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KEITH COS. /Costa Mesa, California After Thrill Ride, Engineering Firm Settles Down.(A)
By Tom Gray
Investor's Business Daily
Thrill rides aren't for everybody. Just ask Aram Keith.
Back in the mid-1990s, his engineering firm, Keith Cos., had just been through a brutal downturn in the California real estate market. He decided it was time to look for something smoother.
While Keith Cos. still does plenty of survey and design work for California land developers and builders, it's been steadily widening its scope into new markets and regions. A handful of the markets it's entered are hitting on all cylinders.
One is power generation. Keith has added mechanical, electrical and other industrial engineering services to its lineup. The move is paying off in energy-starved California and other states, where the company is doing design and engineering work on new power plants.
In December it added eight engineers -- a 20% hike -- to handle the extra load. Its Engineering Services unit is working on seven small plants with 50-megawatt gas turbine generators.
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...competitor is Costa Mesa-based Keith Cos. Most other OC engineering firms...talent. Even Costa Mesa-based Keith Cos., which Hunsaker regards as his...business development Tim Kihm. Also, Keith Cos. has pursued environmental planning...
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- News wire article from: United Press International May 2, 2002 700+ words
...year," Wolford added. Earnings improve 5 percent at Keith Cos. COSTA MESA, Calif., May 2 (UPI) -- Engineering services provider Keith Cos. Inc. said its first-quarter net income rose 5 percent...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 1, 2003 700+ words
...Friday at $11.94, up 36 percent from a year ago. Impac employs 300 people in Orange County. KEITH COS. BUYS BRAZILIAN POWER FIRM: The Keith Cos., an engineering and consulting company based in Costa Mesa, announced that it bought Universal...
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...addressing the issue last week. Engineering company Keith Cos. expects its electricity work--20 percent of...it reconvenes this month," said Irvine-based Keith Chief Executive Aram Keith. "A lot of major corporations don't want to...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Campbell, Ronald April 29, 1999 700+ words
...piece of the real estate boom. The Keith Cos. Inc., a Costa Mesa engineering...Exchange Commission on Wednesday. Keith plans to sell 1.75 million shares...trim debt and raise capital. Keith said the economic boom is boosting...
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...Tribune Business News Apr. 3--The Keith Cos. is poised to raise about $40 million...personal holdings of founder Aram Keith and a board member. The rest will...rest is for acquisitions," said Keith, who is the company's chairman...