Maryland

With Pride

Duvinage

Duvinage Corporation of Hagerstown is one Maryland
business that keeps the state spinning in a spiral while
conquering space at the same time. With progressive
engineering and sophisticated styling, the Washington
County firm manufactures spiral and circular stairs for
customers worldwide — with bumper-sticker size "Pride"
logos on each shipment leaving the plant. (Photo courtesy
of Duvinage Corporation)

Kirkegaard & Perry

Montgomery County's Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories
is one of Maryland's greatest assets in the international
microbiology and biomedical fields. The 50 employees
at the 10-year-old Gaithersburg facility produce reagents
and substrates vital to research. (Photo courtesy of
Kirkegaard & Perry)

Byrd's Inc.

Founded in 1949, Byrd's Inc. of Crisfield has been ship-
ping pasteurized Chesapeake Bay crabmeat throughout
the nation and overseas for many years. The Eastern
Shore facility uses a patented method developed in 1952
to seal and process the meat for optimum freshness.
(Photo by Tom Pezzetti)