Archie T. McKinnon

Merit Capital Partners (Merit Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1993. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

B.E.T.-ER Mix, Inc. manufactures ready mix concrete and concrete block. Its products include concrete stair treads and blocks, pressure grouting and ready-mix concrete. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Hudson, FL.

Elgen Manufacturing Co., Inc. engages in the manufacture of heating, ventilation and air conditioning and sheet metal. It offers access doors, C and F cleats and corners, damper blades, seals, and hardware, duct reinforcements, fasteners and hardware, fittings, flange, flexible duct connectors, gaskets, hanging systems, insulated flex duct, plasma labels, sealants and adhesives, shrink wrap with PSA, slips and drives, snap lock pipe and adjustable and spiral elbows, stainless and nylon straps, strut channel and accessories, tools and shop supplies, vane and rail products. It serves heating, ventilation and air conditioning contractors, fabricators, and resellers. The company is headquartered in Closter, NJ.

Glunt Industries, Inc. manufactures and rebuilds steel and aluminum mill equipment. It offers bearings, couplings, edger rolls, pinion stands, line shafts, coil tilters, casters, crane hoist drums, mandrels, chocks and fabricated products. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Warren, OH.

Storage Solutions, Inc. distributes new and used warehouse equipment. It provides industrial storage and material handling equipment. The firm also offers an equipment buy-back guarantee program to help minimize the cost of a warehouse redesign. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Westfield, IN.

TGR Industrial Services provides non-destructive testing and heat treating services. It delivers these services to the construction, maintenance and the on-going in-situ monitoring of pressurized piping, vessels, and associated process systems. The firm supports the refining, petrochemical, chemical, transmission, power, offshore, aerospace & defense, manufacturing and industrial markets. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Fiduciary Capital Management, Inc. provides financial services. It offers discretionary portfolio management, stable value pooled fund management, nondiscretionary portfolio advice, GIC and synthetic wrapper placements, contract renegotiation services. The company was founded by Peter E. Bowles in 1987 and is headquartered in Wallingford, CT.

JHT Holdings, Inc. provides trucking and transportation services. It offers driveaway, lowboy, and car haul transportation services. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Pleasant Prairie, WI.

Skyline Windows LLC manufactures and installs aluminum replacement windows. Its products include double hung, casement outswing, casement inswing, tilt and turn handle, tilt and turn crank, terrace doors and windows wall. The firm also offers consulting, design, manufacturing and installation services. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.^

Bridge Communities, Inc. provides transitional housing for homeless families. Its services include tutoring, mentoring, career counseling, transportation, and financial counseling services. The company was founded by Mark Milligan and Bob Wahlgren in 1988 and is headquartered in Glen Ellyn, IL.

Virgin Entertainment Group, Inc. operates music, book, and entertainment retail stores. The company was founded in January 1, 1998 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.