- Accupac
- Advanced Communication Technologies, Inc.
- Allegient Systems
- Amerijet International
- APS Healthcare
- Augusta Lumber
- Beacon Industrial Group
- Cincinnati Test Systems
- Claymont Steel
- Connor AGA
- Desa
- Diam Europe
- Die Cuts With a View
- DynaSteel
- Easy Gardener
- Gemini Air Cargo
- Gienow Group
- Gould & Lamb, LLC
- Gulf Fleet Management
- Halo
- Harbor Technologies
- Harvard Drug Group
- Republic Industries
- Rotorcraft Leasing
- ServiceCraft Logistics
- Service Net
- Securus Technologies
- Signature Aluminum
- Source Electronics
- SpringAir Partners
- Stream
- Sunshine Media
- SVC
- TestAmerica
- Thane International
- Thermal Industries
- Thermo Fluids
- Transtar Metals
- True North Custom Publishing
- Vaupell
- Viasys Corporation
- Warrantech Corporation
- Westaff
- Wexler Video
Accupac, of Mainland, Pennsylvania, provides integrated manufacturing, packaging and procurement services to the pharmaceutical and personal care industries on an outsourced basis.
Advanced Communication Technologies, Inc., is a public holding company specializing in the technology aftermarket service and supply chain known as reverse logistics. ACT, through its wholly owned subsidiary Encompass Group Affiliates, Inc, is a leader in the reverse logistics segment of the electronics industry, consolidating a core group of highly synergistic companies that provide OEMs, retailers, Third Party Administrators and end-users with single-source, integrated life-cycle management services for technology products. The reverse logistics process includes activities that extend the useful life of electronic products, spanning parts distribution and service, repair & refurbishment to e-Waste recycle and recovery.
AirNet Systems, Inc., based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the country’s largest and most diverse FAA Part 135 cargo airline operators. The company operates 100 aircraft positioned strategically throughout the United States. A leading provider of dedicated, scheduled, and on-demand charter services, AirNet also operates a scheduled cargo airline network linking most major markets in the United States and Canada. AirNet’s airline operation has received DOT-SP 7060 exemption status, is authorized by Transport Canada to operate with special status in Canadian air space, and is Department of Defense approved. Additional to its airline operations, AirNet provides retail maintenance services for corporate aircraft and is ISO certified.
Allegient Services, based in Wilton, Connecticut, provides PSRM (Professional Services Relationship Management) to Fortune 1000 companies. By helping these companies manage relationships with their professional partners, Allegient Systems contributes to their business and economic models - ultimately contributing to improved business processes, better expense management, and improved profitability. Over the last five years, Allegient Systems has managed, on behalf of its client companies, $2.7 billion in professional services fees, helping those companies and their professional partners build long-lasting and profitable relationships.
American Hardwood Industries, Inc., headquartered in Cromwell, Connecticut, and with operations in strategically favorable locations for hardwood lumber, is a leading lumber products manufacturer with a diverse product portfolio, including high grade white oak, cherry, hard maple, red oak and other species. Rossi and HLM are vertically-integrated suppliers with robust operations in timber-rights purchasing, sawmills, kiln-drying and logistical support. AHI products are used heavily in the remodeling market with end uses such as high-end flooring, custom cabinetry, furniture and molding. The Company is a leading exporter of premium American hardwoods to over 40 international markets. AHI has over 150 million board feet of production capacity, making it one of the largest producers in the U.S.
Amerijet International, Inc. is a full-service global transportation and logistics provider offering scheduled all-cargo transport via land, sea and air. Amerijet also provides global cargo charter services. Based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Amerijet has offices and agents throughout North, South and Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Amerijet operates its own all-jet cargo airline with a fleet of Boeing 727-200C aircraft, a neutral licensed N.V.O.C.C., and a ground transportation network to provide comprehensive transportation solutions for its customers.
