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DeWITT - Carmen Ligoci was standing in a hotel room in downtown Charlotte, N.C.
"I looked to my right, my left, and counted 70 cranes in downtown Charlotte," he says.
In those cranes, he saw new business potential for his company, DeWitt-based ABC Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Inc. So in May, Ligoci launched a new company in Charlotte, along with two nephews who were already working in the area and had first told him about all the activity in the city.
The North Carolina business, ABC Mechanical, LLC, now employs 22 and has already generated $6 million in revenue since launching May 1.
"It was a very good move," Ligoci says.
Starting the Charlotte business was the latest move Ligoci has made to expand his refrigeration and air-conditioning business. Just six years ago, ABC Refrigeration was generating $12 million a...