Gaymar Industries*
Gaymar Industries is a leading designer and manufacturer of pressure ulcer management systems and temperature management systems for patients in acute care and alternate care settings. Gaymar's products include mattress overlays, mattress replacement systems, air and water based body temperature management systems, and blood/fluid warming systems. In 2003, Gaymar was sold to a financial sponsor. www.gaymar.com
Plexus Medical: Plexus Medical, acquired by Gaymar, is a leading manufacturer specialty support surfaces sold into the alternate care medical market. Plexus was sold as part of Gaymar. www.plexusmed.com
Waterloo Bedding: Waterloo, acquired by Gaymar, manufactures and markets specialty mattress products, draperies, and privacy curtains for the hospital, nursing home, and institutional markets. Waterloo was sold as part of Gaymar.
Axia Incorporated*
Axia is a diversified manufacturing company operating through three autonomous businesses:
Ames: The leader in automatic taping and finishing tools used by tradesmen to finish drywall. Ames operates approximately 60 retail and 65 franchise outlets in the U.S. and Canada which rent Ames tools and sell related drywall tools and supplies. Through its brand names TapeTech, Tapemaster, Concorde, and Premier, Ames also sells automatic taping and finishing tools. www.amestools.com
Nestaway: The largest independent producer of coated wire racks used in dishwashers. Nestaway also manfactures dish drainers, sink protectors, shower caddies, dryer racks, golf cart baskets, bucket bails, and medical baskets.
Fischbein: Fischbein is the leading worldwide manufacturer of industrial bag closing and handling equipment and systems. Fischbein's Flexible Material Handling Division manufactures flexible conveyors and storage racks. The Company manufactures in the U.S., Belgium, and the United Kingdom and operates distribution facilities in Europe, the United Kingdom and the Far East. www.fischbein.com
Inglett & Co., Inc.: Inglett, acquired by Fischbein, manufactures bag handling equipment.
Axia was acquired by Cortec Group Fund I in 1994 and sold, in 1998, to a private investment group. In August 2000, Axia was acquired by Cortec Group Fund III.
Dr. Leonard's Healthcare Corp.*
Dr. Leonard's is a leading direct mail marketer of home healthcare, comfort, and convenience products targeted at individuals over 55 years old. The Company operates two catalog titles, Dr. Leonard's and Carol Wright Gifts and has a syndication agreement to mail a co-branded catalog titled Roaman's Healthcare Catalog by Dr. Leonard's. www.drleonards.com
Royce Medical Company*
Royce Medical is a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of orthopedic products. Royce's products include braces and supports, synthetic casting and splinting, bone growth stimulation, diabetic-focused wound care and disposable medical products sold primarily to orthopedists, hospitals, podiatrists, and orthotic and prosthetic shops. www.roycemedical.com
Vistek, Inc.: Vistek, acquired by Royce, provides research and development services to the orthopaedic and podiatric marketplace.
Jerome Group, Inc.: Jerome, acquired by Royce, is a leading designer, manufacturer and provider of a comprehensive line of premium cervical immobilization products.
Philadelphia Cervical Collar Company: Philadelphia Cervical Collar Company, acquired by Royce, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of orthopedic soft goods, specializing in cervical and extrication collars.
Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
Fasteners for Retail is a leading provider of point-of-purchase merchandising and display solutions for retail applications. The Company sells the industry's broadest range of merchandising systems and accessories including shelf management systems, shelf-edge label holders, sign holders, hang tabs, hooks, fasteners, banner hangers, literature holders, and acrylic displays. www.ffr.com
Display Specialties, Inc.: Display Specialties, Inc., acquired by Fasteners for Retail, is a leading global provider of signing and pricing products, shelf management, food safety, loss prevention systems, and custom fixtures to grocery, mass merchant, and drug retailers.
The Cortland Companies, Inc.*
The Cortland Companies: Cortland is a leading manufacturer of electro-mechanical cables, umbilicals, tethers, and high-performance synthetic ropes. Cortland’s products are used in a wide variety of industries including oil and gas, government, heavy marine, medical, utility and oceanographic markets with customers located throughout the world. www.thecortlandcompanies.com
Sanlo, Inc.: Sanlo, a subsidiary of The Cortland Companies, Inc., is a leading manufacturer and distributor of bare and coated cable, cable assembly products and accessories. Sanlo specializes in custom mechanical cable assemblies and in the extrusion of vinyl, nylon, and other thermoplastic coatings over aircraft type cable, wire rope and strand. Sanlo is well recognized in a diverse range of end markets for its value-added, quick response and custom, short-run fabrication capabilities. www.sanlo.com
Neurotherm, Inc.
Neurotherm Inc. is a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of radiofrequency ablation medical devices (“generators”) and related consumables. The Company’s products are used to perform a minimally invasive surgical procedure utilizing radiofrequency energy to ablate (i.e., burn) the nerve endings that are the cause of chronic pain. www.neurotherm.com
Cotop International: Cotop, acquired by Neurotherm, is a leading European distributor of radiofrequency generators and related consumables used to treat chronic pain.
Micron Catheter: The Micron Epidural Catheter product line, acquired by Neurotherm, is used in a common interventional pain procedure used to remove scar tissue in the epidural space of the spine.
Technomed Assets: The Technomed assets, acquired by Neurotherm, include the intellectual property and manufacturing know-how associated with certain needle product lines used in the interventional pain management market.
Smith & Nephew Interventional Pain Assets: The Smith & Nephew assets, acquired by Neurotherm, include interventional spine pain products, such as the CDS Discography System, SPINECATHTM and ACUTHERMTM Catheters and a broad line of radiofrequency products. Neurotherm will also become a distributor of the TRUCATHTM Injection System within the interventional spine pain market.
Snyder Industries, Inc.*
Headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, Snyder is a leading manufacturer of rotationally molded containers including storage and transportation tanks, intermediate bulk containers and residential septic tanks. The company’s primary end markets are agricultural, industrial, food, and residential applications. Snyder operates molding facilities in Nebraska, California, Arkansas and West Virginia. www.snydernet.com
Clawson Container Company: Clawson’s Asset Tank divisions, acquired by Snyder, consist of three Mancelona, Michigan based plants which manufacture both rotationally molded and fabricated steel intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), as well as related rental tank fleets utilized to support similar end markets.
* Indicates company sold