Chicago's largest privately held companies - Crain's Chicago Business
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58 APRIL 18, 2005 • CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES<br />
CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Continued from Page 56<br />
Company<br />
Phone<br />
Web address<br />
Address<br />
Top executive<br />
Revenues<br />
2004 2003<br />
% change<br />
No. of<br />
full-time<br />
employees<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong>/<br />
worldwide<br />
Type of business<br />
173<br />
BERGLUND CONSTRUCTION<br />
(773) 374-1000<br />
www.berglundco.com<br />
8410 S. <strong>Chicago</strong> Ave.<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong> 60617<br />
Fred Berglund<br />
President<br />
$105.0<br />
$110.0<br />
-4.5%<br />
250<br />
300<br />
General contracting and facade<br />
restoration specialist<br />
173<br />
GERBER PLUMBING FIXTURES LLC<br />
(847) 675-6570<br />
www.gerberonline.com<br />
4600 W. Touhy Ave.<br />
Lincolnwood 60712<br />
Michael Werner<br />
President, CEO<br />
$105.0<br />
$96.0<br />
+9.4%<br />
50<br />
500<br />
Manufacturer of vitreous china<br />
plumbing fixtures and and special-finish<br />
faucets and fittings<br />
173<br />
173<br />
177<br />
KCC GROUP DESIGN & BUILD INC. 12<br />
(847) 914-9600<br />
www.kiferbaum.com<br />
SIPI METALS CORP.<br />
(773) 276-0070<br />
www.sipimetals.com<br />
CPH HOLDING CORP. 13<br />
(312) 554-7400<br />
www.cphall.com<br />
790 Estate Drive,<br />
Suite 200<br />
Deerfield 60015<br />
1720 N. Elston Ave.<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong> 60622<br />
311 S. Wacker Drive,<br />
Suite 4700<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong> 60606<br />
Jacob Kiferbaum<br />
CEO<br />
Leslie S. Pinsof<br />
President<br />
George A. Vincent<br />
Chairman, CEO<br />
$105.0<br />
$105.0<br />
$100.0<br />
$110.0<br />
$80.0<br />
$92.0<br />
-4.5%<br />
+31.3%<br />
+8.7%<br />
35<br />
130<br />
150<br />
80<br />
120<br />
Design-build; construction<br />
services<br />
Refiner of precious metal scraps<br />
Polymer additives<br />
68%<br />
of the<br />
<strong>companies</strong><br />
on the <strong>largest</strong><br />
private list<br />
are based in<br />
the suburbs.<br />
That’s 182<br />
firms.<br />
177<br />
177<br />
177<br />
177<br />
182<br />
183<br />
184<br />
185<br />
186<br />
187<br />
188<br />
188<br />
188<br />
PEER FOODS INC.<br />
(773) 927-1440<br />
www.peerfoods.com<br />
TURTLE WAX INC.<br />
(708) 563-3600<br />
www.turtlewax.com<br />
WORLD’S FINEST CHOCOLATE INC.<br />
(773) 847-4600<br />
www.worldsfinestchocolate.com<br />
WOZNIAK INDUSTRIES INC.<br />
(630) 954-3400<br />
www.wozniakindustries.com<br />
ILLINOIS AUTO ELECTRIC CO.<br />
(630) 862-3300<br />
www.illinoisautoelectric.com<br />
STARCON<br />
INTERNATIONAL INC. 14<br />
(815) 478-4615<br />
www.starcon.org<br />
WALTER E. SMITHE FURNITURE INC.<br />
(630) 285-8000<br />
www.smithe.com<br />
PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS INC.<br />
(847) 427-4300<br />
www.dailyherald.com<br />
LOEBER MOTORS INC.<br />
(847) 675-1000<br />
www.loebermotors.com<br />
VIENNA BEEF LTD. 15<br />
(773) 278-7800<br />
www.viennabeef.com<br />
AUSTIN CHEMICAL CO.<br />
(847) 520-9600<br />
www.austinchemical.com<br />
EVANS FOOD GROUP LTD.<br />
(773) 843-0005<br />
www.evansfood.com<br />
GEORGE S. MAY INT’L CO.<br />
(847) 825-8806<br />
www.georgesmay.com<br />
NEW!<br />
1200 W. 35th St.,<br />
Suite 5E<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong> 60609<br />
5655 W. 73rd St.<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong> 60638<br />
4801 S. Lawndale Ave.<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong> 60632<br />
