October 22, 2018 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Martin Rosol’s celebrates 90 years of homemade meats

1st Place — Less than 25 full-time employees categoryMartin Rosol's Inc.Headquarters: New BritainIndustry: FoodYear Founded: 1928Founder: Martin...

The Gilman Brothers Co.

4th Place — 76-plus employees categoryThe Gilman Brothers Co.Headquarters: GilmanIndustry: ManufacturingYear Founded: 1897Founder: Nathan GilmanGeneration Currently Running...

Willco Sales & Service Inc.

4th Place — 25 to 75 employees categoryWillco Sales & Service Inc.Headquarters: StratfordIndustry: Construction SupplierYear Founded: 1957Founder:...

Motorlease Corp.

4th Place — Less than 25 full-time employees categoryMotorlease Corp.Headquarters: FarmingtonIndustry: Fleet LeasingYear Founded: 1946Founder: Daniel A....

Franklin Construction LLC

3rd Place — 76-plus employees categoryFranklin Construction LLCHeadquarters: New HavenIndustry: ConstructionYear Founded: 1917Founder: Francesco TagliatelaGeneration Currently Running...

Close to Home Sewing Centers & Connecticut Shade and Blind

3rd Place — 25 to 75 employees categoryClose to Home Sewing Centers & Connecticut Shade and BlindHeadquarters:...

Mortensen Dairy Ice Cream

3rd Place — Less than 25 full-time employees categoryMortensen Dairy Ice CreamHeadquarters: NewingtonIndustry: Restaurant/HospitalityYear Founded: 1915Founder: Elmer...

Environmental Systems Corp.

2nd Place — 76-plus employees categoryEnvironmental Systems Corp.Headquarters: West HartfordIndustry: Building ServicesYear Founded: 1972Founder: Don McCurdyGeneration Currently...

Triax Technologies Inc.

2nd Place — 25 to 75 full-time employeesTriax Technologies Inc.Headquarters: NorwalkIndustry: TechnologyYear Founded: 2012Founders: Dale and Chad...

Bongiovanni Insurance & Financial

2nd Place — Less than 25 full-time employees categoryBongiovanni Insurance & FinancialHeadquarters: MeridenIndustry: Insurance & Financial ServicesYear...

From local family kitchen, Carla’s Pasta grows into international distributor

1st Place — 76-plus full-time employees categoryCarla's PastaHeadquarters: South WindsorIndustry: Food manufacturerYear Founded: 1978Founder: Carla SquatritioGeneration Currently...

Over 200 years, Lyman Orchards became a destination for golf, pies and fruit picking

1st Place — 25 to 75 full-time employees categoryThe Lyman Farm Inc. (Lyman Orchards)Headquarters: MiddlefieldIndustry: Agritourism, golf,...

Sports & Outdoors

🔒Q&A: Former UConn coach Jim Calhoun eyes new challenges ahead at USJ

With over 870 career wins and three NCAA Division I championships, former UConn head coach Jim Calhoun has nothing to prove as the newly appointed coach of University of St. Joseph's first-ever men's basketball program.

Education

🔒University of St. Joseph builds men’s athletics program to diversify, boost enrollment

The University of St. Joseph is building a men's athletics program to diversify and boost its sagging enrollment. So far, it's working.

Small Business

🔒Back East Brewing LLC

First-Generation Honoree — Less than 25 full-time employees categoryBack East Brewing LLCHeadquarters: BloomfieldIndustry: Craft BreweryYear Founded: 2012Founder:...

Economy & Labor

🔒Family businesses could have employment-law advantages

Family businesses make up the fabric of America.

Politics & Policy

🔒Gaming execs say third CT casino still viable

Obituaries for Connecticut's third casino in East Windsor are in error, according to Rodney Butler, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe and interim CEO of Foxwoods.

Small Business

🔒Family business strength on display

Read about the winners and finalists of this year's Family Business Awards.

Manufacturing

🔒International Cordage East (InCord)

5th Place — 76-plus employees categoryInternational Cordage East (InCord)Headquarters: ColchesterIndustry: Textile ManufacturingYear Founded: 1995Founder: Bob Martin and...

Economy & Labor

🔒Joe Brennan | President & CEO, Connecticut Business & Industry Association

As president and chief executive of Connecticut's largest business lobby, Joe Brennan is looking to encourage business-friendly policies this election cycle.

Bioscience

🔒CT’s latest biopharma shakeup creates opportunities, casts uncertainty over industry’s future

The latest biopharma industry downsizing has created new startup opportunities, but also cast uncertainty over the sector's future.

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Russell and Dawson Inc.

First-Generation Honoree — 25 to 75 employees categoryRussell and Dawson Inc.Headquarters: East HartfordIndustry: Architecture, Engineering, ConstructionYear Founded:...

Bioscience

🔒Attracting bioscience VC to CT

Besides academic research, perhaps the most important factor in building a bioscience hub is the presence of venture capital.

Small Business

🔒Insights from a successful family business succession plan

Entrepreneur Jim Phaneuf recently sold his Massachusetts property and casualty insurance company, Bell & Hudson, to his son, Matthew.

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