APS Healthcare, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, is a leading provider of behavioral healthcare and disease management services as well as employee assistance programs (EAP). The company offers a wide range of customized mental and substance abuse healthcare services to more than 12 million covered lives in the United States and Puerto Rico. It has a network of over 29,000 healthcare providers that offers mental health services to individuals for its customers, including corporate employers, healthcare insurers, PPOs, HMOs, Medicaid, Medicare, indemnity plans and other public sector programs. APS is also widely known as a leading innovator within the emerging disease management industry for its proprietary development and utilization of predictive modeling to identify, stratify and effectively intervene with high-risk cases, in particular those with co-morbid medical and behavioral issues.
Augusta Lumber, based in Waynesboro, Virginia, is a leading supplier of hardwood logs, lumber and flooring. Founded in 1955, Augusta is a vertically-integrated supplier with extensive operations in timber-rights purchasing, sawmills, kiln-drying, flooring manufacturing, and logistical support. The Company specializes in hardwoods with a focus on red oak, poplar, walnut, cherry and other fancy hardwoods and sells its product under the Augusta Lumber and Monte Bello flooring brands. Augusta operates six manufacturing facilities and a retail operation under the name Hardwood Solutions.
Beacon Industrial Group, LLC, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a leading international industrial filtration company that provides highly engineered products and systems for the filtration of liquids and gases utilized in a broad range of industrial applications.
Cincinnati Test Systems, based in Ohio, is a leading designer and manufacturer of industrial leak and function test equipment. CTS equipment is used to test the gas or liquid containment integrity of a wide range of products including various automotive, appliance, electronic and consumer goods components. CTS also manufacturers leak measurement standards such as glass orifices. 60% of the Company's products are custom designed to meet customer specifications including leak rates, assembly line design and production rate requirements.
Claymont Steel operates a steel mini-mill specializing in the manufacture and sale of custom-order discrete steel plate in the United States and Canada. The Company provides steel plate to a variety of end use applications including bridges, railcars, tool & die manufacture, and specialty machine & equipment manufacture. Claymont Steel’s specialized production facilities, located in Claymont, Delaware, are specifically configured to provide custom-sized steel plate, which gives it a strong advantage over commodity-oriented domestic steel plate manufacturers that are physically unable to produce a significant portion of Claymont Steel’s product range.
Connor AGA Sports Flooring, based in Amasa, Michigan, is the United States industry leader in wood sports flooring systems (e.g. basketball courts, gymnasiums). It manufactures three grades of maple flooring, marketed with a variety of proprietary, value-added subfloor (impact control) systems. Connor also markets synthetic floors for indoor sports surfaces such as gymnasiums and aerobic workout areas. Flooring systems are marketed primarily to a dealer network which, in turn, sells to high schools, universities, and professional National Basketball Association ("NBA") teams.
DESA International, based in Bowling Green, Kentucky, is a leading Manufacturer and marketer of branded home improvement products sold through multiple consumer and commercial channels. Its products include indoor and outdoor heaters, security lighting, door chimes, electric lawn and garden tools and fastening products.
Diam International, headquartered outside of Paris, France, is the leading European designer and manufacturer of high quality point-of-purchase ("POP") displays primarily for cosmetics. Diam offers its customers a full range of services from design and engineering through manufacturing, installation and repair. The Company's products are typically custom, high value-added POP displays made from high-quality plastic, metal and wood. The Company operates subsidiaries in France, UK, Belgium, Germany and Spain and is expanding its global reach through new subsidiaries in China and the USA.
Die Cuts With a View is an industry leader in foundational scrapbooking products, including distinctively designed, themed and colored stacks of paper, stickers, quotes, and rub-ons. Pressed Petals creates unique, high-quality embellishments utilizing real pressed flowers, chipboard, and metals.
DynaSteel, based in Memphis, Tennessee, engineers and fabricates large-scale, high-precision, carbon steel and specialized alloy complex air handling systems for the power, cement, petrochem, and other industries. From three strategic locations in Memphis, Tennessee (HQ); Natchez, and Iuka, Mississippi, the Company is able to leverage its unique waterway access to deliver integrated solutions to its customers. Customers value the ability to receive modularized systems via barge, enabling DynaSteel to provide a cost effective and low risk solution.
Easy Gardener Products, Inc. Headquartered in Waco, Texas, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of branded landscape, lawn and garden products. Its customers include leading DIY home centers and big box retailers, as well as specialty lawn and garden retailers.
