TOP 50 LOCAL BUSINESSES OF
2008
Source: Boulder Daily Camera, Business Plus Section
July 14, 2008, p10
1.) IBM Corp.
Last year's rank: 2, with 3,400 local employees
Address: 6300 Diagonal Highway, Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-924-6300
Fax: 303-924-6270
Web site: www.ibm.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/IBM
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 3,000
Worldwide employees: 386,558
Local executive: Larry Longseth
2007 revenue: $98.8 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $10.4 billion
Description: Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM specializes in the invention, development and manufacture of advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, storage systems and microelectronics. The company also offers related services and business consulting worldwide.
Update: In June 2007, IBM announced it would retrofit an existing building on its Boulder campus to house a 115,000-square-foot, energy-efficient data center. The facility, which is now operational, includes 70,000 square feet of raised floor space as part of a $350 million investment by the corporation in Boulder to help meet customer demand worldwide for green data centers, while helping IBM and its clients reduce energy costs.
2.) Ball Corp.
Last year's rank: 3, with 2,880 local employees
Address: 10 Longs Peak Drive, Broomfield, 80021
Phone: 303-469-3131
Fax: 303-460-2127
Web site: www.ball.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/BLL
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 2,800
Worldwide employees: 15,500
Local executive: R. David Hoover
2007 revenue: $7.4 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $281.3 million
Description: Ball is a supplier of high-quality metal and plastic packaging for beverage, food and household products customers, and of aerospace and other technologies and services, primarily for the U.S. government.
Update: In 2007, Ball announced plans to build new beverage can plants in India and Poland. Beverage cans are Ball's largest product line and Ball officials says the company is the largest producer of beverage cans in North America and China, and the second-largest producer in Europe.
3.) Sun Microsystems Inc.
Last year's rank: 1, with 3,471 local employees
Address: 500 Eldorado Blvd., Broomfield, 80021
Phone: 800-786-0404
Web site: www.sun.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Nasdaq/JAVA
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 2,593
Worldwide employees: 34,440
Local executive: Jon Benson
2007 revenue: $13.9 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $473 million
Description: Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun Microsystems says it develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership.
Update: None provided.
4.) Level 3 Communications Inc.
Last year's rank: 4, with 2,100 local employees
Address: 1025 Eldorado Blvd., Broomfield, 80021
Phone: 720-888-1000
Web site: www.level3.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Nasdaq/LVLT
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 2,000
Worldwide employees: 6,000
Local executive: James Q. Crowe
2007 revenue: $4.3 billion
2007 net income/(loss): ($1.11 billion)
Description: Level 3 Communications is an international provider of fiber-based communications services. Enterprise, content, wholesale and government customers rely on Level 3 to deliver services over an end-to-end fiber network. Level 3 offers a portfolio of metro and long-haul services, including transport, data, Internet, content delivery and voice.
Update: None provided.
5.) Covidien (parent of Energy-based Devices and Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions Global Business Unit)
Last year's rank: 6, with 1,447 local employees
Address: Energy-based Devices: 5920 Longbow Drive, Boulder, 80301; Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions: 6135 Gunbarrel Ave., Boulder, 80301
Phone: Energy-based Devices: 303-530-2300; Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions: 303-305-2400
Fax: Energy-based Devices: 303-530-6285; Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions: 303-305-2226
Web site: www.covidien.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/COV
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 1,775 (Energy-based Devices: 1,475; Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions: 300)
Worldwide employees: 42,000
Local executive: Energy-based Devices: Bryan Hanson; Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions: Scott Drake
2007 revenue: $10.2 billion
2007 net income/(loss): ($342 million)
Description: Bermuda-based Covidien is a global health care products company that manufactures, distributes and services a diverse range of industry-leading product lines in four segments: medical devices, imaging solutions, pharmaceutical products and medical supplies.
Update: In 2007, the Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions Global Business Unit of Covidien developed a Global Sleep Initiative to unite research, diagnosis and therapy resources to improve patient care to treat obstructive sleep apnea and related sleep disordered breathing conditions. Via the "Unite to Treat Sleep Apnea" campaign, Covidien is uniting patients, physicians, Sleep Labs and Home Medical Equipment providers in an effort to simplify diagnosis and improve patient compliance with therapy.
6.) Seagate Technology
Last year's rank: 5, with 1,500 local employees
Address: 389 Disc Drive, Longmont, 80503
Phone: 720-684-1000
Web site: www.seagate.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/STX
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 1,600
Worldwide employees: 55,000
Local executive: Andy Davis
2007 revenue: $11.4 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $913 million
Description: Cayman Islands-based Seagate designs, manufactures and markets hard disc drives and storage solutions, providing products for a wide range of applications, including enterprise, desktop, mobile computing, consumer electronics and branded solutions. Seagate says its business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, with the goal of being the time-to-market leader in all markets in which it participates.
Update: In July 2007, the National Institute of Standards and Technology certified the Advanced Encryption Standard encryption chip built into Seagate's Momentus 5400 FDE.2 disc drive, a laptop hard drive with native encryption to protect against unauthorized access to information stored on lost or stolen laptop computers. Later in the year, Seagate announced a 1-terabyte desktop hard drive that uses government-grade encryption to prevent desktop PC information from falling into the wrong hands and also announced that its SV35 Series hard drives, designed for digital video surveillance systems, have a top capacity of 1 terabyte, providing 32 full days of high-resolution video streaming.
