CBJ's Largest Privately Held Companies 2018
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<strong>Largest</strong> <strong>Privately</strong> <strong>Held</strong> <strong>Companies</strong><br />
Celebrating private enterprise<br />
We are proud to publish for the fourth time<br />
a list of the largest privately held companies<br />
headquartered in Iowa’s Creative Corridor.<br />
We feel it is important to recognize and<br />
celebrate these<br />
companies<br />
and their leaders<br />
every other<br />
year because<br />
they are foundational<br />
to our<br />
region’s economy,<br />
and also<br />
because much<br />
can change in<br />
just a few years.<br />
We have<br />
seen Apache,<br />
Integrated<br />
JOHN F. LOHMAN DNA Technologies<br />
and Diamond<br />
V, among the largest of our region’s<br />
privately held companies, get sold to major<br />
publicly-traded corporations based outside<br />
of the region. That’s not always bad, but it<br />
certainly changes the dynamics of those that<br />
are acquired.<br />
The main purpose in producing this special<br />
publication is to show our readers that<br />
Iowa’s Creative Corridor has a vibrant private<br />
sector that is the very engine driving our<br />
economy. Most of these companies and their<br />
owners work extremely hard and don’t receive<br />
the recognition they rightfully deserve.<br />
This publication is a small token of our appreciation<br />
for their hard work and success.<br />
To be listed, company owners had to provide<br />
their gross revenue amounts from 2017.<br />
As many of them mentioned to us when we<br />
sought this confidential information, one of<br />
the benefits of being a privately held company<br />
is that they don’t have to provide this<br />
information to anyone other than the government.<br />
Fortunately, many were willing to<br />
disclose it to us for publication.<br />
This special supplement includes the<br />
CBJ’s List of the <strong>Largest</strong> <strong>Privately</strong> <strong>Held</strong> <strong>Companies</strong><br />
with revenues above $20 million.<br />
This list is obviously not comprehensive,<br />
as there are thousands of businesses in our<br />
region, but it does give a good representation<br />
of many of the largest. We unfortunately<br />
weren’t able to publish submitting companies<br />
with revenues under $20 million, due to<br />
space constraints.<br />
We have also profiled the largest companies<br />
on our list, and included details on their<br />
leadership teams, boards and support structures,<br />
when provided.<br />
CRST International tops the list once<br />
again, and should get a tremendous amount<br />
of appreciation and respect from our readers.<br />
This homegrown company has provided<br />
many good-paying jobs and supported many<br />
philanthropic efforts here in the Corridor.<br />
The company’s new headquarters in downtown<br />
Cedar Rapids has helped anchor a new<br />
phase of growth and commitment in the<br />
area, and shows the depth of CRST’s dedication<br />
to the community.<br />
We were pleased to celebrate all of the<br />
participating companies and their executive<br />
teams in May during a Celebrating Private<br />
Enterprise reception at the Cedar Rapids<br />
Country Club, sponsored by CRST, IWLC<br />
and Jet Air.<br />
We look forward to publishing this list every<br />
other year and helping our readers celebrate<br />
the region’s private enterprises with us.<br />
John F. Lohman<br />
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & PUBLISHER<br />
Corridor Business Journal<br />
MAY <strong>2018</strong><br />
CHIEF EXECUTIVE<br />
OFFICER & PUBLISHER<br />
John F. Lohman<br />
VICE PRESIDENT<br />
Aspen N. Lohman<br />
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER<br />
& ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER<br />
Andrea Rhoades<br />
EDITOR & CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER<br />
Adam Moore<br />
WRITERS<br />
Katharine Carlon<br />
Dave DeWitte<br />
Jennie Morton<br />
Jim Offner<br />
Emery Styron<br />
GRAPHIC DESIGN MANAGER<br />
Becky Lyons<br />
GRAPHIC DESIGNER<br />
Julia Druckmiller<br />
MAGAZINE & SPECIAL<br />
PROJECTS EDITOR<br />
Angela Holmes<br />
MAGAZINE MEDIA CONSULTANT<br />
Judith Cobb<br />
CBJ MEDIA CONSULTANT<br />
Kelly Meyer<br />
EVENT MARKETING COORDINATOR<br />
Ashley Levitt<br />
EVENT MEDIA CONSULTANT<br />
Rhonda Roskos<br />
MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION<br />
MANAGER<br />
Jean Suckow<br />
INSIDE<br />
5........CBJ List of LPH 1-11<br />
6........CRST International<br />
8........TrueNorth <strong>Companies</strong><br />
10......Van Meter Inc.<br />
12......Elite Casino Resorts<br />
14......UICCU<br />
16......GreatAmerica Financial<br />
18......World Class Industries<br />
20......Stanley Consultants<br />
22......Centro Inc.<br />
24......West Side Transport<br />
26......Modern <strong>Companies</strong><br />
27......CBJ List of LPH 12-24<br />
28......LPH by the Numbers<br />
30......CBJ List of LPH 25-35<br />
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contents of the publication without<br />
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4 CBJ’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES <strong>2018</strong>
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