Robert E. Kirby

Tronair, Inc. manufactures aircraft ground support equipment. Its products include lifting and shoring, towing and taxiing, parking and mooring, servicing, aircraft tooling, hydraulic power, ice and rain protection, landing gear, propellers, power plant, aircraft tooling and replacement parts. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Swanton, OH.

Advancion develops and delivers distinct nitro alkane and derivatives. Its markets include paints and coatings, metalworking fluids, water treatment, personal care, life sciences, wood adhesives, leather tanning, synthesis, and synthetic rubber. The company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Buffalo Grove, IL.

PetroChoice Holdings, Inc. engages in the distribution of lubricants. Its products include engine oil, transmission fluid, industrial grease, gear oil, air filters, and chemicals and cleaners. The firm serves the industrial, commercial, and passenger automobile customers. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

Antylia Scientific provides laboratory and industrial fluid handling products, instrumentation, equipment, and supplies. The firm's services include calibration services, custom-blend chemicals, custom cut-to-lenght tubing, custom single-use bioprocess assemblies, custom temperature probes, on-site calibration services and special and custom orders. The company was founded by Jerry Cole and John Parmer in January 1955 and is headquartered in Vernon Hills, IL.

Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc. (Golden Gate Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by David C. Dominik and Jesse T. Rogers. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Vi-Jon is one of the nation's oldest Private Label Health & Beauty Care Companies, serving retailers in all 50 states. Vi-Jon operates manufacturing and distribution centers in Missouri and Tennessee around the clock to distribute its products across the nation. Vi-Jon headquarters has called St. Louis home since 1912.

Lake Region Medical, Inc. engages in the business of developing and manufacturing OEM devices; and supplying the medical device companies with minimally invasive delivery solutions. It also focuses on cardiovascular, stimulation therapy, neurovascular, and peripheral vascular applications. The company was founded on December 14, 2000 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Handleman Co. has dissolved its business operations and continuing only for the purposes of winding down its business affairs. The company was operates as a category manager and distributor of prerecorded music and console video game hardware, software and accessories to leading retailers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. Handleman was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Troy, MI.