7.) Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Last year's rank: 7, with 1,197 local employees
Address: 702 SW Eighth St., Bentonville, Ark., 72716
Phone: 800-925-6278
Web site: www.walmart.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/WMT
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 1,300
Worldwide employees: 2 million
Local executive: Greg Sullivan
2007 revenue: $374.5 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $12.7 billion
Description: Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer.
Update: None provided.
8.) Safeway Inc.
Last year's rank: 11, with 833 local employees
Address: 6900 S. Yosemite, Centennial, 80112
Phone: 303-843-7670
Web site: www.safeway.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/SWY
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 1,250
Worldwide employees: 206,000
Local executive: Scott Grimmett
2007 revenue: $42.3 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $888.4 million
Description: Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway is a retail grocery store chain operator.
Update: None provided.
9.) Hunter Douglas Window Fashions Division (a part of Hunter Douglas Group NV)
Last year's rank: 10, with 1,000 local employees
Address: One Duette Way, Broomfield, 80020
Phone: 303-466-1848
Fax: 303-876-3387
Web site: www.hunterdouglas.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Trades on foreign exchanges, including Frankfurt and Amsterdam
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 968
Worldwide employees: more than 9,000 (division); 21,000 (parent company)
Local executive: Rick Pellett
2007 revenue: $3 billion (parent company)
2007 net income/(loss): $325.5 million (parent company)
Description: Hunter Douglas Window Fashions Division, a part of the Netherlands-based Hunter Douglas Group, develops and manufactures custom window coverings.
Update: The company recently introduced Pirouette window shadings. With a pull of the operating cord, textured fabric in fashion-forward colors transforms from cascading folds to contoured vanes, allowing an enhanced outside view through the sheer backing.
10.) Amgen Inc.
Last year's rank: 8, with 1,100 local employees
Address: 4000 Nelson Road, Longmont, 80503
Phone: 303-401-1000
Web site: www.amgen.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Nasdaq/AMGN
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 950
Worldwide employees: 17,500
Local executive: Dave Bengston
2007 revenue: $14.8 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $3.2 billion
Description: Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Amgen discovers, develops and delivers human therapeutics to fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses.
Update: None provided.
11.) West Corp. (parent to Intrado Inc. and InterCall)
Last year's rank: 12, with 778 local employees
Address: Intrado: 1601 Dry Creek Drive, Longmont, 80503; InterCall: 1157 Century Drive, Louisville, 80027
Phone: Intrado: 720-494-5800; InterCall: 303-928-2400
Fax: Intrado: 720-494-6600; InterCall: 303-928-2832
Web site: www.intrado.com; www.intercall.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 900 (Intrado: 750; InterCall: 150)
Worldwide employees: 42,000 (parent company)
Local executive: Intrado: George Heinrichs; InterCall: Warren Baxley
2007 revenue: InterCall: $730 million; $2.1 billion (parent company)
2007 net income/(loss): $5.4 million (parent company)
Description: Intrado, a subsidiary of Omaha, Neb.-based West, classifies itself as a provider of the core of North America's 911 infrastructure and a company that has been instrumental in the evolution of the nation's emergency communications network for the past 30 years. Intrado and its employees have processed nearly 3 billion 911 calls to date. InterCall, a subsidiary of West, is a service provider that specializes in conference communications. Founded in 1991, InterCall provides advanced audio, event, Web and video conferencing products that are designed to be easy-to-use and to help customers save time and money.
Update: Intrado officials say that demand for the company's services continues to grow, and that the firm is "looking for the nation's best, interested in making a difference, to help us meet that demand." In 2007, InterCall acquired Genesys Conferencing and also refreshed and relaunched Raindance Meeting Edition, a Web conferencing product, as InterCall Web Meeting. The company also said it renewed partnerships with firms such as Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Polycom and Tandberg. InterCall was named Frost & Sullivan's 2007 North American Conferencing Company of the Year.
12.) King Soopers (a division of the Kroger Co.)
Last year's rank: 13, with 712 local employees
Address: 65 Tejon St., Denver, 80223
Phone: 303-778-3100
Fax: 303-778-3200
Web site: www.kingsoopers.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/KR
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 795
Worldwide employees: 320,000
Local executive: Russ Dispense
2007 revenue: $70.2 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $1.2 billion
Description: King Soopers is a division of the Cincinnati-based grocery chain operator Kroger Co.
Update: None provided.
13.) Target Corp.
Last year's rank: 9, with 1,066 local employees
Address: 1000 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minn., 55403
Phone: 612-304-6073
Web site: www.target.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/TGT
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 785
Worldwide employees: 366,000
Local executive: April Dever
2007 revenue: $63.4 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $2.8 billion
Description: Minneapolis-based Target classifies itself as an upscale discount retailer with a history dating back to its first store opening in Roseville, Minn., in 1962. In addition, the company operates an online business called Target.com.
Update: None provided.
14.) Ricoh-IBM InfoPrint Solutions Co.