Gould & Lamb. Headquartered in Bradenton, Florida. Gould & Lamb is a leading insurance services firm that helps its clients, predominately large insurance organizations, evaluate the long term medical costs of injured claimants and ensure proper regulatory compliance. The Company’s products and services, used to establish Medicare set-aside arrangements, life-care plans and medical/legal expert opinions, are used by 18 of the largest 25 Workers’ Compensation insurance carriers, as well as self-insured employers, third-party administrators, defense and plaintiff attorneys, and structured settlement brokers. Gould and Lamb is the largest provider in the U.S. of these services.
Gulf Fleet Management , owns and operates a premier fleet of Offshore Supply Vessels (OSVs), which provide critical support services to offshore drilling rigs, fixed & floating platforms, seismic vessels, and diving operations. The Company operates primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, but also contracts its vessels to oil & gas companies operating in Alaska and international markets such as Brazil, Mexico, the North Sea and West Africa. The majority of the GFM fleet is both deep water capable and internationally-classed, providing for maximum deployment flexibility.
Harvard Drug Group, based in Livonia, Michigan, is the second largest generics-focused pharmaceutical distributor in the United States. Harvard Drug supplies generic and branded pharmaceuticals to over 6,000 retail customers, which include independent, regional and national pharmacies. Harvard Drug also services institutional clients, such as, hospital central-purchasing agents, long-term-care facilities, and government clients through its "Major" label of generic drugs.
HealthSTAR, based in New Jersey, is a leading pharmaceutical marketing services firm and specializing in providing a broad range of strategic value-added services to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide. Healthstar's product offering includes advertising agency services, continuing education, sample fulfillment, patient recruitment, physician meetings and symposiums, as well as direct-to-consumer marketing services through controlled venues.
Heath Company, based in Benton Harbor, Michigan, operates two distinct businesses. The Reflex Brand Group is the leading manufacturer of motion-sensory floodlights, decorative lighting, halogen lights, and wireless home-control devices sold through national do-it-yourself retailers such as Home Depot. Heathkit Educational Systems Group is the leading manufacturer and marketer of computer-based educational products. It is the largest supplier of electronics courseware and training materials to vocational technical schools.
HFI, LLC, based in Groveport, Ohio is a leading Tier 2 Supplier of cut & sew, foam in place, foam, wrapped sub-assemblies to the Tier 1 Interior Suppliers within the North American Automotive and Heavy Truck markets. HFI is differentiated by their relationship and solutions oriented approach to the Tier 1 suppliers, their vertically integrated approach to the production of their product offerings, and their knowledgeable and dedicated work force. This differentiation allows HFI to target profitable growth opportunities while ensuring value-add solutions resulting in high satisfaction levels within their customer base.
Ideal Image is the market leader for laser hair removal. Dr. Joseph Acebal and Dr. Richard Mikles founded and developed the original Ideal Image (Ideal Image, Inc.) clinic and business model. Based on the success of the initial clinics in Tampa, FL, the founders developed the franchise model for Ideal Image which is being rolled out by Ideal Image Development Corp (“IIDC”). IIDC currently has 60 clinics either open or in the process of opening and is targeting 100 locations by the end of 2008. As the recognized national leader in laser hair removal, Ideal Image specializes in advanced techniques for Permanent Hair Reduction at locations opening worldwide.
Insight Global, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with fourteen additional offices across the United States, is a leading specialty provider of supplemental staffing of information technology professionals to Fortune 1000 companies throughout the U.S. The Company provides short and long-term consultants in a broad range of IT positions from Desktop Support Technicians and Help Desk Analysts to Network Engineers and Programmers.
Johnstown Corporation, based in Johnstown, PA, is a leading manufacturer of steel and iron rolls and sleeves for shape rolling steel mills as well as large steel castings for industrial customers. With a casting capacity of 150,000 lbs., Johnstown is one of the largest privately-owned foundries in the U.S.
K&K Iron Works is a leading engineering design firm that fabricates and erects structural steel components and custom building features for significant general contractors, real estate developers and municipalities throughout the Midwest. Founded in 1976, K&K provides its customers one-stop, bundled construction services via state-of-the-art CAD capabilities, three quality production facilities, and an in-house field workforce dedicated to timely and safe installations. K&K, based in Chicago, Illinois, is one of the largest regional providers of structural steel and is the only Illinois-based operator certified in both fabrication and erection by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).
