Economy

Family-Owned Allen Industries Sees Growth

by Keri Brown

Allen Industries has been manufacturing signs for North Carolina-based Hardees for decades. Allen Industries is considered one of the largest sign and awning manufacturing companies in the nation. Allen Industries

Greensboro-based Allen Industries is one of the nation's largest makers of high-profile commercial signs.

Allen Industries is a family-owned company that began in High Point in 1931 with the vision and passion of Thomas R. Allen.  Some of their clients include Hardees and other fast food chains, as well as professional sports teams.

In this week's Business Report, WFDD contributor Justin Catanoso interviews reporter Katie Arcieri, about her cover story in the Triad Business Journal. Arcieri goes inside Allen Industries. She talks with its top leaders, and she reports on the remarkable success of this third-generation family business.

Justin Catanoso is director of the Journalism program at Wake Forest University and a regular contributor to 88.5 WFDD.

To read Katie Arcieri's stories and more breaking business news from the region, go to the Triad Business Journal online at Triad.Bizjournals.Com.

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