Last year's rank: 19 (tie), with 550 local employees
Address: 3600 Diagonal Highway, Boulder, 80301
Phone: 1-800-358-6661
Web site: www.infoprint.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 740
Worldwide employees: 2,751
Local executive: Tony Romero
2007 revenue: $1 billion (company-provided estimate)
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: InfoPrint Solutions Co. was created in June 2007 as a joint venture between Japan-based Ricoh and IBM. InfoPrint was the former Printing Systems Division of IBM and has been headquartered in Boulder since 1991. InfoPrint, which combines Ricoh and IBM's imaging technology and production output solutions, has customers that include medium businesses to large enterprises.
Update: Since the company was formed on June 1, 2007, InfoPrint has brought products to the TransPromo, direct mail and color printing markets. The company signed new local and international customers and won more than 10 industry accolades.
15.) Lockheed Martin Corp. (owner of Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Services and Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies Inc.)
Last year's rank: 14, with 700 local employees
Address: Information Systems: 6304 Spine Road, Boulder, 80301; Coherent: 135 S. Taylor Ave., Louisville, 80027
Phone: Information Systems: 303-527-0448; Coherent: 303-604-2000
Web site: www.lockheedmartin.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/LMT
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 700
Worldwide employees: 140,000
Local executive: Kate McNamara
2007 revenue: $41.9 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $3 billion
Description: Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
Update: Lockheed Martin developed systems and software for the Space Based Infrared System, which is designed to provide early warning of missile launches and support other missions simultaneously, including missile defense, technical intelligence and battlespace characterization.
16.) Whole Foods Market Inc.
Last year's rank: 26, with 396 local employees
Address: 1821 30th St., Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-440-5220
Web site: www.wholefoods.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Nasdaq/WFMI
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 677
Worldwide employees: 44,900
Local executive: Will Paradise
2007 revenue: $6.6 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $182.7 million
Description: Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market is a natural and organic supermarket that has served the Boulder community since 1998. Whole Foods has four stores in Boulder and one in Superior.
Update: In August 2007, Whole Foods acquired Boulder-based Wild Oats Markets Inc. Also during 2007, Whole Foods' local stores raised nearly $76,000 for local organizations, and diverted 180 gallons of comingled containers and 135 gallons of compostable material from the landfill. Whole Foods also held the inaugural Grower's Producers Seminar that provided education and networking opportunities for area farmers and producers.
17.) Sandoz Inc. (a division of Novartis AG)
Last year's rank: 15, with 625 local employees
Address: 2555 W. Midway Blvd., Broomfield, 80020
Phone: 800-523-1808
Web site: www.us.sandoz.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/NVS
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 650
Worldwide employees: 23,000 (Sandoz); 98,200 (parent company)
Local executive: Khalid Nasim
2007 revenue: $38.9 billion (parent company)
2007 net income/(loss): $12 billion
Description: Sandoz, a division of Switzerland-based Novartis AG, is a manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products in the United States, and produces more than 200 products in more than 500 package sizes. In business since 1946, Sandoz develops, manufactures and distributes pharmaceuticals from its Broomfield site.
Update: During 2007, Sandoz employees in Broomfield remained active in a number of community outreach activities. These included a Community Partnership Day during the week of April 23 in which employees volunteered their time and services at Bal Swan Children's Center in Broomfield, Adams County Alternatives to Family Violence Safehouse, FISH of Broomfield, and Kohl Elementary School in Broomfield, and participated in an Adopt-a-Street clean-up on 136th Avenue between Main Street and Sheridan Boulevard. The company also was a sponsor of a number of community outreach events in which employees participated, including the MS walk, Arthritis Foundation Walk, Parkinson's Disease ride, Denver Race for the Cure and the Diabetes Foundation.
18.) Emerson Process Management (a business of Emerson)
Last year's rank: 17 (as Micro Motion), with 591 local employees
Address: 7070 Winchester Circle, Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-530-8400
Fax: 303-530-8414
Web site: www.micromotion.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/EMR
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 615
Worldwide employees: 1,905 (local division); 140,000 (parent company)
Local executive: Tom Moser
2007 revenue: $22.6 billion (parent company)
2007 net income/(loss): $2.1 billion (parent company)
Description: Emerson Process Management, a business of St. Louis-based Emerson, makes Micro Motion flow and density measurement devices and provides technical support for those devices. The company has more than 500,000 Coriolis flow and density meters installed around the world.
Update: In 2007, Emerson's Micro Motion celebrated 30 years of innovation and expertise in flow and density measurement technology.
19.) Corporate Express U.S. Inc. (North American subsidiary of Corporate Express NV)
Last year's rank: 19 (tie), with 550 local employees
Address: 1 Environmental Way, Broomfield, 80021
Phone: 303-664-2000
Fax: 303-664-3474
Web site: www.corporateexpress.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Corporate Express is in the process of being acquired by Staples Inc.
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 570
Worldwide employees: 18,000
Local executive: Jay Mutschler
2007 revenue: $4 billion (in North America); $8.3 billion (parent company)
2007 net income/(loss): $287.2 million
Description: The Netherlands-based Corporate Express, which is being acquired by Staples Inc., provides customers with business products and services. The company, which bases its North American headquarters in Broomfield, has a widespread global distribution network spanning North America, Europe and Australia, close to 18,000 employees and operations in 21 countries. A copy of the company's U.S. Sustainability Policy can be found at www.CorporateExpress.com/sustainability.html.
Update: None provided.
20.) Crocs Inc.