Lucas Group, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the nation's leading executive recruitment firms. With 15 locations in the United States and two in Germany, Lucas Group has built a reputation for successfully providing human capital placements in multiple markets and industries. Lucas Group has specialty groups focused on recruiting top executives in management, advertising/marketing, sales, accounting, manufacturing, legal, and technical positions across all major industries. Lucas also specializes in placing ex-military personnel. It has performed search assignments for Fortune 100+ companies, as well as regional businesses and entrepreneurial firms.
Milacron, Inc., headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a leading manufacturer of plastics technologies equipment as well as industrial fluids for metalworking applications. The plastics technologies business manufactures machinery and parts and provides a broad range of services and support used in injection molding, blow molding and extrusion applications. Milacron sells its plastic processing products primarily to manufacturers in the packaging, automotive, building materials, industrial components, consumer goods, medical, and electronics industries. The industrial fluids business produces metalworking fluids, including coolants, lubricants and cleaners, used in a wide variety of metalworking applications. Milacron operates globally, with leading positions in North America and Europe, and is currently expanding its operations in Asia.
MSC, based in Jacksonville, Florida, is one of the largest providers in the U.S. of medical products and services to workers' compensation patients on behalf of insurance carriers, third party administrators, and government agencies. MSC's revenues are in excess of $150 million. MSC has a diversified customer base that includes eighteen of the twenty largest workers' compensation insurance carriers. Over the past 15 years, MSC has developed an integrated nationwide healthcare distribution system which allows its customers to better control the costs of medical product claims.
National Product Services, based in Irving, Texas, is a premier provider of outsourced merchandising services to major consumer product manufacturers and large retail chains nationwide. In particular, NPS possesses a number of unique capabilities: it is the only nationwide provider of in-home assembly services; the leading national in-store assembly service firm; and a leading in-store product demonstration service firm. Their services assist manufacturers and retailers with in-market execution of merchandising activities. Key product categories include furniture, bicycles, outdoor grill, etc. NPS has benefited from the trend of manufacturers and retailers to outsource their merchandising services needs to third party providers that operate at a lower cost and more effectively execute promotional plans.
Oasis Outsourcing, Inc., the fourth largest PEO in the U.S., provides outsourced human resource and administrative services to small and medium sized companies.
Pendum, LLC, based in Denver, Colorado, is the nation's largest independent provider of cash automation solutions, including sales and service of ATMs, kiosks, cash dispensers and recyclers, and armored cash transport. Pendum's single-source solution for hardware, software, equipment maintenance, cash management and delivery simplifies the vendor management process and creates unmatched value for clients. The company services more than 60,000 ATMs, 65,000 desktops and peripherals and 500 teller cash dispensers and recyclers in 42 states, enhancing profitability and performance for more than 1600 customers.
Personal Optics is one of the leading marketers and distributors of eyewear in the United States. Based in Fullerton, California, the Company is a major distributor of non-prescription reading glasses and popular-priced sunglasses to grocery and drug store chains and mass merchants. Through its Lantis Eyewear division, Personal Optics also designs and supplies sunglasses, optical frames and related eyewear accessories to multiple retail channels, ranging from value-oriented chains to premium retailers. The Company has a diverse portfolio of licenses including Dockers, ESPN, Caribbean Joe, X-Games, and Mary-Kate and Ashley.
Pinkerton, is a leading, high-end information technology professional services company with Particular strengths in the financial services, telecommunication, and e-Business markets. Founded in 1967 in the Philadelphia area by William D. Pinkerton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PCCI has grown to become an international organization that employs over 1,100 persons and serves major commercial, federal, and state government clients.
Plastic Fabricating Company, based in Wichita, Kansas, is a leading supplier of custom parts fabricated from high strength lightweight plastics, composites and metal bonded structures. Its major customers are commercial and military aerospace manufacturers, including Boeing, Martin Marietta, Sikorsky, Bell Helicopter, and Cessna.
