Multi-Link (Lexington, KY)
Multi-Link develops, manufactures and markets a variety of telecommunications and related devices for both business and personal users. The company’s products enable phones, fax machines and computer modems to share a single telephone line, allowing customers to enjoy savings and improved efficiencies. Multi-Link has also developed several new products, including a multiple-line fax hub device and a mechanical firewall device for on-line computers.
[www.multi-link.net]

 

Albertville Quality Foods (Albertville, AL)
AQF is a well established processor of poultry that has been highly successful in a specialized niche: producing frozen chicken tenders that are both of the highest quality and competitively priced. The company’s major customers include Kentucky Fried Chicken, Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores, Winn-Dixie Food Stores and Mitchell Groceries of Alabama.

 

Precision Boilers (Morristown, TN)
Precision Boilers is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of electric hot water and steam boilers and electric hot water storage heaters. The company recently acquired De-aerating Designs of Raleigh, NC, a manufacturer of oxygen and nitrogen de-aerating devices, and has expanded its pressure vessel line and indirect fired packaged hot water and steam generators.
[www.precisionboilers.com]

 

 

Southern Quality Meats (Pontotoc, MS)
Founded in 1978, Southern Quality Meats is an integrated processor of pork sausage products sold under private labels and the "Southern Quality Meats" brand name. Sales are primarily to food service distributors for resale to restaurants schools, hospitals, and other institutional establishments. The Southern Quality Meats business is being run in coordination with Albertville Quality Foods to establish sales synergies and to enhance the talent pool of senior managers.

 

Indco, Inc. (New Albany, IN)
Founded in 1975, Indco, Inc. is a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of a broad range of industrial mixing and agitation equipment. Located in New Albany, Indiana, Indco offers its customers a variety of pre-engineered handheld and portable mixing equipment, propellers, impellers, and dispersers, as well as related accessories such as containers, tanks, and stands.

 

Superior Highwall Miners, Inc. (Beckley, WV)
SHM is the leading worldwide manufacturer of highwall coal mining equipment. The SHM miner builds highly specialized continuous coal mining systems, allowing coal producers to improve their profitability by extracting coal at very low costs per ton. The unique design of the SHM mining machine provides coal producers with the flexibility to mine in a wide variety of coal seam heights and remote locations. The SHM miner significantly improves the economic viability of many existing coal mines and allows operators to resume production from previously uneconomical locations. SHM enjoys the dominant position in the domestic and international markets and its customer list includes some of the largest coal mining companies in the world including: Arch Coal, Massey Energy, and Peabody Coal. In addition to selling new highwall mining systems, SHM also generates substantial recurring revenue from aftermarket sales of replacement parts and repair services.
[www.shm.net]