Katy Industries, Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of commercial cleaning products sold primarily to janitorial/sanitary and food service distributors. These distributors supply end users such as building service contractors, restaurants, hotels, healthcare facilities and schools.Katy's businesses serve this group of customers by producing and sourcing quality products and delivering them efficiently. Katy fosters internal growth through a focus on low-cost manufacturing, superior customer support, and innovative marketing and product development.

Watkins Incorporated manufactures more than 350 natural products, including body lotions and bath salts, organic dish soaps and bathroom cleaners, and organic black pepper and vanilla extracts. Watkins, which distributes its products in the US, Canada, the UK, and the Philippines, sells through retailers such as Target, Wal-Mart, and Whole Foods, as well as through its e-commerce Web site. Owned by chairman Irwin L. Jacobs since 1978, Watkins' roots go back to the 1860s.

MBI Inc. direct marketing company offers a multitude of collectible items that range from porcelain Shirley Temple dolls and a sculpture of the ill-fated RMS Titanic to official First Day of Issue covers for new US stamps, die-cast sports cars, jewelry, and leather-bound books. The items generally are accompanied by monthly payment installment plans. MBI creates and markets more than 500 new products each year under its Danbury Mint, The Easton Press, and The Postal Commemorative Society divisions. It is one of the leading magazine advertisers in the US and has a mailing list of more than 10 million names.

Spanx, Inc. makes footless and footed hosiery, tights, and body shapers to give its customers a slim and smooth look with any style shoe. Spanx also sells bras (Bra-llelujah!), slips (Hide & Sleek), panties (Power Panties), and lined apparel (Bod-a-Bing!). The firm's products are sold at such retailers as Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor, and Bloomingdale's. Discounter Target developed ASSETS (bodyshaping hosiery) with Spanx in 2006; they're also sold at www.loveassets.com. Company founder Sara Blakely is credited with inventing footless pantyhose. In 1998, she founded Spanx with $5,000 of her own savings and patented her footless body-shaping pantyhose.

Biotage AB is a leading supplier of tools and technology for Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry and process Development. The company’s organizational structure has historically been comprised of two divisions: Discovery Chemistry and Biosystems. The Biosystems division was divested to QIAGEN effective as of 2 October 2008. Biotage was acting as a distributor of the Biosystems products during Q4 2008. Biosystems products contains Pyrosequencing systems for genetic analysis, PyroMark products for methylation, SNP and mutation analysis and Pyro Gold reagents.Following the divestment of Biosystem, Biotage is focused on forther developing and enhancing its Discovery Chemistry business. Discovery Chemistry supplies products and services for three prominent market segments, Medicinal Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Process Development. Primary products include microwave synthesis, resins and solid phase extraction (SPE), flash purification cartridges and systems, evaporation and reaction screening instruments, which target chemists in research organizations worldwide.

Hilasal makes and sells cotton towels and robes for all manner of uses including bath and beach towels, sports and kitchen towels, promotional and printed towels, as well as making robes for adults and children. The company sells its products through a variety of retailers including department stores, discount stores, and boutiques including Wal-Mart, Gigante, JC Penny's, Marshall's, and TJ Maxx. Hilasal exports just over one-third of it products to the US for sale.

Streamlight, Inc. manufactures a wide range of professional flashlights, lanterns, and headlamps for law enforcement, fire, industrial, outdoor, and automotive applications. Streamlight's products have virtually indestructible plastic cases and can maintain reliable high powered luminosity in extreme heat and cold environments. The company's lights are also waterproof to a depth of up to 200 feet. Streamlight also makes a line of rechargeable flashlights.

Based in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Asta Funding, Inc., is a leading consumer receivable asset management company that specializes in the purchase, management and liquidation of performing and non-performing consumer receivables. Asta generates revenues and earnings primarily through the purchase and collection of performing and non-performing consumer receivables that have typically been either charged-off by the credit grantors or not considered to be prime receivables. These receivables include MasterCard, Visa and other credit card accounts issued by banks and other consumer loans issued by credit grantors. Asta may also purchase bulk receivable portfolios that include both distressed and non-conforming loans.

Founded in June 1986, Fujian Hua Min Import & Export Corp. was formerly a large-scale and state-owned comprehensive foreign trade enterprise in Fujian Province. It was restructured from a state-owned enterprise to a limited liability company and renamed to Fujian Hua Min Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. (the Company) in May 2003, with the registered capital of RMB 60 million yuan. There are currently more than 3,000 staff members and workers in the Company. Its total assets and annual turnover had reached RMB 1,500 million yuan and RMB 6,000 million yuan respectively by the end of 2007.Fujian Hua Min Import & Export Corporation provides a wide variety of products to customers around the globe. As one of the largest exporters in China, the company operates more than two dozen business units specializing in areas such as mechical and electrical equipment, footwear manufacturing, chemicals, textiles making, toys, food, medicine, and motorcycle and auto parts. Established in 1986 Fujian Hua Min Import & Export operates about 10 subsidiaries and joint businesses. The government-owned company has trade relations with thousands of factories and firms in some 100 countries.

Crane Co. is a diversified manufacturer of highly engineered industrial products with a substantial presence in a number of focused niche markets. With approximately 12,000 employees working together in five business segments across 25 countries, Crane generated 2008 net sales of $2.6 billion.Crane is committed to the highest standards of business conduct. Within that framework, their objective is to grow Economic Value Added (EVA) by continuing to transition to a more integrated operating company. They strive to create value for all their stakeholders with a highly disciplined approach to materially strengthening our businesses through successful implementation of the Crane Business System, through strategic linkages among their businesses, and through utilization of strong free cash flow for strategic acquisitions.

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