Last year's rank: 23, with 450 local employees
Address: 6328 Monarch Park Place, Niwot, 80503
Phone: 866-306-3179
Web site: www.crocs.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Nasdaq/CROX
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 550
Worldwide employees: 3,800
Local executive: Ronald Snyder
2007 revenue: $847.3 million
2007 net income/(loss): $168.2 million
Description: Crocs is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of footwear for men, women and children under the Crocs brand. The company's footwear products incorporate a proprietary closed-cell resin material called Croslite.
Update: Crocs officials say the company has rapidly expanded since its initial public offering in February 2006. The company grew exponentially in 2007 by expanding its product distribution into more than 90 countries; expanded its footwear products to include more than 150 styles; acquired Ocean Minded, a footwear maker utilizing natural and sustainable materials; and most recently, won a $56 million judgment for intellectual property infringement of wholly owned subsidiary Jibbitz copyrighted charms.
21.) McLane Western (a distribution center of McLane Company Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway)
Last year's rank: 21, with 540 local employees
Address: 2100 E. Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 80502
Phone: 303-682-7500
Web site: www.mclaneco.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/BRK-A
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 530
Worldwide employees: 15,000 (McLane); 233,000 (parent company)
Local executive: Keith Pearson
2007 revenue: $1.238 billion (McLane); $118.2 billion (parent company)
2007 net income/(loss): $13.2 billion (parent company)
Description: A regional division of wholesale food distributor McLane Company, McLane Western supplies food and non-food items for more than 2,000 customers in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, and Wyoming. It serves convenience stores, mass merchants, drug stores, supermarkets, and some quick service restaurants. McLane Company, which distributes goods to more than 50,000 customers nationally through 35 distribution centers, is owned by Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire Hathaway.
Update: McLane Western officials said the entity enjoyed a safe and prosperous year in 2007, with no major accidents or injuries. The company enhanced its technology, improved its efficiency and increased its sales. But most importantly, company officials said, McLane Western continued to provide jobs for 530 Coloradans serving a five-state region.
22.) (tie) Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc.
Last year's rank: 18, with 571 local employees
Address: 248 Centennial Parkway, Louisville, 80027
Phone: 303-664-4000
Fax: 303-665-9104
Web site: www.rockbottom.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 483
Worldwide employees: 7,290
Local executive: Frank B. Day
2007 revenue: $371 million
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Privately-held Rock Bottom Restaurants owns and operates 103 restaurants under four concepts across the United States: Old Chicago, Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery, ChopHouse & Brewery and Walnut Brewery. The company classifies all of its restaurants as casual-dining establishments with a focus on excellent service; high-quality and moderately priced food; and a selection of micro-brewed and specialty beers.
Update: None provided.
22.) (tie) TransFirst Holdings Inc.
Last year's rank: 27, with 395 local employees
Address: 371 Centennial Parkway, Louisville, 80027
Phone: 303-417-0000
Web site: www.transfirst.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 483
Worldwide employees: 778
Local executive: Don Krasnosky
2007 revenue: WND
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Dallas-based TransFirst provides transaction processing services and payment technologies. Founded in 1995, the company is currently ranked as one of the top 10 largest processors in the United States according to The Nilson Report's "Top Merchant Acquirers in the U.S." consolidated list. The company offers a suite of innovative products and services and processing programs to meet the special business needs of financial institutions, independent sales organizations and agents and referral and reseller partners.
Update: During 2007, TransFirst announced payment processing partnerships with entities such as Ulrich Medical Concepts Inc., Advanced Data Systems Corp., the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and Zions Bancorporation.
24.) Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Last year's rank: 43 (tie), with 250 local employees
Address: 6450 Gunpark Drive, Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-628-5100
Fax: 303-516-0227
Web site: www.cpbgroup.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 440
Worldwide employees: 725
Local executive: Jeff Hicks
2007 revenue: $1.2 billion in billings
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Miami and Boulder, with offices in Los Angeles and London, Crispin Porter + Bogusky is a full-service advertising agency that specializes in creative, media, research, planning, account service and print and broadcast production.
Update: In 2007, Crispin Porter + Bogusky was selected as the lead creative agency for Domino's Pizza. New accounts include Domino's Pizza and Microsoft.
25.) DigitalGlobe
Last year's rank: 33 (tie), with 300 local employees
Address: 1601 Dry Creek Drive, Longmont, 80503
Phone: 303-684-4000
Web site: www.digitalglobe.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held (Company made a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for a future initial public offering)
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 400
Worldwide employees: 425
Local executive: Jill Smith
2007 revenue: $151.7 million
2007 net income/(loss): $95.8 million
Description: Privately held DigitalGlobe provides high-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products.
Update: At 11:35 a.m. on Sept. 18, 2007, DigitalGlobe's WorldView-1 commercial imaging satellite launched on a Boeing Delta II 7920 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. In April 2008, DigitalGlobe made a filing with the SEC in preparation for a future initial public offering worth up to $250 million. The full terms and date of the offering have not been set.
26.) WhiteWave Foods Co. (a subsidiary of Dean Foods Co.)
