Dallas Times Herald 1 : 5 in millions of dollars North Texas companies on Inc. 500 list Fastest revenue gainers among nation's private companies; revenues . Pct. rev. gain | Overall rank & company _ Business line 1985-89 24. Piant Technical Contract eng./* | Sves., Hurst 7,563% tech. svcs. aa A ne aL INESS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1990 SOURCE: Inc. magazine ~ Wichita Falls t care 446. Unique Trans. Systems, Lewisville \ Interstate trucking svcs. 457. Funeral Directors Life Insur., Abilene Prearranged funeral svcs. 783 496. Decker, Hardt, Kopf, Harr, : 723 i Munsch & Dinan, Dallas | Commercial law services Hurst company ranks high on growth list By Linda Burke OF THE TIMES HERALD STAFF When looking through the private-company ranks for a fast-growing Texas company, |, you need look no further than Hurst. Plant Technical Services leads all other Texas compa- nies on the new national rank- ing by Inc. magazine of pri- vate firms on the fast track, weighing in at No. 24. Company founder and Chief Executive Amin Bishara cred- its the company’s success to hard work and determination on the part of his employees. “We don’t bother about be- ing clever or geniuses,” he said. “We all focus on the company’s goals, and inspira- tion helps us all do the right jobs.” The company provides engi- neers, technicians and com- : puter specialists to high-tech, | companies and employs 200 industrial and manufacturing workers. Plant Technical Services leads a Texas delegation of 32 companies that made the mag- azine’s Inc. 500 list. The com- pany reported a 7,563 percent increase in sales, to $8.89 mil- lion in 1989 from $116,000 in 1985. . The list appears in the De- cember issue, which will hit newsstands Tuesday. “The company began in 1985 by the founder borrowing the money to get started from his future employees,” said Tom Anable, vice president of finance and administration. He said the company’s gross sales have reached $18 million a year. California led all states with 88 companies on the Inc. 500 list, followed by Texas. No. 3 Massachusetts had 28, fol- lowed by Virginia with 28, Pennsylvania with 27 and New York with 23.