Corporate Cleveland articles from January 1992

Corporate Cleveland archives from January 1992

Let us spray. (commercial spray painting industry)
January 1, 1992... Let us Spray High volume, low pressure. What sounds like Willie Loman's concept of heaven is instead a benchmark the commercial spray-painting industry has sought for years: the ability to apply large amounts of paint at low pressure,...

Living to sell. (sales executives' marketing techniques)
January 1, 1992... LIVING to SELL No company can afford to have an Al Bundy on its sales staff. The hapless shoe salesman from television's "Married...With Children" is the ultimate floundering huckster, with little interest in his product, even less ambition...

Punch another notch in your belt; it looks like another lean year. (Economic Forecast 1992)
January 1, 1992... Punch another notch in your belt; it looks like another lean year. Though no one seems to fully understand this recession, economic analysts think they know enough to push back any forecast of a recovery to late 1992 - at best. Whenever it...

Parking problems. (Ted Bonda, founder of APCOA Inc.)
January 1, 1992... Parking Problems The phone chirps, and the dapper man shrugs: "Excuse me again?" He arches his eyebrows and reaches once more for the receiver. In a quiet, serious voice, he says, "This is Ted Bonda." The meeting takes another long pause....

Recycling misfortune. (recycling firm of Tom Norton and family)
January 1, 1992... Recycling misfortune When he speaks of his son's accident, Tom Norton's voice becomes quiet. He folds his hands on the table in front of him and stares directly at his listener. "There isn't a day goes by," he says, "that I don't have a...

Muscle and blood. (United Steelworkers of America)
January 1, 1992... MUSCLE AND BLOOD For America's industrial labor unions, the 1980s was a decade of unprecedented decline. And many labor analysts foresee the 1990s as being marked by the continuing deterioration - in size of membership, and in economic and...

On the Eighth Day. (Eighth Day Sound) (Small Business )
January 1, 1992... On the Eighth Day What do Frank Sinatra, Cheap Trick, Liza Minelli, Jethro Tull and Dolly Parton have in common? A Cleveland connection named Eighth Day Sound. From 17,000 square feet rehabbed in the old American Greetings building on...

Finding the 4 corners of the world. (4 Corners Map and Travel) (Small Business)
January 1, 1992... Finding the 4 Corners of the World Steve and Debbie Rhinesmith wanted to go into business for themselves and work together. "We never liked it when we had separate jobs and would see each other in the morning and evening but go off and do...

The good news is there's no new bad news. (real estate industry) (Properties)
January 1, 1992... The good news is there's no new bad news The nation's real estate climate hasn't been worse since the Great Depression. But in the last month, two news items have raised hopes for a long-term recovery. The first concerns the front-end banking...

Risky business. (healthcare industry)
January 1, 1992... Risky business These are dark and desperate days for the small-business owner unlucky enough to find himself lost in the health benefit house of mirrors. Hemmed in by recession, hounded by ever-increasing insurance rates, the small-business...

Stroking with the nap. (fur industry) (Marketing)
January 1, 1992... Stroking with the nap It was shocking image emblazoned by the media on America's conscience - even though some say it was faked. Those unsuspecting fur-clad women attacked by blood- and paint-throwing animal-rights activists were nothing...

Ohio's largest property and casualty insurance companies. (Tabular data only) (Directory)
January 1, 1992... Ohio's largest property and casualty insurance companies The collapse last spring of Mutual Benefits Life Insurance Co. of New Jersey, the largest insurance failure in history, has brought into question the solvency of all insurance...

Elizabeth L. Sislak. (Advertising/Marketing/Communications) (Brief Article)
January 1, 1992... Elizabeth L. Sislak Elizabeth L. Sislak has been promoted to vice president and chief financial officer of Dix & Eaton Inc.

Marvin W. Zima. (Equipment/Services) (Brief Article)
January 1, 1992... Marvin W. Zima Marvin W. Zima has been named latex unit president at GenCorp Polymer Products.

Donald J. Richards. (Equipment/Services) (Brief Article)
January 1, 1992... Donald J. Richards Donald J. Richards has been promoted to partner in the Cleveland office of Anderson Consulting. James C. Donohue, Lisa M. Johnson and Julia A. Mercer have been promoted to manager.

Bell & Howell Publications Systems Co. (Equipment/Services) (Brief Article)
January 1, 1992... Bell & Howell Publications Systems Bell & Howell Publications Systems Co. promoted David F. Gump to chairman and CEO and hired James P. Roemer as president and chief operating officer.

Helmut G. Peters. (Equipment/Services) (Brief Article)
January 1, 1992... Helmut G. Peters Helmut G. Peters was appointed president and CEO of the newly formed VME Sales North America.

OHM Corp. (Equipment/Services) (Brief Article)
January 1, 1992... OHM Corp. OHM Corp. has named Samuel H. Iapalucci vice president and chief financial officer, Gene J. Ostrow executive vice president, corporate development, and Rex L. Vance and Richard K. Quinn vice presidents of business development.

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff. (Law) (Brief Article)
January 1, 1992... Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff has named partner H. Jeffrey Schwartz to chairman of its bankruptcy and commercial practice group.

Richard M. Knoth. (Law) (Brief Article)
January 1, 1992... Richard M. Knoth Richard M. Knoth has joined Climaco, Climaco, Seminatore, Lefkowitz & Garofoli Co., L.P.A. as a partner.

The Standard Products Co. (Manufacturing) (Brief Article)
January 1, 1992... The Standards Products Co. The Standard Products Co. has appointed the following officers: Theodore K. Zampetis, president and CEO; Thomas A. Harker, senior vice president, finance; John C. Brandmahl, vice president, human resources; Richard...