Last year's rank: 24, with 420 local employees
Address: 12002 Airport Way, Broomfield, 80021
Phone: 303-635-4000
Web site: www.whitewave.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/DF
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 385
Worldwide employees: 1,365 (WhiteWave); 25,585 (parent company)
Local executive: Joseph E. Scalzo
2007 revenue: $1.3 billion (WhiteWave); $11.8 billion (parent company)
2007 net income/(loss): $131.4 million (parent company)
Description: Headquartered in Broomfield, WhiteWave Foods was established when Dallas-based Dean Foods Co. consolidated much of its branded business into one consumer packaged goods organization. Officials for WhiteWave Foods say the division create healthy, innovative and responsibly produced foods from natural and organic brands Horizon Organic, Silk Soymilk and Rachel's yogurt, and others International Delight, Land O' Lakes and Stok.
Update: WhiteWave's employees remained active in the community. Values in Action is an employee group that promotes volunteerism, community involvement, and environmental events and initiatives (e.g. Earth Day activities, Bike to Work/alternative transportation days), and also identifies and implements employee programs and services that align with the company's values.
27.) Abacus (a division of Epsilon, which is a subsidiary of Alliance Data Systems Corp.)
Last year's rank: 30 (tie, as Epsilon-Abacus), with 315 local employees
Address: 2550 Crescent Drive, Lafayette, 80026
Phone: 303-410-5100
Web site: www.abacus-us.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/ADS
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 382
Worldwide employees: 9,800 (parent company)
Local executive: Diane Sawyer
2007 revenue: $2.3 billion (parent company)
2007 net income/(loss): $164.1 million (parent company)
Description: Abacus is a division of Epsilon, a marketing services firm that is a subsidiary of Dallas-based Alliance Data Systems Corp. Epsilon's services include strategic consulting, database and loyalty technology, proprietary data, predictive modeling and a full range of creative and interactive services including brand and promotional development, Web design, e-mail deployment, search engine optimization and direct mail production. Epsilon also offers permission-based e-mail marketing services.
Update: Advertising Age magazine ranked Epsilon No. 1 U.S. Marketing Services Firm and No. 1 U.S. Direct Marketing Agency.
28.) Array BioPharma Inc.
Last year's rank: 33 (tie), with 300 local employees
Address: 3200 Walnut St., Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-381-6600
Web site: www.arraybiopharma.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Nasdaq/ARRY
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 375
Worldwide employees: 375
Local executive: Robert E. Conway
2007 revenue: $37 million
2007 net income/(loss): ($55.4 million)
Description: Array BioPharma is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted small molecule drugs to treat patients afflicted with cancer, inflammatory diseases and pain. The company's proprietary drug development pipeline includes clinical candidates that are designed to regulate therapeutically important target proteins and are aimed at large market opportunities. In addition, leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies collaborate with Array to discover and develop drug candidates across a broad range of therapeutic areas.
Update: None provided.
29.) Key Equipment Finance (an affiliate of KeyCorp)
Last year's rank: 29, with 356 local employees
Address: 1000 S. McCaslin Blvd., Superior, 80027
Phone: 720-304-1000
Fax: 720-304-1250
Web site: www.kefonline.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/KEY
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 352
Worldwide employees: 1,038 (Key Equipment Finance); 18,400 (parent company)
Local executive: Paul A. Larkins
2007 revenue: $7.9 billion (parent company)
2007 net income/(loss): $919 million
Description: Key Equipment Finance is an affiliate of Cleveland-based KeyCorp and provides business-to-business equipment financing solutions to businesses of many types and sizes including equipment manufacturers; distributors; public sector organizations; and lease advisory services. Key Equipment Finance manages a $14.9 billion equipment portfolio with annual originations of approximately $6.3 billion.
Update: In October 2007, Key Equipment Finance expanded its presence along the U.S. 36 corridor by opening a second location. The new location adds 30,000 square feet of office space to the company's Colorado operations. The company also was named the second-largest bank-held equipment finance company in the United States based on new business volume, up from a third-place ranking the previous year. Also in 2007, Key Equipment Finance, in conjunction with KeyBank's Colorado District and the Key Foundation, contributed $250,000 to the University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business in support of the school's diversity efforts and building campaign.
30.) Medtronic Navigation (a part of Medtronic Inc.)
Last year's rank: 33 (tie), with 300 local employees
Address: 826 Coal Creek Circle, Louisville, 80027
Phone: 720-890-3200
Web site: www.medtronicnavigation.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/MDT
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 350
Worldwide employees: 450 (Medtronic Navigation); 38,000 (parent company)
Local executive: Jim Cloar
2007 revenue: $155 million (Medtronic Navigation); $13.5 billion (parent company)
2007 net income/(loss): $16 million (Medtronic Navigation); $2.2 billion (parent company)
Description: Medtronic Navigation, part of the Minneapolis-based Medtronic, provides surgical navigation productsfor several clinical specialties, including cranial neurosurgery; functional neurosurgery; spinal; ear, nose and throat; joint replacement and orthopedic trauma surgeries.
Update: None provided.
31.) Wall Street On Demand
Last year's rank: Not on list
Address: 5718 Central Ave., Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-417-9999
Web site: www.wallst.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 316
Worldwide employees: 316
Local executive: James Tanner
2007 revenue: $40 million
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Wall Street On Demand's business is the design, development and hosting of custom Web sites, reports and tools for the financial services industry.
Update: Wall Street on Demand has chosen Boulder as its home for more than 10 years. The company's continuous growth has allowed it to double its staff during the last two years and lease additional office space.
32.) Xilinx Inc.
