Of these supporting players, several equipment dealers have found an advantageous spot at the crossroads of high revenue and local ownership. Construction Machinery Industrial, Airport Equipment Rentals, and Craig Taylor Equipment all rank alongside their major building contractor clients among the Top 49ers (Alaska companies ranked by gross revenue). “Equipment Rentals” visits some of their peers, unfolding a map of how to succeed in equipment rental.
Industries need room to work and to store materials and inventory, and that’s the job of warehouse support businesses. It’s not as easy as rolling up the door on a big empty shed, as shown in “Where Oh Where Have Warehouses Gone?”
Every industry can benefit from professional insight, whether in the form of economic consulting or communications. “Clarity from Confusion” reports on Alaska’s biggest private research firms, while guest author Sarah Erkmann Ward of Blueprint Alaska shares her expertise with connecting to the public, particularly for resource development projects.
Other industries may live in the spotlight, but (to extend the metaphor) they would be in the dark without a stagehand to light the way. 