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4 5 JULY/AUGUST 2017 Contents 6 OPENING LINES EXHIBITION CENTERS 18 THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS Because the shows must go on 26 THE LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM The greatest stadium in the world PACKAGING 36 THE ASSOCIATION FOR PACKAGING AND PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES Most everything comes in a package 42 COLD JET, LLC The leader in dry ice blasting 52 LOMA SYSTEMS Designed to survive FRANCHISING 66 CLEAN JUICE Where franchisees become family 74 OLD CHICAGO PIZZA AND TAP ROOM The craft beer authority 80 SAFARI, LTD. Toys that teach HOMEBUILDING 88 MURRAY HOMES The recipe for success CITY VIEW 100 THE ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE Public-Private Partnerships: Good Policy That’s Good for Taxpayers 108 MAULDIN, S.C. Suburban community with an international reach 116 SUNRISE, FLORIDA A city for today and tomorrow 126 ANTIGONISH, NOVA SCOTIA Who could want for more? AUTOMOTIVE/MARINE/RV 138 GENERAL RV CENTER Growing wide and deep 146 GIANT RECREATION WORLD Remaining on top 154 LONGVIEW RV Through good times and bad 160 ICE CASTLE FISH HOUSES “You can camp in a fish house, but you can’t fish in a camper! ” 170 CLEAN SEAL Celebrating 40 years of service to the RV and transportation industry 178 THE NAPLETON AUTOMOTIVE GROUP Second to none since 1931 190 AKZONOBEL COATINGS LTD. Essential protection LOGISTICS 200 THE AMERICAN SHORT LINE AND REGIONAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION Small customers and not-so-small customers to railroads 206 RIVERPORT RAILROAD Waiting to get in CLEAN AND GREEN 216 GREEN MARINE By and for the shipping industry 226 DUFFIELD ASSOCIATES, INC. Champions of soil, water, and the environment 236 PINNACLE RENEWABLE ENERGY INC. Sustainable wood pellets 248 TERRAGON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES Waste into resource FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES 258 CENERO Sight, sound, success 266 THE REMI GROUP Transforming the equipment service industry 276 TRANSPERFECT Helping to navigate the global marketplace 286 RADIAL ENGINEERING A market leader in music electronics 296 WESTON FOREST You’ll love doing business with us