Last year's rank: 25, with 404 local employees
Address: 3100 Logic Drive, Longmont, 80503
Phone: 720-652-3600
Fax: 720-652-3663
Web site: www.xilinx.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Nasdaq/XLNX
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 306
Worldwide employees: 3,416
Local executive: Dan Gibbons
2007 revenue: $1.8 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $374 million
Description: Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Xilinx makes complete programmable logic technologies, is the inventor of the Field Programmable Gate Array and says it fulfills more than half of the demand for these devices today.
Update: Xilinx was named one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2008 by CRO/Business magazine, ranking high across a wide variety of citizenship issues. The company says it is well-known for fostering a spirit of community, corporate giving and volunteerism, exemplified by employees at its Longmont site, where the company supports the MESA program, the YMCA, the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless and the Outreach United Resource Center Inc.
33.) (tie) Roche Colorado Corp.
Last year's rank: 28, with 375 local employees
Address: 2075 North 55th St., Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-442-1926
Fax: 303-938-6413
Web site: www.rochecolorado.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Swiss Exchange/RHHBY
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 300
Worldwide employees: 78,604
Local executive: Don Fitzgerald
2007 revenue: $44.3 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $11 billion
Description: Roche Colorado, a subsidiary of the Basel, Switzerland-based Roche Group, is a pharmaceutical research, development and manufacturing facility located in Boulder. Roche Colorado's work forces, including chemists, engineers, and pharmaceutical production personnel, specialize in the production of therapeutic peptides and highly active compounds.
Update: Roche Colorado is helping to develop a variety of new peptide compounds for its parent company, Roche, and other customers. Roche Colorado also has entered into production of clinical phase peptide APIs for promising new drug candidates.
33.) (tie) McKesson Health Solutions (part of McKesson Corp.)
Last year's rank: 38, with 299 local employees
Address: 335 Interlocken Blvd., Broomfield, 80021
Phone: 303-466-9500
Web site: www.healthsolutions.mckesson.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/MCK
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 300
Worldwide employees: 32,000 (parent company)
Local executive: Peter Csapo
2007 revenue: $101.7 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $990 million
Description: San Francisco-based McKesson is a health care services company that provides pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and health care information technologies that are designed to make health care safer while reducing costs. McKesson says it touches virtually every aspect of health care.
Update: Dr. Emad Rizk president of McKesson Health Solutions, has been named among the nation's "50 Most Powerful Physician Executives," according to Modern Physician magazine.
35.) MWH Global Inc.
Last year's rank: 32, with 311 local employees
Address: 380 Interlocken Crescent, Broomfield, 80021
Phone: 303-533-1900
Fax: 303-533-1910
Web site: www.mwhglobal.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 292
Worldwide employees: 7,000
Local executive: Robert B. Uhler
2007 revenue: $1.3 billion
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Headquartered in Broomfield, MWH is a private, employee-owned firm that provides water, wastewater, energy, natural resource, program management, consulting and construction services to industrial, municipal and government, and other private sector and public sector clients in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, India, Asia and the Pacific Rim.
Update: In 2007, MWH achieved record revenue of $1.3 billion with particular strength in mining, hydropower, construction and software.
36.) Noodles & Company
Last year's rank: 43 (tie), with 250 local employees
Address: 520 Zang St., Broomfield, 80021
Phone: 720-214-1900
Web site: www.noodles.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 280
Worldwide employees: 4,500
Local executive: Kevin Reddy
2007 revenue: WND
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Noodles & Company was founded in 1995 and is a quick-casual, globally inspired noodle restaurant. From healthy to indulgent and spicy to comforting, Noodles & Company's menu features Asian-, Mediterranean- and American-inspired noodle dishes, soups and salads. Noodles & Company has more than 180 locations in 17 states.
Update: Noodles & Company launched its educational Good Balance campaign in 2007. The program was created to help guests make customizable food choices to meet their own balanced diet and needs. The campaign is being supported by in-restaurant materials and online at noodles.com.
37.) The Hain Celestial Group
Last year's rank: 40, with 280 local employees
Address: 4600 Sleepytime Drive, Boulder, 80301
Phone: 800-434-4246
Web site: www.hain-celestial.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Nasdaq/HAIN
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 269
Worldwide employees: 2,131
Local executive: David Ziegert
2007 revenue: $900.4 million
2007 net income/(loss): $47.5 million
Description: Melville, N.Y.-based The Hain Celestial Group is the parent to Boulder's Celestial Seasonings, which makes and sells all-natural specialty teas. Hain Celestial also owns a tofu and meat-alternative manufacturing facility in Boulder.
Update: In 2007, Celestial Seasonings began a brand reinvention that emphasizes the flavors and variety of its products through new packaging and a new logo. Celestial Seasonings also launched Saphara, a selection of six premium whole-leaf teas packaged in pyramid tea bags, as well as a line of five gourmet whole bean coffees. Each of the new tea and coffee varieties is USDA Organic and Fair Trade Certified.
38.) Bestop Inc.
Last year's rank: 41, with 275 local employees
Address: 2100 West Midway Blvd., Broomfield, 80020
Phone: 303-465-1755
Fax: 303-466-2696
Web site: www.bestop.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 260
Worldwide employees: 260
Local executive: Richard Sabourin
2007 revenue: WND
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Privately held Bestop designs and builds Jeep tops -- both soft tops and hard tops -- as well as other Jeep accessories. Bestop also has expanded its offerings to include truck caps and truck accessories.
