United Stationers Inc., through its principal subsidiary, United Stationers Supply Co., engages in the wholesale distribution of business products in North America. The company distributes computer supplies and peripherals, including imaging supplies, data storage, digital cameras, and computer accessories, as well as computer hardware items, such as printers and other peripherals. It also offers office supplies consisting of filing and record storage products, business machines, presentation products, writing instruments, paper products, shipping and mailing supplies, calendars, and general office accessories. In addition, the company provides janitorial and breakroom supplies, such as cleaners and cleaning accessories; foodservice consumables, including disposable cups, plates, and utensils; safety and security items; and paper and packaging supplies. Further, it offers office furniture comprising desks, filing and storage solutions, and seating and systems furniture. Additionally, the company provides industrial supplies, including hand and power tools; safety and security supplies; janitorial equipment and supplies; industrial maintenance, repair, and operations items; and oil field and welding supplies. It serves independent office products dealers; contract stationers; office products superstores; computer products resellers; office furniture dealers; mass merchandisers; mail order companies; sanitary supply, paper, and foodservice distributors; drug and grocery store chains; healthcare distributors; e-commerce merchants; oil field, welding supply, and industrial/MRO distributors; and other independent distributors. United Stationers Inc. distributes its products through a network of distribution centers and resellers, as well as through catalogs. United Stationers Inc. was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.

Swiss-American, Inc., which stocks more than 500 products and slices and wraps more than 300, also delivers blue, brie, brick, colby, cheddar, farmers, feta, fontina, gouda and havarti cheeses, among many others. Swiss-American's stable of brands includes Capricorn, Dutch Garden, Epic, Fire Jack, Mr. Sharp, and Saint-Louis. Swiss-American serves supermarkets across the US. Founded in 1938 by Joseph Weil, today the company is run by his sons, Jerry and Ronald.

Wayside Technology Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries market software to software development and information technology professionals in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments, Programmer's Paradise and Lifeboat. The Programmer's Paradise segment sells technical software, hardware, and services for microcomputers, servers, and networks to individual programmers, corporations, government agencies, and educational institutions. This segment also provides technical and general business application software solutions from various publishers and manufacturers. In addition, its catalogs offer collections of microcomputer technical software, including programming languages, tools, utilities, libraries, development systems, interfaces, and communication products. This segment markets its products through catalogs, direct mail programs, and advertisements in trade magazines, as well as through Internet and email promotions. The Lifeboat segment distributes technical software to corporate and value-added resellers, consultants, and systems integrators. Wayside Technology Group, Inc. was formerly known as Programmer's Paradise, Inc. and changed its name to Wayside Technology Group, Inc. in August 2006. Wayside Technology Group, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Shrewsbury, New Jersey.

Arrow Electronics, Inc. distributes a range of electronic components and enterprise computing products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users worldwide. Arrow Electronics, Inc. operates in two segments, Global Components and Global Enterprise Computing Solutions. The Global Components segment offers semiconductor products and related services. It provides passive, electromechanical, and interconnect products comprising capacitors, resistors, potentiometers, power supplies, relays, switches, and connectors, as well as computing, memory, and other products. The Global Enterprise Computing Solutions segment offers enterprise and midrange computing products, services, and solutions to value-added resellers. It also offers access infrastructure, security, and virtualization software solutions, as well as midrange servers, storage, and software solutions. In addition, Arrow Electronics, Inc. provides materials planning, design services, programming and assembly services, inventory management, and a suite of online supply chain tools. Its customers include the manufacturers of consumer and industrial equipment, telecommunication products, automotive and transportation, aerospace and defense, scientific and medical devices, and computer and office products. Arrow Electronics serves as a supply channel partner for approximately 900 suppliers and 125,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and commercial customers. Arrow Electronics, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is based in Melville, New York.

The Charles C. Parks Company is a grocery distributor that primarily supplies convenience stores in more than half a dozen Southern states. It distributes a variety of food items and dry goods, as well as beverages, cigarettes, candy, and general merchandise. The company also offers support programs for in-store delis and other quick-service food operations. Carl C. Parks, Jr., started the family-run business in 1934.

Pharmaceutical wholesaler Alfresa Holdings Corporation encompasses Alfresa Corporation, which oversees the wholesale side of the business (the group's bread and butter), and Alfresa Pharma, which takes care of manufacturing, marketing, and importing and exporting. Both deal not only in drug products, but diagnostic reagents and medical equipment, as well. Additional businesses under the aegis of Alfresa Holdings include Ando Co., Daiwa Pharmaceutical Wholesalers, Kowa Pharmaceuticals, and Qingdao Nesco Medical Co. Another example of merger and acquisition activity in the Japanese drug industry, Alfresa was created in 2003 from the combination of wholesalers Azwell and Fukujin.

Diplomat Pharmacy is seeing the fruits of its med peddling labors. Doing business as Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy, it is the largest privately-held specialty pharmacy in the US and is growing fast. It contracts with managed care providers, drugmakers, and pharmacy benefits managers to deliver medications, drug management programs, and services to patients with chronic illnesses, such as arthritis, cancer, Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, kidney disease, and multiple sclerosis. It has locations in California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. Founded by Dale Hagerman in 1975, the company is today co-owned by son and CEO Phil Hagerman and senior vice presidents Jeff Rowe and Steve Chaffee.

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.

Founded in 1975, Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ: HWCC) is one of the largest distributors of electrical wire and cable and related services in the U.S. industrial distribution market. The June 2010 acquisition of Southwest Wire Rope LLP and Southern Wire LLC broadened the Company’s product offering to include mechanical wire and cable and related hardware. With strategically located sales and distribution centers throughout the U.S., our team is focused on providing a single-source solution. We are committed to providing our customers value by offering high levels of industry experience, superior customer service, and a large selection of quality in-stock items. HWC has nearly $100 million of inventory encompassing approximately 30,000 products from the industry leading manufacturers of electrical and mechanical wire and cable. Our goal is to provide our customers with the right product, at the right price, at the right time. HWC is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol HWCC.

ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, distributes cable television equipment and hardware to the cable television industry in North America, Central America, and South America. ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. offers headend products, which include satellite receivers, integrated receivers/decoders, demodulators, modulators, antennas and antenna mounts, amplifiers, equalizers, and processors that are used by a system operator for signal acquisition, processing, and manipulation for further transmission; and fiber products comprising optical transmitters, fiber optic cable, receivers, couplers, splitters, and compatible accessories, which are used to transmit the output of cable system headend to multiple locations using fiber optic cable. It also provides distribution products that comprise transmitters, receivers, line extenders, broadband amplifiers, directional taps, and splitters, which are used to permit signals to travel from the headend to their destination in a home, apartment, hotel room, office, or other terminal location along a distribution network of fiber optic or coaxial cable. In addition, ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. offers digital converters and modems, which are boxes placed inside the home that receive, record, and transmit video, data, and telephony signals. Further, it provides other hardware, such as test equipment, connector, and cable products, as well as repair services to various cable companies. Additionally, the company purchases and sells surplus and refurbished cable television equipment. ADDvantage Technologies Group markets and sells its products to franchise and private multiple system operators, telephone companies, system contractors, and other resellers. ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

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