Topco Associates is a top company in terms of private-label procurement. Topco uses the combined purchasing clout of more than 60 member companies (mostly supermarket operators and foodservice suppliers) nationwide to wring discounts from wholesalers and manufacturers. Topco distributes more than 5,000 private-label items, including fresh meat and produce, dairy and bakery goods, and health and beauty aids, to retail locations throughout the US. Its brands include Food Club, Shurfine, and a line of "Top" labels such as Top Crest and Top Care. In addition to procurement, Topco helps its members contain costs through financial-services programs and other business services.

Allion was taken private by H.I.G. Capital in early 2010. Allion Healthcare is a specialty drug distributor focusing on patients with HIV, AIDS, and other chronic conditions. Through subsidiaries MOMS Pharmacy and Biomed America, the company fills prescriptions at more than 15 distribution centers and delivers them to patients, doctors' offices, and clinics nationwide. Allion also provides ancillary drugs and nutritional supplies, and it offers consulting and drug packaging services (such as pre-filled pill boxes) to help patients stick with their medication regimens. Most of Allion's customers rely on Medicaid or state programs such as the AIDS Drug Assistance Program to pay for their prescriptions.

MIECO's got the power, but it's willing to make a swap. The subsidiary of Marubeni trades in petroleum products, natural gas, and electricity; it also offers transportation and risk management services, as well as marketing and trade financing. The company's customers include utilities, independent power producers, and other energy-related companies. The petroleum products trading group, set up in 1985, has been the cornerstone of MIECO. Other activities include product terminalling and fuel oil marketing. MIECO INC., which has offices in California, New Jersey, and Texas, serves supply and distribution needs in the American and Pacific Rim markets.

GTSI Corp. engages in selling information technology (IT) products and solutions to departments and agencies of the U.S. federal government, as well as to state and local governments, and prime contractors. GTSI Corp. offers mobile evidence capture, unified communications, mobile clinical applications, green IT, virtualization, and cloud computing solutions. It also provides IT infrastructure solutions and services, including technology lifecycle management solutions for managing various phases of IT infrastructure, as well as professional services that include site surveys and assessments, infrastructure design, implementation, and ongoing support services; integration services, which provide engineering, integration, asset management, and logistical support for the assembly of hardware and software; support services; and financial services. The company also markets and sells products, primarily computer hardware and software, and solutions, through its Web site, GTSI.com. GTSI has strategic partnerships principally with Sun Microsystems, Cisco, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Panasonic, and Network Appliance. GTSI Corp. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

J.W. Filshill wholesales and distributes food, beverages and tobacco, including confectionary, snacks, soft drinks, groceries, beer, wine, and liquor to some 2,000 independant retailers. The company was founded in 1875 as a confectionary manufacturer, a business it divested in 1986 to concentrate on distribution. At one time it was a major cash-and-carry wholesaler, but now deliveries account for more than 85% of its business. While a warehouse fire and the loss of a major contract in mid-2005 hurt the company's profits, it intends to rebuild itself into a more efficient operation. Managing director Ronnie Hannah holds a controlling stake in the family firm.

Sigma Pharmaceuticals provides medicines and medical supplies to the UK's pharmacies and hospitals. The company offers a wide product line of pharmaceuticals -- focusing on generic and over-the-counter drugs -- to thousands of UK clients. Other products sold include medical mobility equipment (through its Sigmobility unit) and wound care and surgical supplies. Much of Sigma Pharmaceuticals' business involves parallel importing, in which the company buys generic medications abroad, reprocesses them through subsidiary OPD Laboratories, and repackages them for sale in the UK.

PBA Health injects the pharmacy industry with the right kind of medicine. Pharmacy Buying Association, operating as PBA Health, is a bit of a "one-stop" provider to pharmacies, including community-based pharmacies, as well as hospitals, clinics, and select pharmaceutical chains. The company provides group purchasing, inventory management, and cost-efficiency services, bringing competitive prices and fair reimbursements to pharmacies on more than 5,500 branded prescription, generic, and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. PBA Health also offers its customers in-store operating systems that use proprietary software to track inventory, fill prescriptions, and follow third-party claims.

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.

Chindex International, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare services; and sale of medical equipment, instrumentation, and products. The company operates in two segments, Healthcare Services and Medical Products. The Healthcare Services segment owns and operates the United Family Healthcare network of private hospitals and clinics in the Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou markets. This segment also operates a managed clinic in the city of Wuxi, south of Shanghai. It offers a range of family healthcare services, including 24/7 emergency rooms, intensive care units, and neonatal intensive care units, operating rooms, clinical laboratory, radiology, and blood banking services for men, women, and children. The Medical Products segment markets, distributes, and sells medical capital equipment, instrumentation, and other medical products for use in hospitals in China and Hong Kong. It offers diagnostic color ultrasound imaging devices, robotic surgical systems and instrumentation, mammography and breast biopsy devices, and lasers for cosmetic surgery. This segment sells its products through its direct sales force. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

McKesson Canada, the largest distributor of pharmaceutical and medical supplies in Canada, is a subsidiary of top US health care supply management company McKesson Corporation. The company serves some 8,000 customers, which include retail pharmacies, hospitals, long-term care centers, clinics, and institutions, from more than 15 facilities throughout Canada. McKesson Canada also offers pharmacy and hospital automation services, including medication management, logistics, information technology, and outsourcing services such as call centers that provide disease management and nurse triage services.

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