Update: None provided.
39.) Lehman Communications Corp.
Last year's rank: 46, with 249 local employees
Address: 350 Terry St., Longmont, 80501
Phone: 303-776-2244
Fax: 303-776-9271
Web site: www.timescall.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 256
Worldwide employees: 416
Local executive: Ed Lehman
2007 revenue: WND
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Longmont-based Lehman Communications Corp., which is privately held, owns and publishes a family of newspapers, including the Longmont Daily Times-Call, Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald, Canon City Daily Record, Lafayette News, Louisville Times, Erie Review, Superior Observer and Longmont FYI. The company also does commercial Web press printing.
Update: None provided.
40.) Spectra Logic Corp.
Last year's rank: 42, with 270 local employees
Address: 1700 N. 55th St., Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-449-6400
Fax: 303-939-8844
Web site: www.spectralogic.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 251
Worldwide employees: 303
Local executive: Nathan C. Thompson
2007 revenue: WND
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Privately held Spectra Logic specializes in providing power-efficient data archive and backup products that are designed to let users reduce risk, lower cost and save time. Spectra Logic says its archive and backup products are designed specifically for secondary storage needs and are compatible with every major tape and disk format.
Update: None provided.
41.) Wells Fargo & Company
Last year's rank: 43, with 250 local employees
Address: 1242 Pearl St., Boulder, 80302
Phone: 800-869-3557
Web site: www.wellsfargo.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/WFC
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 234
Worldwide employees: 160,000
Local executive: Patrick D. O'Brien
2007 revenue: $53.6 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $8.1 billion
Description: Wells Fargo, based in San Francisco, is a diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, wealth management and estate planning, investments, mortgage and consumer finance to more than 23 million customers from more than 6,000 stores, its Web site and other distribution channels.
Update: Wells Fargo held steady as the top small business lender for loans under $100,000 in the United States, Colorado and Boulder according to 2006 Community Reinvestment Act data released in November 2007. With an average loan size of just under $26,000, Wells Fargo extended more than 820,000 loans nationwide. In Boulder, Wells Fargo made more 2,700 loans under $100,000 totaling $68.9 million to local businesses.
42.) (tie) Polycom Inc.
Last year's rank: 33 (tie), with 300 local employees
Address: 5755 Central Ave., Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-440-5330
Fax: 303-440-5331
Web site: www.polycom.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Nasdaq/PLCM
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 225
Worldwide employees: 2,500
Local executive: Steve Adams
2007 revenue: $929.9 million
2007 net income/(loss): $62.9 million
Description: Pleasanton, Calif.-based Polycom Inc. specializes in in unified collaborative communications and delivers an array of high definition telepresence video, wired and wireless voice, and content products. Spanning from the desktop to an immersive telepresence suite, Polycom's technologies are based on open standards and designed to integrate with leading telephony and presence-based networks.
Update: In 2007, Polycom hit the $1 billion run rate, which was due in part to its acquisition of Boulder-based SpectraLink Corp. SpectraLink provided enterprise wireless telephony products, and the acquisition enabled Polycom to offer its customers and partners a fully integrated solution for individuals in all work environments, officials say.
43.) Leanin' Tree
Last year's rank: 48, with 220 local employees
Address: 6055 Longbow Drive, Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-530-1442
Web site: www.leanintree.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 208
Worldwide employees: 213
Local executive: Tom Trumble
2007 revenue: WND
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Established in 1949, the privately held Leanin' Tree manufactures and distributes Fine Art greeting cards in regional, national and special interest themes.
Update: In independent surveys conducted by GiftBeat, the leading newsletter of the gift industry, retailers nationwide rated Leanin' Treegreeting cards No. 1 in sales for three years in a row.
44.) Webroot Software Inc.
Last year's rank: 49, with 203 local employees
Address: 2560 55th St., Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-442-3813
Fax: 303-442-3846
Web site: www.webroot.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 200
Worldwide employees: 330
Local executive: Mike Irwin
2007 revenue: WND
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Privately held Webroot Software Inc. provides security software for consumers, enterprises and small and medium businesses worldwide. Globally recognized for its award-winning Spy Sweeper line of anti-spyware and anti-virus products, Webroot security software has received top review ratings by respected third-party experts and has been adopted by millions globally.
Update: Webroot recently entered the Software as a Service market and plans to offer a range of Web-based e-mail management and protection services.
45.) Cisco Systems Inc.
Last year's rank: Not on list
Address: 5330 & 5400 Airport Blvd., Boulder 80301
Phone: 720-562-6300
Web site: www.cisco.com
Stock exchange/symbol: CSCO
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 185
Worldwide employees: 65,000
Local executive: Phil Harris
2007 revenue: $34.9 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $7.3 billion
Description: San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco Systems specializes in networking and communications.
Update: In 2007, Cisco ranked 11th on Fortune's "Best 100 Places To Work" list, up from No. 25. Cisco also moved up to No. 9, from No. 30, on Barron's "100 Most Respected Companies" rankings.
46.) McGuckin Hardware
Last year's rank: 39, with 284 local employees
Address: 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 80302
Phone: 303-443-1822
Fax: 303-443-5126
Web site: www.mcguckin.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 169
Worldwide employees: 169
Local executive: Barry Hight
2007 revenue: WND
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Privately held McGuckin Hardware is a retail hardware store and kitchen and bath design center that has been owned and operated by the same Boulder family since 1955.
