Surry Business

A new $1-million fund will give state grants of up to $100,000 to small (1-99 employees) North Carolina businesses who develop alternative-energy technologies and “original, pioneering ideas that are both good for the environment and good for the economy.” The application deadline is April 30. For information, go to www.ncscienceandtechnology.com.

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Bodet & Horst, a German company with facilities in Europe and North Carolina, may open a new plant in Mount Airy. The Surry County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 18 may approve a tax-incentives package to help Bodet & Horst establish a local facility. Similar action by the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners could follow […]

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Carolina Environmental Contracting of Mount Airy has won a 2007 Pinnacle Award from the Carolinas Associated General Contractors (AGC). Pinnacle Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the Carolinas’ commercial construction industry. The Pinnacle pays tribute to excellence in the industry, reinforces standards of construction excellence to the greater community and raises the profile of member firms. […]

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Pike Electric Corp. (NYSE: PEC) of Mount Airy posted second-quarter gross profits of $24.5 million — identical to those in the second quarter that ended Dec. 31, 2006 — despite lower revenue. Second-quarter 2008 revenues were $143.1 million, compared to $148.4 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2007. Core powerline revenues for the second […]

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Decades ago, on his rise up the ranks of the Boy Scouts, young Richard Vaughn met a man who was to have a profound influence on his life: John S. Clark, his Eagle Scoutmaster. Vaughn was taken by Clark and his commitment to Scouting values of loyalty, trust and service to others. Around 1958, Clark […]

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Johnson Granite Inc. on Hiatt Road (also called Landfill Road) just outside Mount Airy won “The Rocky Advertising Award” for 2007 from the Marble Institute of America (MIA). The Marble Institute recognizes the best advertising and promotional materials submitted by MIA members. The award was presented to Vice President Brian Johnson for Johnson Granite’s brochure […]

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David Johnston, an expert on environmentally responsible construction projects, will present an all-day Green Advantage® workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Mount Airy Elks Lodge off U.S. 52. Johnston is an author and president of What’s Working Inc., a Boulder, Colo.-based sustainable building consultancy. (See more about Johnston below). The […]

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Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE: HBI) will host a live Internet webcast of its quarterly investor conference call at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 31. The company will review results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year that ended Dec. 29, 2007. The live Internet broadcast may be accessed on the home page of the Hanesbrands corporate Web […]

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It’s a question of when – not if – the national economic slowdown will affect the job market in the Triad, the High Point Enterprise reported today. “I expect we are going to feel it here,” Don Jud, professor emeritus of business administration at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, told the newspaper. “The […]

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Insteel Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: IIIN) of Mount Airy today said net earnings fell 28 percent in the first fiscal quarter that ended Dec. 29, 2007, when net sales decreased 5.4 percent compared to the same quarter in 2006. However, operating activities in continuing operations provided $17.3 million of cash during the quarter compared with $4.2 […]

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