Hartford Business Journal

Economy www.HartfordBusiness.com decemBer 26, 2016 • Hartford Business Journal 81 BOOK OF LISTS & ECONOMIC FORECAST 2016-2017 Largest minority-owned businesses in Greater Hartford (Ranked by number of local employees as of May 2016) Rank Company Local employees/ Total employees FY 2015 sales/ FY 2014 sales Minority group Company description Person in charge Year founded 1 Horizon Services Co. 250 Governor St. East Hartford, CT 06108 800-949-5323; www.horizonsvcs.com 412 412 NA NA Asian Janitorial, post-construction and special-project cleaning services Ted Hsu President & CEO 1991 2 Charter Oak Building Maintenance Inc. 1840 Silas Deane Highway Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-632-5667; www.cobm.net 260 260 NA NA Hispanic (1) Facility maintenance and janitorial services Kenia M. Thomas CEO 1988 3 AI Engineers Inc. 919 Middle St. Middletown, CT 06457 860-635-7740; www.aiengineers.com 120 170 $31,600,000 $25,060,000 South Asian Full-service consulting engineering firm specializing in bridge engineering, construction management and inspection, civil engineering, M/E/P and design-build services Abul Islam President & CEO 1991 4 GM2 Associates Inc. 90 Brainard Road Hartford, CT 06114 860-263-8484; www.gm2inc.com 51 66 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 Asian Structural and heavy civil engineering, hydraulics and drainage, inspections for bridges, structures, inspections and permitting Madan M. Gupta President 1988 5 Floyd Manufacturing Inc. 5 Pasco Hill Road Cromwell, CT 06416 860-829-1803; www.floydmfg.com 37 37 $6,108,000 $4,764,000 African American Manufacturer of precision-automotive products Alfonso Floyd President 1987 6 Freeman Companies LLC 36 John St. Hartford, CT 06106 860-251-9550; www.freemancos.com 34 34 $3,500,000 $3,011,510 African American Owner's representation, civil and geotechnical engineering, permitting, landscape architecture, land surveying, environmental sciences, hazardous building materials, construction-inspection services Rohan A. Freeman President 2009 7 Martinez Couch & Associates LLC 1084 Cromwell Ave., Suite A-2 Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-436-4364; www.MartinezCouch.com 33 34 NA NA Hispanic Civil and wastewater engineering, land surveying, GIS, environmental consulting, construction-phase services Rafael Martinez Managing member 1999 8 Energy Efficiencies Solutions 398 Palisado Ave. Windsor, CT 06095 860-580-9076; www.eesgogreen.com 27 27 $1,990,987 $1,615,625 Hispanic (1) Full-service energy conservation company Leticia Colon de Mejias CEO 2010 8 Tai Soo Kim Partners LLC 146 Wyllys St., Building 1-203 Hartford, CT 06106 860-547-1970; www.tskp.com 27 29 NA NA Asian Architecture and interiors, planning services for corporate, cultural, educational, institutional and governmental clients Whitcomb Iglehart Managing partner 1970 10 Springfield Spring Corp. 24 Dell Manor Drive Bristol, CT 06010 860-584-6560; www.springfieldspring.com 26 54 $10,200,000 $8,650,000 Hispanic Manufacturer of precision-engineered compression springs, extension springs, torsion springs, stampings and light assemblies Norman L. Rodriques President 1942 11 The Computer Co. Inc. 15 Commerce Drive Cromwell, CT 06416 860-635-0500; www.computercompany.net 25 26 $2,700,000 $2,700,000 Asian (1) Computer network, cloud, VMware, HIPPA and security audits, database and programming, off-site backup and data-center service, web development Eileen Hasson President 1996 12 JFC Construction LLC P.O. Box 400070 Hartford, CT 06140 860-293-2019; www.jfcsteelconstr.com 24 32 $4,700,000 $1,100,000 African American Specializing in rebar installation, miscellaneous steel on commercial projects including heavy highway, bridge, municipal projects, schools, hospitals and other commercial projects Joslyn F. Chance Jr. Member and manager 1997 13 Jay's Landscaping 473 Sullivan Ave. South Windsor, CT 06074 860-282-9496; www.jayslandscaping.com 22 22 $2,400,000 $2,300,000 Native American Landscape construction Jay Murtha Sole member 1999 14 Pita Communications LLC dba The Pita Group 40 Cold Spring Road Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-293-0157; www.thepitagroup.com 20 20 $5,321,808 $6,423,313 Hispanic Advertising, design, strategic marketing, consulting, brand education, digital media and interactive services, video, broadcast productions, PR and more Paul E. Pita Executive creative director & CEO 1996 15 Interpreters and Translators Inc. 263 Main St. Manchester, CT 06042 800-648-0686; www.ititranslates.com 19 20 NA NA Hispanic (1) Language services, in-person interpreting, document translation, video and telephonic interpreting, CART, c- print, localization and transcreation Elba R. Pagano Owner 1986 16 Zuvic, Carr and Associates Inc. 40 Cold Spring Road Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-436-4901; www.zuvic.com 17 17 $3,185,000 $3,925,000 Hispanic (1) Full-service, civil and environmental engineering consulting firm Marici Zuvic President 1988 17 Sir Speedy Printing Bloomfield 21 Old Windsor Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-242-0303; www.sirspeedy.com/ bloomfield 14 14 $3,000,000 $2,800,000 African American Offset and digital printing, black and white, full color, copying, mailing services, posters and banners Mark Jacobs Owner 1985 18 Susaya Construction Co. Inc. 79 West Dudley Town Road Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-242-7107; www.susayaconstruction.com 13 13 $966,000 $824,000 Hispanic Commercial and residential concrete sidewalks, driveways and patios, granite curbing, site work, excavation, trucking, decorative stamp concrete and overlay Michael James Susaya President 1978 19 Cabrera Services Inc. 50 Founders Plaza, Suite 207 East Hartford, CT 06118 860-569-0095; www.cabreraservices.com 11 80 $43,472,043 $32,368,692 Hispanic Environmental remediation contractor, managing full- scope turnkey radiological remediation projects Lorenzo Cabrera Chairman & CEO 1994 19 Russell & Dawson LLC 1111 Main St. Hartford, CT 06108 860-289-1100; www.russellanddawson.com 11 11 NA NA Asian Architecture, space planning, structural engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, construction administration, programming, interior design, code compliance, historic preservation Chirag Thaker President 1965 21 IBC - Industrial Supply Plus Inc. 2 Creamery Brook East Granby, CT 06026 860-246-1618; industrialbuyers.com 10 12 NA NA Hispanic (2) Buying group, integrator and sub-assembly provider in the industrial maintenance, repair and operation marketplace Richard Nunez Chairman 1999 Source: Each company via survey. NA = Not available. (1) Also, woman-owned. (2) Also, veteran-owned. —Compiled by Heide Martin.

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