Update: In 2007, McGuckin Hardware held its annual Spring Garage Sale in May and celebrated its 52nd anniversary in September. Camera readers honored McGuckin Hardware in the following categories with Boulder County Gold awards: First Place -- Best Customer Service, Best Hardware Store, Best Interior Design Service / Studio (McGuckin Design Center). Runner Up -- Best Locally Owned Store, Best Garden Center, Best Housewares & Kitchen Goods Store.
47.) Prairie Mountain Publishing
Last year's rank: 47, with 229 local employees
Address: 1048 Pearl St., Boulder, 80302
Phone: 303-442-1202
Fax: 303-449-9358
Web site: www.dailycamera.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 153
Worldwide employees: 245
Local executive: Al Manzi
2007 revenue: WND
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Prairie Mountain Publishing, which is jointly owned by E.W. Scripps Co. and Denver-based MediaNews, publishes papers in eastern Colorado, including the Camera and Colorado Daily in Boulder and the Enterprise in Broomfield.
Update: None provided.
48.) GE Analytical Instruments Inc. (a division of GE Water & Process Technologies, which is a unit of General Electric's Infrastructure business)
Last year's rank: Not on list
Address: 6060 Spine Road, Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-444-2009
Fax: 303-581-7887
Web site: www.geinstruments.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/GE
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 150
Worldwide employees: 210 (Analytical Instruments); 327,000 (parent company)
Local executive: Michael Routh
2007 revenue: $50 million (Analytical Instruments); $172.7 billion (parent company)
2007 net income/(loss): $22.2 billion (parent company)
Description: GE Analytical Instruments is a global manufacturer of on-line, laboratory, and portable analytical instruments used to measure total organic carbon in water. The company's products are used in a wide variety of applications and industries including pharmaceutical, microelectronics, chemical, petroleum, power generation, drinking water, environmental, food and beverage, and medical research. GE Analytical Instruments is a division of GE Water & Process Technologies, which is a unit of Fairfield, Conn.-based General Electric Co.'s Infrastructure business.
Update: In 2007, GE Analytical Instruments continued to develop and introduce products and technologies to meet the world's growing water quality measurement challenges.
49.) OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Last year's rank: Not on list
Address: 2860 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-546-7600
Fax: 303-444-0672
Web site: www.osip.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Nasdaq/OSIP
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 135
Worldwide employees: 495
Local executive: Robert Simon
2007 revenue: $341 million
2007 net income/(loss): $66.3 million
Description: Melville, N.Y.-based OSI Pharmaceuticals says it is committed to "shaping medicine and changing lives" by developing and commercializing pharmaceutical products designed to extend life or improve the quality of life for patients with cancer, diabetes and obesity.
Update: For three years in a row, OSI's Boulder facility has won an award from Colorado's Best Companies for Working Families. In 2007, OSI was named as an Honorary Member of the Circle of Distinction, preceded by a first place win in 2006 and a second-place win in 2005 in the medium-sized company division. The contest highlights organizations that help their employees manage a healthy balance between work and family. OSI officials say the company is proud to be a family friendly workplace.
50.) (tie) Xcel Energy
Last year's rank: Not on list
Address: 1225 17th St., Denver, 80202
Phone: 303-571-7511
Web site: www.xcelenergy.com
Stock exchange/symbol: NYSE/XEL
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 120
Worldwide employees: 11,987
Local executive: Tim E. Taylor
2007 revenue: $10 billion
2007 net income/(loss): $577 million
Description: Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy is a U.S. electricity and natural gas company with regulated operations in eight Western and Midwestern states. Xcel Energy provides a portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.3 million electricity customers and 1.8 million natural gas customers through its regulated operating companies.
Update: In 2007, Xcel Energy completed wind generation additions to its system in Colorado that in turn allowed it to meet the mandates of the voter-approved Renewable Energy Standard seven years ahead of schedule. The company also supported legislation in 2007 doubling the state's Renewable Energy Standard to 20 percent of all Xcel Energy electricity sales, by the year 2020. Xcel Energy now has nearly 1,100 megawatts on its system in Colorado, with plans for another 800 megawatts.
50.) (tie) Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy
Last year's rank: Not on list
Address: 4940 Pearl East Circle, Suite 301, Boulder, 80301
Phone: 303-442-2304
Fax: 303-442-4605
Web site: www.pharmaca.com
Stock exchange/symbol: Privately held
Employees in Boulder/Broomfield counties: 120
Worldwide employees: 500
Local executive: Barry Perzow
2007 revenue: WND
2007 net income/(loss): WND
Description: Privately held Pharmaca is a retail chain that combines traditional pharmacy services with holistic remedies (herbal and dietary supplements, homeopathy, aromatherapy); natural and organic cosmetics and body care products; fair trade gift items; over-the-counter medications and healthy snacks. Like the European pharmacies that inspired Pharmaca, the Boulder-based company's stores are staffed by licensed health care practitioners -- registered pharmacists, naturopathic doctors, homeopaths, estheticians, herbalists and more. Pharmaca said it represents the next generation of the "neighborhood pharmacy."
Update: Pharmaca grew its number of stores by 71 percent from fiscal year 2007 to 2008. The company plans to continue expanding through the 2009 fiscal year by adding one new store per month to its current 24-store base.