
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 5, 1990                   TAG: 9004060718
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A13   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

FORTUNE 500 HAS 11 FROM VA.

Eleven Virginia corporations made the 1989 Fortune 500 rankings, down by two from 13 in 1988. But this year, the state will claim its first ever top 10 member - Mobil Corp.

Reynolds Metals, ranked 75th, was the top-ranked Virginia company in the Fortune 500. The only other state company to make the top 100 was James River Corp., at 81st.

Other Virginia companies on the list were:

Gannett Co., Arlington, ranked 130th.

Universal Corp., Richmond, ranked 155th.

Ethyl Corp., Richmond, ranked 162nd.

Lafarge Corp., Reston, ranked 261st.

Chesapeake Corp., Richmond, ranked 384th.

Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, ranked 395th.

Dibrell Brothers, Danville, ranked 427th.

Tredegar Industries, Richmond, ranked 445th.

Media General, Richmond, ranked 464th.

Mobil, meantime, was ranked 6th by Fortune with almost $51 billion in sales. The oil industry giant is moving to Fairfax County.

by CNB