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Highland Computer Forms, Hillsboro, Ohio, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. After 18 years of experience working for two major forms manufacturers, Phil Wilson, president and founder, along with a partner, received financing to start a manufacturing business in 1979. They named the company Highland--after the county in which it was founded. The plant was located in a 3,000 sq. ft. building in Greenfield, Ohio, and operated two daily shifts. On November 17, 1986, shortly after constructing a second plant in Angola, Ind., the Greenfield plant was destroyed by fire. The new plant's

Highland Computer Forms finds success in blending traditional and modern products. Twenty-one years ago, Highland Computer Forms President Phil Wilson would have been satisfied if his company reached $10 million in sales by the mid 1980s. So the $50 million in sales he achieved in 2000, along with the Manufacturer of the Year title he received from BFL&S, should surely suffice. "At the time, we thought we could make a good living if we could get sales up to $10 million, and we hoped we could do it in six or eight years," said Phil Wilson who, along with a team of dedicated