Potpourri, based in Medfield, Massachusetts and founded in 1963, is a leading home/gift and knitting craft cataloger marketed under eleven different titles, including Potpourri, Expressions, The Stitchery, Counted Cross Stitch, and Back in the Saddle, Inc. Potpourri distributes more than 80 million catalogs per year. Potpourri has established an extensive infrastructure of in-house catalog design capabilities, logistics and distribution center, and information systems which will continue to support its aggressive growth and acquisition strategy.
Based in Richfield, Utah, Pressed Petals offers unique, high-quality products to scrapbooking and papercrafting enthusiasts. Its products include high-quality embellishments with pressed flowers, chipboard, and metals.
Protocol Marketing Services, Inc. is a fully-integrated marketing services company, combining direct marketing, data and production services, research solutions, lead management solutions, contact centers, and media replication and fulfillment services into a seamless service offering.
Ready Pac Produce, based in Irwindale, CA, is one of the largest national producers and marketers of high-quality fresh foods, including cut, washed, packaged and ready-to-eat produce. With facilities around the country, Ready Pac sells salad, vegetable, fruit and combination products under the nationally-recognized brand name Ready Pac® and through premium private labels.
Redfish Rentals. Headquartered in Houma, Louisiana, Redfish is the leading provider of portable equipment rental services to the offshore oil and gas industry along the US Gulf Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. Redfish operates six facilities along the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast.
Rennhack Marketing Services is leader in establishing, implementing and managing premium incentive solutions.
Republic Industries, based in Marshall, Texas, is the market leading manufacturer of stock cabinets sold to commercial contractors and distributors. Republic's fully integrated state of the art manufacturing capabilities make it a low cost producer in the industry. Republic, located in Texas, has tremendous geographic reach to over 40 states with both its all wood and particle board product lines. Since H.I.G.'s investment, Republic has acquired Sunshine Kitchens (Florida) and Legacy Cabinets (Alabama) to expand its product range and price points.
Rotorcraft Leasing Company, L.L.C., based in Broussard, Louisiana, is a leading provider of complete helicopter support services to oil & gas producers in the Gulf of Mexico. The Company provides comprehensive logistics and transportation services of personnel and equipment to offshore production platforms and drilling rigs with its first-class fleet of helicopters. Rotorcraft also provides full service helicopter maintenance, via its FAA-certified helicopter repair and service facility. Founded in 1990, Rotorcraft is the largest privately-held operator in the Gulf of Mexico certified by the FAA to operate helicopter charters and leases under an FAR 135 certification.
Safe-Guard Products International, LLC, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a leading provider of after-market warranty products and services for new, used and leased motor vehicles. The Company's products and services protect consumers from the financial risks of owning an automobile, recreational vehicle, boat or motorcycle, while enhancing the consumer's ownership experience. Safe-Guard designs, markets and administers its products and services and sells them through a national network of independent agents who market to auto dealerships, vehicle leasing and financing companies, and other service contract producers.
Securus is the leading provider of specialized telecommunications products and services, including security enhanced call processing, call validation and billing for the corrections communications marketplace. The Company provides its products and services to more than 3,335 private, local, county and state correctional facilities throughout the United States and Canada.
ServiceCraft Logistics, based in Buena Park, California, is a leading provider of third party logistics services to a wide array of industries, including consumer electronics, automotive, garments and consumer packaged products. ServiceCraft operates over 5 million square feet of premium distribution facilities located throughout the United States.
Signature Aluminum, based in Greenville, PA, is one of the largest independent aluminum extrusion suppliers in North America with eight facilities in the U.S. and Canada operating two cast houses, 17 extrusion presses and significant machining and finishing capabilities. Signature specializes in custom, high value-add products, utilizing leading tool and die technology and advanced extrusion processes to provide design solutions that meet customer demands. The Company offers a wide range of aluminum alloys and distinctive extrusion and fabrication capabilities that position the company to excel in servicing customers within the electrical, automotive, consumer durables, telecommunications, specialized equipment and building products markets. In 2008, Signature acquired the Canadian extrusion business of the William Bonnell Company.
