Ingram Micro Inc. and its subsidiaries distribute information technology (IT) products and supply chain solutions worldwide. The company offers various IT products, including peripherals, systems, software, networking, and others. Its peripheral products comprise printers, scanners, displays, projectors, monitors, panels, mass storage, and tape; systems products include servers, desktops, portable personal computers, and personal digital assistants; and software products consist of business application software, operating system software, entertainment software, middleware, developer software tools, security software, and storage software. The networking products include networking hardware comprising switches, hubs, routers, wireless local area networks, wireless wide area networks, network interface cards, cellular data cards, network-attached storage, and storage area networks; communication products consisting of voice over Internet protocol communications, modems, phone systems, and video/audio conferencing; and network security hardware products.The other products comprise large format LCD and plasma displays, enclosures, mounts, media players, content software, content creation, content hosting, and installation services; processors, motherboards, hard drives, and memory; ink and toner supplies, paper, carrying cases, and anti-glare screens; cell phones, digital cameras, digital video disc players, game consoles, televisions, audio, and home control; and barcode/card printers, AIDC scanners, AIDC software, and wireless infrastructure products. Ingram Micro Inc. also provides supply chain services, technical support, financial services, sales and marketing services, eCommerce services, and managed services. It markets its products and services through sales representatives, resellers, and distributors. As of January 2, 2010, the company had 103 distribution centers. Ingram Micro Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.

Tamro is one of the top wholesalers and distributors of pharmaceuticals in Northern Europe, claiming a 54% market share in Nordic countries. Customers include hospitals, clinics, physician offices, and pharmacies. In addition to its 20 distribution centers in eight countries, the company has retail pharmacies in Estonia (as Apteek 1), Lativa (under the Gimenes Aptieka name), Lithuania (as Seimos Vaistine), Poland, and Norway (through Apokjeden Group). Tamro Corporation also operates in Russia through its 42% ownership of wholesaler ZAO Rosta. Tamro is owned by German drug distributor PHOENIX Pharmahandel.

Axis-Shield plc is a pioneering organisation focused on the development and manufacturing of important in vitro diagnostic tests for use in clinical laboratories and at the point of care. In the laboratory sector we specialise in proprietary markers for diagnosis and management of critical illnesses such as diabetes, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases and rheumatoid arthritis. At the point of care our products include the NycoCard® range and the state-of-the-art Afinion™ system. The company's shares are traded on the London and Oslo Stock Exchanges and the group comprises Laboratory Division in Dundee, a Point-of-Care Division in Oslo with a US operation in Norton, Mass., and local distribution subsidiaries in the UK (Axis-Shield UK), in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland (Medinor), Switzerland (Axis-Shield AG) and in Germany (Axis-Shield GmbH).

Owens & Minor, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes medical and surgical supplies, as well as provides supply chain management services in the United States. It offers a product line of medical and surgical supplies to healthcare providers under the MediChoice private label. The company’s supply chain management services include logistics, supplier management, analytics, inventory, outsourced resource management and consulting, and clinical supply management services to manufacturers of medical and surgical products. It also offers PANDAC, an operating room-focused inventory management program that helps healthcare providers to control suture and endo-mechanical inventory; SurgiTrack, a surgical supply service, which includes the assembly and delivery of surgical supplies in procedure-based totes based on a healthcare provider’s surgical schedule; OMSolutions, a supply chain consulting, customer technology, and resource management service offering; WISDOM Gold, an Internet-based supply spend management, data normalization, and contract management solution; CSS, an inventory and contract management service that enables healthcare providers to track and manage physician-preference products and medical/surgical inventories; and OM Healthcare Logistics, which provides third-party logistics and business process outsourcing services. Owens and Minor offers its products and services to acute-care hospitals, the U.S. Department of Defense, and alternate site providers, including ambulatory surgery centers, physicians’ practices, clinics, home healthcare organizations, nursing homes, and rehabilitation facilities. Owens & Minor, Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Mechanicsville, Virginia.

Walton & Post is a wholesale distributor of food and related products that serves retail and wholesale customers. The company supplies such products as canned and packaged goods, fresh fruit and produce, and ethnic food items, as well as candies, chocolates, health and beauty products, and paper goods. It primarily serves customers in the southeastern US. Part of Miami-based Garrido Group, Walton & Post is one of several distribution businesses owned by the Garrido family.

Independent natural gas producers looking for a good return on their investment need search no further than Enserco Energy, which purchases natural gas from wholesale producers and then trades the energy on the wholesale market. It provides procurement, storage, transportation, and operations management services. It has access to more than 260 billion Btu/day of interstate pipeline capacity and storage in excess of 7 billion cu. ft. Denver-based Enserco, which sees itself as the "marketing arm down the hall" for the independent producer, is a subsidiary of the Black Hills Corporation and operates primarily in the western US. Enserco Energy, Inc. conducts business annually with more than 600 energy firms.

Accredo Health is one pharmacy where you won't be able to pick up a bottle of aspirin. As the specialty pharmacy segment of pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health, Accredo dispenses high-tech injectable and infusion drugs for chronic and serious illnesses such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, hemophilia, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and certain autoimmune disorders. Under contracts with managed care organizations and drugmakers, it delivers drugs and related supplies in temperature-controlled packaging to patient homes or clinics. It also provides consulting and monitoring services to make sure patients are complying with their drug regimens, and it files claims on behalf of patients and doctors.

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.

Associated Grocers of Florida (AGFL) is a leading wholesale food distributor that serves independent retailers and foodservice operators in the Southeast and in international markets. The group supplies more than 28,000 products, including such brands as IGA, Shurefine, Shurfresh, Valu Time, and Top Care. AGFL operates a pair of distribution facilities in Florida. In addition to wholesale distribution, the member-owned cooperative offers a variety of business-support services, including advertising planning, merchandising, and technology procurement. The company was formed in 1945.

Franz Haniel & Cie. is a five-headed hydra. The holding company is comprised of a handful of operating divisions -- Celesio, CWS-boco, ELG, TAKKT, and METRO -- each of which specializes in a different core business. Haniel derives the bulk of its sales from distributing pharmaceuticals to pharmacies worldwide through drug wholesaler Celesio. Its other divisions offer washroom and workwear products and services; stainless steel scrap recycling; mail-order of office and warehouse equipment; and retail store operations. Haniel has operations in some 30 countries. Members of the Haniel family have controlled Franz Haniel and Cie. GmbH company since its founding in 1756.

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