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Show Sunday. September Businessmen optimistic of Utah future Wm iin)fiipirite Utah business leaders voice a much more optimistic view of Utah's short-tereconomic future than U.S. executives do of the national economy, according to the Business Conditions Survey released by the Utah State Tax Commission. Those findings are the result of a May 1989 telephone survey of the leaders of 50 of Utah's largest 56 businesses, along with executives of 160 moderate-size- d Utah companies. I The survey is conducted quarterly by the University of Utah Survey Research Center on a contractual basis for the Utah State Tax Commission. The statewide telephone survey asked business leaders to rate present business conditions for the ,Utah economy as a whole compared to one year ago; to project .what business conditions for the .'economy as a whole will be in six months; and whether in the next 'six months business conditions in ;the respondent's industry were to improve or worsen. As a whole, executives of Utah's ; . larger businesses felt more optimis-- ; tic about Utah's economic future than did the 160 leaders of the 'state's moderate-size- d businesses. ; Respondents were asked to provide numerical ratings in answer to questions. A rating of 50 implies no change, 75 reflects moderate improvement and a rating of 100 would show substantial improvement. A rating of 25 would be moderately worse; zero m . ed VUimuciiue in uuui a cuunum; unproved from a rating of 55 to 57 Utah busiamong moderate-size- d nesses polled from the second to the third quarter of 1989, but among executives of large businesses, the confidence rating dropped slightly .from 63 to 60. 'Nevertheless, those rankings are still considerably higher than the .Mfiy 1989 rating of 48 given by U.S. business leaders in the nationwide Survey of Business Confidence conConducted by the New York-base- d ference Board, Inc. The trend for more optimism Utah busiamong moderate-size- d nesses is reflected in other questions specific to Utah economic conditions. The most striking jump in ratings was in response to a question asking businesses to evaluate present Utah economic conditions versus one year ago. Ratings by moderate-size- d businesses jumped from 51 in the second quarter of 1989 to 55.5. in the third. But for large businesses, that rating dropped from 62 to 59. When asked to project Utah's economy for the next six months, the rating from moderate-size- d businesses rose from 54.5 in the second quarter to 55.3; large businesses' ratings dropped from 62.8 to 59.5. Similarly, moderate-size- d busi- nesses expected a small rise in company profits, with an increase in- rating from 59.5 in the second quarter to 60.3 in the third; larger - corporate profit expectations dropped from 65.3 to 62.8. However, the outlook on increasing employment rose to a rating of 62.3 for larger businesses, compared to a second-quarte- r rating of businesses 60.8; moderate-size- d eased off increases in employment with a drop from 55.5 to 53.8. Both businesses foresaw decreases in capital investments. Larger businesses expected to increase prices somewhat in the next six months. - SPRINGVILLE A Utah business has successfully won several several from large contracts government and one from the worth several private sector million dollars. Hal Wing of Wing Enterprises, Inc., with offices in Provo and Springville, recently landed government contracts to make handling containers for the military and another with McDonalds Corporation to supply its patented Little Giant ladders to its franchises. Part of the government con- tracts called for the bidding c process to come under requirements meaning the company landing the contract had to build a product that had extra safety, strength and stability. "As far as we know we are the only company to meet and guarantee those specifications," said Wing. The material handling box or container is a new line at Wing Enterprises. It is made entirely of aluminum and when not in use, it breaks or folds down to a fraction of its original size. Besides the Department of Defense, prime contractors such as mil-spe- McDonnel-Dougla- also use the Wing s prod- uct. The military also uses the containers aboard aircraft such as B-Apache and Chi B-1- 0, helicopters and the UJ5. Navy aboard surface supply ships and aircraft carriers. The U.S. Army uses the containers to ship ammunition, field food stuffs and virtually anything else not requiring refrigeration. "We are literally in all facets of the military," said Wing. The "Jumbo Project" as Wing calls it, is a contract with McDonalds. This contract calls for Wing Enterprises to supply the Little Jumbo, a small stepladder to 11,000 of hamburger chains across the world. "At first we had a difficult time getting this project off the ground because of a lack of exposure about the product Then all of the sudden we received a letter from McDonalds asking for 200 units. We filled the 200 and then a few months ago we received another letter confirming they want to put a Jumbo into every