Specialized Vehicles Corporation is the leading manufacturer of specialized truck bodies and trailers servicing multi-stop beverage and food service distributors. Hackney specializes in drop-frame, side-access, aluminum bodies and trailers which enjoy a premium reputation. Hackney is benefiting from the consolidation of beverage distributors and the move to ship beer products refrigerated driven by companies such as PepsiCo, Coca Cola and Budweiser. Kidron is the only US company to design/ manufacture both multi-stop refrigerated truck bodies and trailers, that are primarily used in the food service market, which Kidron serves, is growing at 8% per year. Major customers include companies such as Sysco, Deans Foods, Penske and Ryder.
SpringAir Partners (“SAP”) is a leading provider of mattresses in the U.S., primarily under The Spring Air brand name. The Company is the largest licensee of The Spring Air Company, with 6 licensed territories and 7 facilities with distribution rights in California, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Northern Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Eastern Missouri, Kansas, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. In all licensed territories, the Company manufactures, markets, and sells its lines to retailers such as national and regional chains, sleep shops and furniture stores. Spring Air Partners also owns the exclusive worldwide rights to the premium Chattam & Wells brand.
Stant Corporation, headquartered in Connersville, Indiana, is a leading, integrated manufacturer of highly engineered vapor and fluid control components. These products are sold to a diversified group of global industrial and automotive original equipment manufacturers and automotive aftermarket customers. Stant has a distinguished 108 year history of delivering patented, innovative solutions to address two critical engine applications: (i) fuel systems, including fuel caps, fuel vapor control valves, and evaporative canisters to meet increasingly stringent domestic and international evaporative emission standards and (ii) cooling systems, including thermostats, thermostat housing subassemblies and radiator caps. The Company has over 1,000 employees and operates six global manufacturing facilities including operations in the United States, Mexico, Czech Republic and China. Through these operations, Stant is able to provide its global customers with quality, just-in-time products and solutions to meet their increasing emissions control and cooling needs.
Stream, based in Dallas, TX, is a global technical support and customer service outsourcing provider. Stream's clients are primarily in the high-technology market and include software publishers, Internet service providers, and original equipment manufacturers. Stream has 20 contact centers strategically located in 11 countries around the world to best serve its customers. From these sites, the Company’s support representatives manage over 14.4 million e-mails and 62 million calls per year in multiple languages. Stream's award-winning systems and processes provide effective contact center solutions that help clients achieve business efficiencies and provide an exceptional service experience to its clients and their customers.
Sunshine Media, Inc., based in Phoenix Arizona. Sunshine Media is a top publisher of regionally focused specialty trade magazines throughout the United States and Canada. The Company's leading title, Builder/Architect, targets the architectural and building trades and has been in publication since 1937. Sunshine Media produces more than 1,000 unique magazine editions each year, with each magazine containing regionally specific content and advertising about trade industry developments. Based on the successful Builder/Architect formula, the Company has introduced several new publications oriented to the medical, real estate, dental and restaurant professions.
TestAmerica Environmental Services LLC, headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina, is the largest provider of outsourced laboratory testing services in several of the most attractive niche segments within the $10 billion non-clinical outsourced laboratory testing services market. Founded in 1986, TestAmerica has set the standard as a leading laboratory services provider by maintaining an unwavering focus on quality assurance and client service, leveraging its comprehensive one-stop service capabilities, and assembling the only integrated nationwide network of certified laboratories and service centers with approximately 75 locations across the United States. TestAmerica provides a broad array of analytical, indoor air quality, and air emissions testing services to major industrial companies, engineering and consulting firms, and governmental entities, performing more than 10 million laboratory testing assignments annually for more than 10,000 clients. Through its products division, the TestAmerica also provides customers with sample collection and storage products as well as groundwater sampling equipment and remediation pumping systems.
Thane International Inc., based in Santa Barbara, California, is a global leader in marketing innovative consumer products through direct response marketing. Its products span across several product categories such as health and beauty aids, fitness equipment and house wares. Thane is one of the largest companies in the production and distribution of infomercials, utilizing more than 1,000 half-hours of media time every week, making its programs available to over 200 million households in over 80 countries on every continent worldwide.