2 Mid America Plaza,<br />
Suite 702<br />
Oakbrook Terrace 60181<br />
700 Enterprise St.<br />
Aurora 60504<br />
260 Market Place<br />
Manhattan 60421<br />
1251 W. Thorndale Ave.<br />
Itasca 60143<br />
155 E. Algonquin Road<br />
Arlington Heights 60005<br />
7101 N. Lincoln Ave.<br />
Lincolnwood 60712<br />
2501 N. Damen Ave.<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong> 60647<br />
1565 Barclay Blvd.<br />
Buffalo Grove 60089<br />
4130 S. Halsted St.<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong> 60609<br />
303 S. Northwest Hwy.<br />
Park Ridge 60068<br />
Larry O’Connell<br />
President<br />
Dennis Bookshester<br />
CEO<br />
Edmond F. Opler<br />
Chairman, CEO<br />
Edward F. Wozniak<br />
President, CEO<br />
H. Bruce Sirotek<br />
Chairman, CEO<br />
Michael J. Uremovich<br />
CEO<br />
Walter E. Smithe III<br />
President<br />
Douglas K. Ray<br />
President, CEO<br />
Michael Loeber<br />
President<br />
James Bodman<br />
Chairman, CEO<br />
Patrick J. Corboy<br />
President, CEO<br />
Alan Sussna<br />
President, CEO<br />
Israel Kushnir<br />
President<br />
$100.0<br />
$100.0<br />
$100.0<br />
$99.6<br />
$99.3<br />
$98.4<br />
$95.7<br />
$95.2<br />
$94.8<br />
$94.0<br />
$94.0<br />
$94.0<br />
$100.0<br />
$100.0<br />
$75.0<br />
$76.0<br />
$85.4<br />
$88.5<br />
$92.0<br />
$89.6<br />
$91.5<br />
$97.0<br />
$77.0<br />
$94.0<br />
NC<br />
NC<br />
+33.3%<br />
+30.9%<br />
+16.3%<br />
+11.2%<br />
+4.0%<br />
+6.3%<br />
+3.6%<br />
-3.1%<br />
+22.1%<br />
NC<br />
175<br />
350<br />
300<br />
500<br />
110<br />
500<br />
160<br />
215<br />
206<br />
1,907<br />
460<br />
475<br />
874<br />
120<br />
330<br />
400<br />
16<br />
26<br />
115<br />
400<br />
210<br />
1,200<br />
Processor of meats for foodservice<br />
industry<br />
$100.0 $107.0 -6.5% NA Manufacturer of chemical<br />
and household products;<br />
carwash operator<br />
Candy manufacturer<br />
Manufacturer of metal components<br />
Sales and distribution of transportation,<br />
industrial and outdoor<br />
care products<br />
Mechanical contractor<br />
Furniture retailer<br />
Publisher of the Daily Herald<br />
newspaper and Reflejos Bilingual<br />
Journal<br />
Automobile dealership<br />
Food processor<br />
Chemical sales and marketing<br />
Snack food manufacturer<br />
Management consulting<br />
May keeps focus<br />
on smaller biz<br />
While rival consultancies<br />
chase lucrative<br />
relationships<br />
with Fortune 1000<br />
clients, George S. May<br />
International Co. is<br />
happy to focus on<br />
small and mediumsized<br />
businesses, ranging<br />
from auto dealerships<br />
to nursing<br />
homes and typically<br />
generating less than<br />
$100 million in annual<br />
revenues. Some<br />
May clients have as<br />
few as 10 employees<br />
and $1 million in<br />
sales. To<br />
get its foot<br />
in the door,<br />
May offers<br />
prospective<br />
clients a<br />
business<br />
analysis<br />
Kushnir<br />
priced as low as $350.<br />
“Our business analysis<br />
is like the X-ray before<br />
the operation,”<br />
says President Israel<br />
Kushnir. “We just<br />
don’t charge very<br />
much for the X-ray.”<br />
May’s revenues have<br />
been flat of late, but<br />
then again it didn’t<br />
suffer as much in the<br />
aftermath of Sept. 11<br />
as most other consultants.<br />
Mr. Kushnir believes<br />
the small business<br />
marketplace is<br />
more stable. “In big<br />
organizations when it<br />
comes time to tighten<br />
the belt, consultants<br />
are the first to go.<br />
Smaller <strong>companies</strong><br />
don’t think that way,”<br />
he says.<br />
H. Lee Murphy<br />
Continued on Page 59
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