Founded in 1975, Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ: HWCC) is one of the largest distributors of electrical wire and cable and related services in the U.S. industrial distribution market. The June 2010 acquisition of Southwest Wire Rope LLP and Southern Wire LLC broadened the Company’s product offering to include mechanical wire and cable and related hardware. With strategically located sales and distribution centers throughout the U.S., our team is focused on providing a single-source solution. We are committed to providing our customers value by offering high levels of industry experience, superior customer service, and a large selection of quality in-stock items. HWC has nearly $100 million of inventory encompassing approximately 30,000 products from the industry leading manufacturers of electrical and mechanical wire and cable. Our goal is to provide our customers with the right product, at the right price, at the right time. HWC is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol HWCC.

Founded in 1992 as an industrial, oil, and food products supplier, ITERA moved into gas markets in 1994. ITERA had interests in chemicals, construction, finance, insurance, securities, and agriculture, but shed most of these to focus on gas production and marketing. ITERA Group Ltd. company has teamed up with Gazprom to develop infrastructure to deliver gas condensate from production sites. Executives, including CEO Igor Makarov, control ITERA Group Ltd. company. Rags to riches -- Russian style. ITERA Group, Russia's largest private gas trader, delivers natural gas via pipeline to several former Soviet republics. It also produces natural gas in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region in Western Siberia.

Winkler is an independent wholesale grocery distributor that supplies food and other merchandise to more than 400 grocery stores and convenience retailers in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri. It supplies dairy products, frozen food, fresh meat and produce, and tobacco products in addition to general grocery items. Winkler also provides a number of business services for its customers, including advertising support, merchandising, and retail accounting. The family-owned business was started in 1911 by John Winkler and his son Elmer.

Associated Grocers of the South is a grocery wholesale cooperative serving more than 300 independently-owned supermarkets in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. In addition to supplying more than 16,000 products under the Shurfine brand (from Topco Associates) and other labels, the cooperative provides its members with accounting, advertising, merchandising and other support services. Associated Grocers of the South was formed in Birmingham, Alabama, by a group of a dozen neighborhood stores in 1927.

Mawdsley-Brooks is one of the UK's largest independent pharmaceutical distributors. The company, operating as Mawdsleys, supplying more than 20,000 lines of branded, generic, and OTC products to pharmacies, hospitals, and other medical facilities. Founded in 1825, the company also offers merchandising and marketing services to independent pharmacists. Its Doncaster Pharmaceuticals subsidiary specializes in generic and imported drugs, while its Positive Solutions unit provides software and services for pharmacy management. Mawdsleys has distribution centers across the UK, as well as global import/export operations.

Donatantonio is a leading importer and distributor of Mediterranean and other food products in the UK. Known for its Lupa brand of canned fruits and vegetables, the company offers more than 1,000 different products, including cheese, olive oils, and olives, along with tomato products, pasta, polenta, and specialty meats. The family-owned business was started by Luigi Donatantonio in 1902.

One of Germany's leading pharmaceutical wholesalers, Andreae-Noris Zahn AG (ANZAG) distributes drugs to thousands of pharmacies across its home country and beyond. The company delivers drugs from a network of some two dozen facilities across Germany and focuses its attention on serving independent, owner-managed pharmacies. ANZAG has also been expanding outside of Germany, acquiring pharmaceutical distributors in countries such as Croatia, Lithuania, and Romania. In addition to its drug wholesaling operations, the company offers healthcare logistics and information technology services. UK drug wholesaler Alliance Boots owns the majority of ANZAG's shares.

ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, distributes cable television equipment and hardware to the cable television industry in North America, Central America, and South America. ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. offers headend products, which include satellite receivers, integrated receivers/decoders, demodulators, modulators, antennas and antenna mounts, amplifiers, equalizers, and processors that are used by a system operator for signal acquisition, processing, and manipulation for further transmission; and fiber products comprising optical transmitters, fiber optic cable, receivers, couplers, splitters, and compatible accessories, which are used to transmit the output of cable system headend to multiple locations using fiber optic cable. It also provides distribution products that comprise transmitters, receivers, line extenders, broadband amplifiers, directional taps, and splitters, which are used to permit signals to travel from the headend to their destination in a home, apartment, hotel room, office, or other terminal location along a distribution network of fiber optic or coaxial cable. In addition, ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. offers digital converters and modems, which are boxes placed inside the home that receive, record, and transmit video, data, and telephony signals. Further, it provides other hardware, such as test equipment, connector, and cable products, as well as repair services to various cable companies. Additionally, the company purchases and sells surplus and refurbished cable television equipment. ADDvantage Technologies Group markets and sells its products to franchise and private multiple system operators, telephone companies, system contractors, and other resellers. ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

Wham! Frozen Foods is a wholesale food distributor that specializes in close-out and discontinued products. It acquires goods from manufacturers around the world and distributes the discounted items primarily to dollar stores, food banks, and thrift stores. The company makes it a point that it does not supply traditional retail chains. Company president Jon Auspitz started the business in 1993.

Grupo Casa Saba, S.A.B. de C. V., through its subsidiaries, operates as a multi-channel and multi-product wholesale distributor in Mexico, the United States. It distributes pharmaceutical products, health, beauty aids and consumer goods, general merchandise, publications, and various other products. In addition, the company offers freight services to third parties; real estate services; value added services comprising multiple daily deliveries, emergency product replacement, merchandising, marketing support, and other customer counseling services; and training, conferences, and trade fairs. It serves privately-owned and government pharmacies, mass merchandisers, regional and national supermarkets, department stores, retail and convenience stores, wholesalers, and other specialized channels. The company also operates medical clinics; and offers specialized medical, rehabilitation, and surgical services. As of December 31, 2009, Grupo Casa Saba, S.A.B. de C. V. operated a network of 22 distribution centers. Grupo Casa Saba, S.A.B. de C. V. was founded in 1892 and is based in Mexico, Mexico.

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