Riding high and on a roll
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The roller coaster industry is thriving, with 34 new coasters slated to open in the US and 67 at parks overseas in summer of 1998, bringing the total number of coasters to 350 in North America and approximately 700 worldwide. The Cedar Point park in Sandusky, OH, has the most number of roller coasters in the world, with 12. The cost of a roller coaster is about $1 million to $13 million, but those which would open in 1998, are likely to end up costing up to $15 million. Millersville, MD-based Premier Rides Inc. made four of the season's new steel coasters, which are all based on linear induction motor (LIM) technology. Meanwhile, Custom Coasters International of Cincinnati, OH, is building five new wooden coasters in 1998.
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OH: The roller coaster ind is thriving, w/ 34 new coasters slated to open in US & 67 overseas in summer 1998
Publication Name: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
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Year: 1998
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Firm finds nepotism's not always bad
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Cincinnati, OH-based Libby Perszyk Kathman Inc., a brand-identity and package-design company, has managed to secure a vital access to new workers as a result of its nepotism policy. The firm, which is a worker-owned venture that separated in 1983 from New York, NY-based Young & Rubicam, manages to maintain family-friendly and more humane operations as a result of hiring workers who are related by family. Libby Perszyk Kathman employs approximately 150 workers, of which there are two cousins, two sister pairs and six couples who are married.
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Manages to secure a vital access to new workers as a result of its nepotism policy
Publication Name: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
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Year: 1998
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Steel chiefs, USW launch campaign
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Steel producers and the United Steelworkers of America are launching the "Stand Up For Steel" campaign to pressure the Clinton Administration to do something against the entry of cheaper steel imports. The campaign is supported by radio and television commercials as well as full-page ads in national newspapers. The biggest problem facing the $70-billion US steel industry today is foreign steel "dumping," which is responsible for the layoffs and production shutdowns, according to coalition members.
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Steel producers & union officials launch "Stand Up For Steel" campaign to pressure govt to act against cheaper steel imports
Publication Name: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA)
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