Celesio likes being a middleman when it comes to pharmaceuticals. The company is one of Europe's largest drug wholesalers, holding market-leading positions in several of the countries it serves. Its largest wholesale markets are France, Germany, and the UK. In addition to more than 140 wholesale distribution branches, Celesio owns retail chains consisting of 2,300 pharmacies in Europe, including Norway, Italy, and the UK. The company also offers marketing, logistics, and transportation solutions to pharmaceutical manufacturers through its manufacturer solutions division (and its Movianto and pharmexx units). German conglomerate Franz Haniel & Cie. owns a majority stake in Celesio, which was founded in 1835.

Palmer & Harvey McLane (P&H) is the leading retail food wholesaler in the UK, serving supermarkets, independent shops, convenience stores, and pubs through its 10 distribution centers. The company supplies retailers with with a full menu of broadline grocery products, fresh produce, canned goods, meats, and frozen foods. It also distributes beer, sprits, and wine, as well as tobacco products and general merchandise. In addition to its wholesale distribution business, P&H offers commercial printing services, electronic point-of-sale systems, and store-design services.

Nadro, formerly Nacional de Drogas, is a top distributor (along with Grupo Casa Saba) of pharmaceuticals and hygiene and beauty products throughout Mexico. From deodorant to body spray, the company peddles its wares through more than a dozen distribution centers to about a quarter of the Mexican market, including thousands of pharmacies and some of Mexico's largest other retailers such as Wal-Mart de Mexico, Organizacion Soriana, and Grupo Gigante. Nadro also contracts to provide specialty pharmaceuticals to Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), Mexico's state-owned oil company. McKesson, a distributor of pharmaceuticals and health care products in the US, owns about half of Nadro.

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.

Founded by chairman John Shalam in 1960, Audiovox went public in 1987. Audiovox answers the call for electronics. The company sells primarily consumer electronics for communications, mobile, and home use and acts as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for car makers. Products include automotive security devices, digital picture frames, HD TV antennae, stereo and speaker systems, portable DVD players, two-way radios, and universal remotes. Its goods are marketed under such brand names as Acoustic Research, Advent, Audiovox, Code-Alarm, Energizer, Invision, Jensen, Mac Audio, Schwaiger, and Terk. Audiovox's distribution network is composed of major retailers, distributors, car dealers, and other OEMs.

Wham! Frozen Foods is a wholesale food distributor that specializes in close-out and discontinued products. It acquires goods from manufacturers around the world and distributes the discounted items primarily to dollar stores, food banks, and thrift stores. The company makes it a point that it does not supply traditional retail chains. Company president Jon Auspitz started the business in 1993.

Associated Grocers of the South is a grocery wholesale cooperative serving more than 300 independently-owned supermarkets in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. In addition to supplying more than 16,000 products under the Shurfine brand (from Topco Associates) and other labels, the cooperative provides its members with accounting, advertising, merchandising and other support services. Associated Grocers of the South was formed in Birmingham, Alabama, by a group of a dozen neighborhood stores in 1927.

Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the business of distributing packaged consumer products to convenience retail stores in the United States and Canada. It distributes approximately 42,000 stock keeping units of packaged consumable goods, including cigarettes, tobacco products, candy, snacks, fast food, fresh products, groceries, dairy, non-alcoholic beverages, general merchandise, and health and beauty care products. The company also serves grocery stores, drug stores, liquor stores, and other stores that carry convenience products. As of March 12, 2010, it provided distribution and logistics services, as well as marketing programs to approximately 24,000 retail locations in 50 states, and 5 Canadian provinces through 26 distribution centers. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

Watsco, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration equipment and related parts and supplies in the United States. The company offers equipments, including residential central air conditioners; light commercial air conditioners; gas, electric, and oil furnaces; commercial air conditioning and heating equipment and systems; and other equipments. It also provides parts comprising replacement compressors, evaporator coils, motors, and other component parts. In addition, the company sells supplies, which include thermostats, insulation material, refrigerants, ductwork, grills, registers, sheet metal, tools, copper tubing, concrete pads, tape, adhesives, and other ancillary supplies. As of December 31, 2008, it operated 417 locations in 34 states serving approximately 40,000 contractors and dealers who service the replacement and new construction markets. Watsco, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Coconut Grove, Florida.

STAAR Surgical Company is at the vanguard of minimally invasive ophthalmic vision enhancement and technology. We believe in the importance of improving the efficiency, convenience, and comfort of corrective eye surgery for both medical professionals and patients. It is for this reason that we continually evaluate our existing products to ensure that we are providing the latest cataract, refractive error, and glaucoma treatments. From our patented COLLAMER lenses to Cruise Control, our unique new high vacuum surgery system, STAAR Surgical Company is responsible for some of the most revolutionary developments in ophthalmology. Regarded as a technology leader in the surgical eye correction industry, STAAR Surgical Company was founded in 1982 when the intraocular lens (IOL) was still in its relative infancy. Although still an integral part of the company's portfolio, STAAR Surgical Company's product lines have expanded beyond cataract correction solutions to include lenses and medical devices for refractive and glaucoma surgery.STAAR Surgical Company has revolutionized the industry with its development and use of Collamer. This unique lens material is used in the Afinity™ line of intraocular lenses (IOLs), the Visian ICL, and the Visian TICL*. Each Collamer lens produced by STAAR Surgical Company is made from a material that not only is durable, but also replicates features of the eye's natural lens, creating high quality of vision and optimal biocompatibility. STAAR Surgical Company has developed into a global surgical eye correction technology leader. To foster ongoing growth, we emphasize creativity, research, and development. Using these tools, STAAR Surgical Company plans to continue making advancements in technology, marketing, and financial strength.

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