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Article: How sweet it is! All of the companies making the 16th Annual WOOD 100 Report are celebrating double-digit growth; most look forward to an even sweeter future.(WOOD 100)(Cover Story)
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- Wood & Wood Products
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- August 1, 2005
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Speeding tickets might be on the docket for WOOD 100's Sweet Sixteen class, as every representative on this year's annual report is sporting double- or triple-digit growth--a first in Wood & Wood Products' history.
The median growth for these 97 U.S. and three Canadian companies was 27.5%, up from last year's 16.8%, and ranges from 13.6% to 306.9% --also some of the best numbers posted by WOOD 100 companies.
Compound that record-breaking growth with the fact that 88 companies are predicting another double-digit year, and 59 representatives say they expect 2005 to be their "best year ever," and that makes for a very sweet year indeed.
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