Landoll Inc.--Never Give Up, No Matter What

The company, located in Ashland, OH, recorded an outstanding 41-percent increase in sales, catapulting from $71 million in 1996 to an estimated $100 million in 1997 (final figures weren't available at press time). Pretty amazing statistics considering the company burned to the ground in 1992.

The competition thought Landoll was finished after the fire. But the printer/publisher was back in business 90 days later, operating in a four-story converted pump station.