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.

Airgas, Inc.(NYSE: ARG), through its subsidiaries, is the largest U.S. distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases and related hardgoods, such as welding supplies. Airgas is also a leading U.S. distributor of safety products, the largest U.S. producer of nitrous oxide and dry ice, the largest liquid carbon dioxide producer in the Southeast, and a leading distributor of process chemicals, refrigerants and ammonia products.Airgas Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Peter McCausland founded the company in 1982. Through approximately 400 acquisitions and internal growth, Airgas has built the largest national distribution network in the packaged gas industry. More than 14,000 employees work in more than 1,100 locations includes branches, cylinder fill plants, production facilities, specialty gas laboratories, and regional distribution centers to serve a diversified customer base. Airgas markets through multiple channels, including its own branches and outside sales force, a Strategic Accounts Team focused on large customers, distributors and resellers, telesales, catalog and eBusiness channels.

Kinray, one of the US's top private wholesale drug distributors, won't be independent much longer. The company provides generic, branded, and repackaged drugs, health and beauty products, medical equipment, vitamins, and diabetes-care products to 2,000 independent pharmacies, long-term care facilities, and specialty pharmacies along the Eastern Seaboard. Kinray also offers about 800 private label products under the Preferred Plus Pharmacy brand. The firm was founded in 1944 by sole owner and CEO Stewart Rahr's father, Joseph Rahr. The younger Rahr took over in 1975 and has since turned the company into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. However, in 2010 Kinray agreed to be acquired by Cardinal Health.

Omnicare, Inc., a pharmaceutical services company, provides pharmaceuticals and related pharmacy and ancillary services to long-term healthcare institutions. Its Pharmacy Services segment distributes pharmaceuticals and provides related pharmacy consulting and other ancillary services, data management services, and medical supplies to skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, retirement centers, independent living communities, hospitals, hospice, and other healthcare service providers. It purchases, repackages, and dispenses prescription and non prescription pharmaceuticals; provides computerized medical record-keeping and third-party billing services; and offers consultant pharmacist services. This segment also provides intravenous medications and nutrition products, respiratory therapy services, medical supplies and equipment, clinical care planning and financial software information systems, electronic medical records systems, pharmaceutical informatics services, retail and mail-order pharmacy services, pharmaceutical care management for hospice agencies, and product support and distribution services for specialty pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as offers pharmaceutical case management services for retirees, employees, and dependents who have drug benefits under corporate-sponsored healthcare programs. As of December 31, 2009, it served long-term care facilities, and chronic care and other settings comprising approximately 1,377,000 beds in 47 states in the United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada. The company’s Contract Research Organization Services segment offers product development and research services to client companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics industries, as well as provides support for the design of regulatory strategy and clinical development of pharmaceuticals for its client’s drug development programs. Omnicare, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is based in Covington, Kentucky.

International Packaging and Logistics Group, Inc. imports glass containers from Asia and distributes to North American markets. It supplies custom products, such as perfume bottles and food condiment bottles, as well as provides complementary services, including container design and mold making. International Packaging and Logistics Group, Inc. company sells its products through various distributors, who service small to medium sized customers. International Packaging and Logistics Group, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Certco is a food distribution cooperative that serves independent grocers in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and in parts of Iowa and Illinois. It distributes an inventory of more than 45,000 items, including bakery goods, frozen foods, meat products, and produce, as well as general merchandise under the Surefine, Surefresh, and Top Care labels. In addition, Certco offers its member-operators such services as advertising, merchandising, and other business support services. The cooperative was formed in 1930 as Central Wisconsin Cooperative Food Stores.

With a name like Smith you might think it's all about generics, but H. D. Smith Wholesale Drug is more than that. H. D. Smith Wholesale Drug supplies pharmaceuticals (brand name and generic), over-the-counter supplements, and other health care products to pharmacies, hospitals, and retailers. It also provides inventory management services for government agencies, including most branches of the military, veterans clinics, and federal prisons. In addition to supplying drugs, H. D. Smith offers a variety of marketing and merchandising services including point-of-purchase signage, store design, direct-to-consumer advertising programs, and loyalty program implementation.

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.

Olympic Steel, Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Bedford Heights, Ohio. Olympic Steel, Inc. engages in the processing and distribution of processed carbon, coated, aluminum and stainless flat-rolled sheet, and coil and plate steel products in the United States. It offers various processing services, including cutting-to-length, slitting, and shearing; and higher value-added processes of blanking, tempering, plate burning, precision machining, welding, fabricating, and painting of steel parts. The company serves customers in carbon steel consuming industries, including manufacturers and fabricators of transportation and material handling equipment, construction and farm machinery, storage tanks, environmental and energy generation equipment, automobiles, food service and electrical equipment, and military vehicles and equipment, as well as general and plate fabricators, and steel service centers.

CE Franklin Ltd. distributes oilfield equipment products and services principally to the oil and gas industry in Canada. CE Franklin Ltd. supplies pipes, valves, flanges, fittings, production equipment, tubular products, and other general oilfield supplies. CE Franklin Ltd. company also offers various services comprising pump repair, customized pump designs and testing, and on call services. In addition, it provides well optimization analysis, onsite project management, oilfield engine maintenance, and crane equipment services. CE Franklin Ltd. company also serves oil sands, midstream, refining, and petrochemical industries, as well as non-oilfield related industries, such as forestry and mining. CE Franklin Ltd. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

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