Pamela G. Boone

Maverick Tube Corp. manufactures steel tubular products for gas and oil drilling operations. It offer line pipe for oil and gas surface handling and transportation. The firm sell both structural tubing and standard pipe for transportation, agricultural and construction applications. The company was founded by Don Beattie in 1978 and is located in Chesterfield, MO.

Part of Bausch Health Cos., Inc., Synergetics, Inc. (Missouri) is a company that develops disposable surgical instruments. The company is based in St. Charles, MO. Synergetics, Inc. (Missouri was acquired by Valley Forge Scientific Corp. on September 22, 2005 for $78 million.

Synergetics USA, Inc. designs, manufactures and supplies precision surgical devices. It also designs and manufactures disposable and non-disposable supplies and accessories. The firm?s product lines focus upon precision engineered, disposable and reusable devices, surgical equipment, procedural kits and the delivery of various energy modalities for the performance of surgery, including laser energy, ultrasonic energy, radio frequency energy for electrosurgery and lesion generation and visible light energy for illumination. The company was founded on June 2, 2005 and is headquartered in O'Fallon, MO.