Koch Supply & Trading (KS&T) knows the risks in being crude and refined at the same time. Koch Supply and Trading, LP company, a member of conglomerate Koch Industries' group of businesses, offers its clients global trading and risk management services. Koch Supply and Trading, LP markets crude oil, refined petroleum products, chemicals, industrial and precious metals, steel, and other commodities. KS&T also offers logistics and technical management services. Risk management offerings include market research, derivative transactions, and price hedging. Koch Supply and Trading, LP leverages the presence of Koch companies in about 60 countries in order to secure and execute contracts.

Associated Grocers is a leading grocery wholesale cooperative that distributes broadline grocery products to more than 215 independent retailers in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. In addition to supplying its member stores with food and non-food items, it also offers such services as advertising, marketing, and merchandising, as well as back office accounting services and technology support. The wholesaler is also a retailer with some 35 company-owned stores in Louisiana. Associated Grocers was founded in 1950 by 17 member stores.

Wakefern Food is the largest member-owned wholesale distribution cooperative in the US, supplying groceries and other merchandise to a chain of more than 200 ShopRite supermarkets in five eastern states, including parts of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The company supplies both national brands and private-label products (ShopRite, Chef's Express, Readington Farms) to its member stores; Wakefern also offers advertising, merchandising, and other business support services. The co-op, which boasts more than 40 members, was founded by seven grocers in 1946.

The Grocers Supply Co., Inc., supplies food, health and beauty items, household products, and school and office supplies to some 1,850 convenience stores and supermarkets, as well as some 200 schools, within a 350-mile radius of Houston. The company's international division, meanwhile, ships supplies to oil company operations, US embassies, and other customers around the world. Grocer's Supply also owns Fiesta Mart, a chain of ethnic food stores in Texas. Grocers Supply was founded by Joe Levit in 1923; his family, led by president Max Levit, continues to own the company.

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.

Diamond is the nations largest correctional pharmacy provider and Pennsylvanias largest independently owned Long Term Care pharmacy. Diamond's success began in 1970 when Gilbert and Joan Zilner, both pharmacists, purchased a retail pharmacy located in downtown Indiana, Pennsylvania. Mark Zilner joined the business in 1991 and provided new perspective and energy. Mark has helped to improve, enhance, and add features that have led to an expansion of Diamond's services. Due to the personalized service and cost effective pricing, Diamond has experienced tremendous growth, currently operating a 135,000 square foot state-of-the-art institutional pharmacy, IV infusion facility, two retail pharmacies, and a medical supply facility. Combining the values of a family owned business with cutting edge technology has made Diamond a company in which customers will find a mixture of the latest industry technology in unison with old-fashioned hard work. In 2001, Diamond surpassed all competition to become the nations largest correctional pharmacy services provider. Continuing to lead the way, Diamond understands the responsibilities associated with satisfying the needs and exceeding the expectations of all individuals and facilities. Diamond is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), whose criteria set the standards on quality patient care. Diamond's Medical Supply and Infusion Division are also accredited by JCAHO.

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.

Holiday Wholesale services most of south and central Wisconsin with confections, tobacco products, paper goods, and food products. The company's customers are primarily convenience stores and other small businesses. Holiday Wholesale also offers consultation services, including a demographic study of the customer's location, estimate of foot traffic, and evaluation of proposed floor plans. In addition to its wholesale business, the company also sells a number of its products (at wholesale prices) to the general public through its Showroom Store location. The company was founded in 1951 when it began operating out of a one-car garage.

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.

AAH is more than just the utterance of a sigh of relief to pharmacies in the UK. AAH Pharmaceuticals is a top provider of distribution and marketing services to independent pharmacies and public and private hospitals throughout the country. Its AAH Hospital Service distributes pharmaceuticals to hospital pharmacies around the UK. Wilkinson Healthcare is its surgical services division that supports independent pharmacies with off-time emergency supplies. Meanwhile, the Enterprise division offers OTC drugs and beauty supplies, while Trident delivers on generics. AAH is a subsidiary of German pharmacy wholesaler Celesio AG.

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