Manufacturing

Ingles Markets Corporate Office

Second generation grocer, Robert P. Ingle, decided to open his own market in 1963. His first location was in Asheville, North Carolina. From the beginning, the company name was Ingles, not Ingle’s.

In 1982 Ingle purchased a dairy farm, Milkco and expanded his grocery store to include dairy products. Milko remains a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ingles.

In 2000 the company started building Ingles Gas Express gas stations with its newer stores.

Today Ingles Markets has 201 locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and Alabama. The company also owns 70 shopping centers and a dairy farm that sells one-third of its products to Ingles Markets and the rest to other distributors. Ingles Markets also owns Sav-Mor Foods. There are currently 11 Save-Mor Food stores in 3 states.

The company is family controlled, with 86% of voting power and almost half of the shares owned by the Ingle family. Robert Ingle passed away in 2011 and his son, Robert Ingle II, then became CEO.

In February 2022, the company saw a 17percent increase in stock prices after announcing revenue growth in the first quarter.

Ingles Markets trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol IMKTA, is #629 in the Fortune 1000, is a member of the Russell 2000, and had $3.79 billion in revenue in 2016.

Ingles Markets

Second generation grocer, Robert P. Ingle, decided to open his own market in 1963. His first location was in Asheville, North Carolina. From the beginning, the company name was Ingles, not Ingle’s.

In 1982 Ingle purchased a dairy farm, Milkco and expanded his grocery store to include dairy products. Milko remains a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ingles.

History

In 2000 the company started building Ingles Gas Express gas stations with its newer stores.

The company is family controlled, with 86% of voting power and almost half of the shares owned by the Ingle family. Robert Ingle passed away in 2011 and his son, Robert Ingle II, then became CEO.

In February 2022, the company saw a 17percent increase in stock prices after announcing revenue growth in the first quarter.

Ingles Markets trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol IMKTA, is #629 in the Fortune 1000, is a member of the Russell 2000, and had $3.79 billion in revenue in 2016.

Beckman Coulter Corporate Office

Beckman Coulter is a manufacturer of biomedical laboratory instruments.

The company was founded in 1935 by Arnold O. Beckman as National Technical Laboratories to make and sell a PH meter that he had invented.

In 1940 Beckman changed the company’s name to Arnold O. Beckman, Inc. and diversified to oxygen analyzers, potentiometers, and spectrophotometers.

In the 1950’s Beckman established his first laboratory and began marketing semiconductor transistor technology.

Today Beckman Coulter develops, manufactures, and markets products for biomedical testing. Over 275,000 Beckman Coulter systems operate in Diagnostic and Life Sciences laboratories throughout the world. Clients include hospitals, laboratories, and scientists.

In 2011 Beckman Coulterwas was acquired by the Danaher Corporation.

Beckman Coulter

Beckman Coulter is a manufacturer of biomedical laboratory instruments.

The company was founded in 1935 by Arnold O. Beckman as National Technical Laboratories to make and sell a PH meter that he had invented.

In 1940 Beckman changed the company’s name to Arnold O. Beckman, Inc. and diversified to oxygen analyzers, potentiometers, and spectrophotometers.

History

In the 1950’s Beckman established his first laboratory and began marketing semiconductor transistor technology.

In 2011 Beckman Coulterwas was acquired by the Danaher Corporation.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporate Office

Cognizant Technology Solutions has its roots in the 1994 founding of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (DBSS), which was a joint venture between Dun & Bradstreet and Satyam Computers. The joint venture was an in-house technology unit that focused on large-scale IT projects for Dun & Bradstreet.

In 1996 Dun & Bradstreet spun-off several of its divisions into independent companies, including DBSS. In 1997 DBSS was renamed Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Today the company provides business intelligence, data warehousing, applications maintenance services, software and systems development and integration, and re-engineering services to customers in the manufacturing, retail, financial services, health care, and logistic industries.

Most of Cognizant’s employees and software development centers are located in India.

Cognizant Technology Solutions is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CTSH, is a member of the S&P 500, is #308 in the Fortune 500, is #348 in the FT Global, has 199,700 employees, and had $9.88 billion in revenue in 2013.

Cognizant Technology Solutions

In 1996 Dun & Bradstreet spun-off several of its divisions into independent companies, including DBSS. In 1997 DBSS was renamed Cognizant Technology Solutions.

History

Most of Cognizant’s employees and software development centers are located in India.

Juniper Networks Corporate Office

Juniper Networks is a manufacturer of networking equipment.

The company was founded by Pradeep Sindhu to supply routers to support the internet, which was just emerging at the time. Sindhu was a scientist at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center.

Original funding for the company came from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, and further funding came from AT&T Corporation and Anschutz Corporation.

Today Juniper Networks designs and sells network infrastructure equipment used to manage applications and services across networks. Products include software, data center, firewall devices, routers, and intrusion prevention systems.

The company’s clients include IBM, Nokia Siemens, and Ericsson.

Juniper Networks is traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol JNPR, is a member of the S&P 500, is #523 in the Fortune 1000, has 9,483 employees, and had $4.80 billion in revenue in 2013.

Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks is a manufacturer of networking equipment.

The company was founded by Pradeep Sindhu to supply routers to support the internet, which was just emerging at the time. Sindhu was a scientist at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center.

Original funding for the company came from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, and further funding came from AT&T Corporation and Anschutz Corporation.

History

The company’s clients include IBM, Nokia Siemens, and Ericsson.

Quanta Services Corporate Office

Quanta Services provides outsourced construction, maintenance, and technology services to several industries.

The company was founded in 1997 to create an integrated, nationwide, and comprehensive infrastructure for electric utility and telecommunications companies.

Quanta soon expanded into natural gas infrastructure and specialty services such as design engineering for power and telecom.

Today Quanta Services designs, installs, repairs, and maintains network infrastructure for the electric power and the oil and natural gas pipeline industries in the United States, Australia, and Canada.

The company trades publicly on New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PWR, is a member of the S&P 500, is #86 in Fortune’s Fastest-Growing Companies list, is #396 in the Fortune 500, has 20,900 employees, and had $7.62 billion in revenue in 2013.

Quanta Services

Quanta Services provides outsourced construction, maintenance, and technology services to several industries.

The company was founded in 1997 to create an integrated, nationwide, and comprehensive infrastructure for electric utility and telecommunications companies.

Quanta soon expanded into natural gas infrastructure and specialty services such as design engineering for power and telecom.