. Honda of Lake Charles
  38. Oasis Food, Inc.
  39. Sabine Pools & Spas
  40. Southland Coins and Collectibles
  41. Cycles & More
  42. Dubois Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
  43. Eagle Electric Machinery
  44. J & J Exterminating Co., Inc.
  45. Johnson Funeral Homes
  46. Lloyd Lauw Collision Repair
  47. Northfork Enterprises
  48. S & M Family Outlet
  49. Tulco II, LLC
  50. Lake Charles Music, LLC

To be eligible for nomination to the Top 50, businesses must be privately held within the 5-parish Imperial Calcasieu region (Cameron, Calcasieu, Beauregard, Allen, and Jefferson Davis). Companies that are owned by national or international concerns are not eligible (e.g. Citgo, Conoco-Phillips, Home Depot, etc....) Similarly, financial institutions owned by larger companies, or if there is a public market, however limited, in the stock of the bank, are also ineligible. Savings and loans and other mutual associations are also ineligible.

Nominate your business on-line by filling out the questionnaire below. You can report a gross revenue range for 2008 or use actual revenue figures. Please note, we compile the "Top 10" according to actual revenue figures and continue the list by in alpha order within each revenue range.

Nomination Form
*Company Name:
*Address of Company:
*CEO:
*Contact Number:
*Fax Number:
*Email Address:
*Website:

Qualifying Questions
* Is your company headquartered in the five parish Imperial Calcasieu region of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, or Jefferson Davis, and not controlled by a company located outside the area? Yes No
If Yes, Parish/City:
* Is your company a privately held company?
Yes No
*Gross Annual 2007 Revenue:
  - or -

If you are uncomfortable releasing the actual revenue figure,
please indicate the range of revenue of your company in 2007.
Estimated 2007 Revenue:
* Is your revenue up or down compared to last year? Up Down
*What aspect of last year's economy benefited or hurt your company the most?
(Expansion, downsizing, Rita/Katrina related changes, technology, services offered,
number of employees, business restructuring, etc.)
*What is your future economic outlook?
*How large is your geographical service area:
*How many people do you employ:
*Year Your Company was Founded:
*Type of Company, Business, or Service:
*Please provide a brief history of your company and its major milestones:

   

Please note: To be eligible for inclusion in the Top 50, you must return this form to The Times no later than Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Submit online or print out and fax to: (337) 439-0418, or mail to the The Times 617 Drew Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601. If you have any questions, please call Kathryn Bergstrom, Editor, (337) 439-0995 or email timesedit@timessw.com.