242 Carson’s Inc.
Main location: Archdale, NC
Divisions: Carson’s of High Point, Crestwood, Joseph Dean Co., Metal Creations
Annual sales: $23 million* (’06)
Rank last year: 243
Manufacturing plants: 4 — Archdale, High
Point, NC
Total square footage: 478,000
Total employees: 350
Manufacturing employees: 325
Products: residential furniture — love
seats, sofas, upholstered chairs, occa-
sional furniture; contract seating
Distribution: nationally through furniture
retailers, contract furniture dealers;
international sales
www.carsonsofhp.com
243 Colonial
Craft
Main location: Mounds View, MN
Annual sales: $23 million* (’06)
Rank last year: 188
Manufacturing plants: 2 — Mounds View,
MN; Luck, WI
1600
sales per employee
1400
1200
1000
Productivity of the FDM 300
135,702
148,985
151,320
155,893
74,600
127,344
124,555
124,547
119,469
115,594
106,000
103,000
102,500
99,600
98,300
84,300
81,400
81,200
78, 100
74,000
800
69,000
600
‘ 86 ‘ 87 ‘ 88 ‘ 89 ‘ 90 ‘ 91 ‘ 92 ‘ 93 ‘ 94 ‘ 95 ‘ 96 ‘ 97
20
18.0
‘ 98 ‘ 99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06
percentage of growth
15
10
5
8.0
9.0
6.0
4.0
11. 5
10.0
7.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
3.0 4.0
0.0 2.0
3.0
0
- 1.0 - 1.0
- 5
‘ 86 ‘ 87 ‘ 88 ‘ 89 ‘ 90 ‘ 91 ‘ 92 ‘ 93 ‘ 94 ‘ 95 ‘ 96 ‘ 97 ‘ 98 ‘ 99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06
Productivity, measured by total annual sales of the group of FDM 300 companies divided by total
employment, recorded a solid 3 percent gain in 2006, to $155,893 in sales per employee.
Total employees: 250
Manufacturing employees: 200
Products: millwork/mouldings — mouldings, window grilles and component parts
Distribution: nationally through home
centers, lumber yards, millwork
distributors, custom picture frame
distributors, OEMs
www.colonialcraft.com