McDonalds outlet in world. That amounts to 11,000 units. "This contract provides two things: exposure in every state in the U.S. and several nations abroad and a high profile with similar businesses." Wing explained that during the - Pagt'r? into!! xiftm 5, ft Residential customers now have more choices with two new services being implemented in most areas throughout Utah by US WEST Communications. "Customers have been telling us that they want more choices in the type of services available," said W. Mack Lawrence, US WEST Communications Utah vice president and chief executive officer. - that US WEST conducted extensive research into residential customers' jJ J T,;r- -- , fWt 'H o V If), summer months, his company normally lays off 20 to 30 people but with the added contracts, he is hiring new personnel. Both contracts are worth $2 million and subsequent dealings may double that amount in the near future, said Wing. Photo courtesy of Wing Enterprises 7 Hal Wing, right, and Steve Garner of military marketing for Wing Enterprises inspect handling containers. US WEST offering two new Lawrence explained THE HE RAID, Provo, Utah, nook By ROD COLLETT Herald Staff Writer Lockheed, Boeing, 10, 1989 needs and service expectations. "Customers told us that they want to make the most of their time. That is why we extended our office hours in Utah. We have also introduced Express Service, which gives residential customers a choice as to when their telephone service is installed. "We are giving Utah residential customers more time during the day to call us," Lawrence ex- plained. "Customers said they wanted our offices to be open more services for Utah customers hours so they would have more flexibility as to when they could call. As a result of their input, our residence service offices arc now open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m." Lawrence said the customer research also lead to the introduction of another new service Express Service. It gives Utah residential customers service installation sooner than the US WEST established standard of two days. Express Service offers customers choices for their service installation Same Day Service for $22, and Next Day Service priced at $17, in addition to the regular installation charges. The service comes with a guar- antee. Since January, the company has offered Express Service in four areas Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa and the Minneapolis-St- . Paul area. "So far. we have met more than percent of our installation con mitments," said Lawrence. "But, if for any reason the customer's serv ice isn't installed and working by p.m. on the day we committed tot we will credit their account" fof double the Express Service fee,,- "Extending our office hours and offering customers a choice-WitExpress Service are two ways wg are changing to be more responsive to customers' needs," Lawrence; added. 99 .,- Nature's Way earns Congress recognition Nature's Way Products, Inc., a company in the Murdock Healthcare group, located in Springville, was formally recognized in the Congressional Record of the First Session of the 101st Congress of the United States for its efforts to save an endangered 30,000-acr- e rainforest in Western Samoa. Sen. Orrin Hatch commended the actions of Nature's Way to President Bush, after hearing of how this environmentally active manufacturer personally intervened to save an endangered rainforest. Nature's Way took action after discovering the village of Falealupo on the island of Savaii in Western Samoa was being forced to allow logging of their sacred rainforest to pay off a debt to the Western Samoan Government. Nature's Way contributed funds to the village to help pay off the debt putting an immediate halt to the destructive logging. The contribution by Nature's Way was made under a special covenant -- with the village chiefs whereby the village of Falealupo retains complete ownership of the rainforest and pledges to keep it in its pristine state for the next 50 years. Citing the possible extinction of thousands of animal and plant species, many of which haven't even been cataloged, and the disappearing rainforest's possible connection with global climate changes resulting from the greenhouse effect, Sen. Hatch saluted the efforts of Nature's Way in helping preserve the environment through rainforest preservation. 59 "We are pleased to receive this recognition from such distinguished individuals," said Ken Murdock, Chairman of the Board of Nature's Way. "We hope what we have done, and will continue to do, increases the awareness of how fragile our environment is and the responsibility we all share in protecting it. We hope our efforts will prompt others to similar action." r1 THE BEST BUY FAX GUIDE machines reviewed by "What to Buy for , business", the independent consumer guide to buying business equipment. You can see the Canon FAX 270, 360, 450, 630, 705 and 850 at Associated Business Products, Utah's exclusive Canon dealer for Canon fax machines, copiers and r laser printers. 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