Thane is leveraging its core competencies to build a strong presence in all direct-to-consumer channels of distribution including telemarketing, catalogs, credit card syndication, print, retail and the Internet.
Thermal Industries, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the leading nationwide manufacturer of vinyl-framed windows for the replacement and remodeling segment. The company's windows are primarily sold to remodeling or home improvement contractors and window replacement specialists for use in residential remodeling. Thermal also manufactures and distributes other vinyl-based products including patio enclosures, patio doors, outside decks and marine docks.
Thermo Fluids Inc, based in Phoenix, Arizona, (TFI) is a leading producer of fuel oil and other oil based products from recovered oil and oily wastes in the intermountain west region of the United States. Tthe Company operates eight fully permitted storage and processing facilities located strategically within its operating region. The company services a customer base of approximately 17,000 different customers throughout the geographic region spanning from New Mexico to Oregon. TFI provides services to its customers that require the disposal of used oils and fuel products, oily wastewater, glycol (antifreeze), used oil filters, absorbents and oily solids. Used oil is collected, processed (or recycled) and then marketed to end-users as an alternative fuel source to diesel oil and natural gas.
Transtar Metals, based in Sherman Oaks, CA, is a leading provider of high performance metals and value added supply chain management services to the global transportation industry. Transtar is uniquely positioned as a supplier of a full range of high-end alloys to the commercial, general and military aerospace industries stocking over 70,000 industry specific items out of regional customer service centers strategically located across the U.S. and Europe.
True North Custom Publishing, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the leading healthcare custom publisher providing highly specialized custom magazines, newsletters and web content to local community hospital clients and regional healthcare systems. True North's patented True Custom® production process enables a high quality publication specifically focused on a local community, allowing hospitals to customize their marketing efforts and outreach programs to their unique audience. Rapidly growing to meet the demand for customized marketing solutions, True North currently provides custom publishing solutions to over 135 community hospitals and health care organizations, complementing Sunshine's deep experience within the healthcare sector.
Vaupell, Inc., based in Seattle, Washington, is one of the leading value-added suppliers of highly engineered injection molded advanced polymer materials for use in aerospace and medical applications. Vaupell Northwest, the head office and primary aerospace facility, specializes in aircraft interiors. Currently, the majority of Northwest’s sales are to aerospace customers such as Boeing, Airbus, Goodrich, Spirit, Vought etc. Vaupell Midwest in Constantine, MI manufactures sophisticated implant devices, including Bioabsorbable materials. The Northeast division, located in a new state-of-the-art facility in Agawam, MA, produces medical devices in one of the largest Clean Room complexes in the Northeast. Vaupell Rapid Solutions in Hudson, NH produces rapid prototypes using an array of capabilities, from SLAs, resin casting and fabrication to short-run injection molding. Vaupell Southwest in Sanger, TX houses Golston Product Solutions, the largest manufacturer of carriers to the pneumatic tube industry, and AntiWave Pool Products, a leading supplier of non-fitted competitive swimming products such as racing lanes, water polo goals and storage equipment.
Viasys, headquartered in Lakeland, FL, is a leading provider of construction, engineering, and maintenance services to the power distribution and intelligent transportation system sectors. The company serves various state, county and municipal transportation departments as a prime contractor, installing and maintaining sophisticated roadway management systems. Viasys also performs outsourced construction and refurbishment of power distribution systems of major electric utilities.
Warrantech Corporation (OTCBB:WTEC), based in Bedford, Texas, is a leading independent provider of service contracts and after-market warranties on automobiles, automotive components, recreational vehicles, appliances, consumer electronics, homes, computers and computer peripherals for retailers, distributors and manufacturers.
Westaff, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSTF), based in Walnut Creek, California, provides staffing services and employment opportunities for businesses in global markets, servicing more than 15,000 client accounts from more than 230 offices located throughout the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Westaff provides client companies with 125,000 temporary and permanent placement employees annually in the areas of administration, call centers and light industry.
Wexler Video, based in Burbank, California, is a leading provider of rental equipment and related services to the television industry. The Company offers video production and post-production equipment to all types of productions including reality programming, scripted productions and live events worldwide. Wexler specializes in providing traditional broadcast solutions as well as rapidly developing digital and high definition production technology.