Patrick C. Cummings

Information Resources, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise market information solutions and services. Its solutions include market performance and strategy, consumer and shopper intelligence, analytics and in-market execution, media, and technology. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

MeadWestvaco Corp. provided packaging solutions to healthcare, beauty and personal care, food, beverage, tobacco and home and garden industries. It was also produces specialty chemicals for the automotive, energy and infrastructure industries. The company was operates through five business segments: Food & Beverage, Home, Health & Beauty, Industrial, Specialty Chemicals, and Community Development and Land Management. The Food & Beverage segment produces packaging materials, and designs and produces packaging solutions primarily for the global food, food service, beverage, dairy and tobacco end markets, as well as paperboard for commercial printing. The Home, Health & Beauty segment designs and produces packaging solutions for the global personal care, fragrance, home care, lawn and garden, prescription drug and healthcare end markets. The Industrial segment designs and produces corrugated packaging solutions, primarily for produce, meat, consumer products and bulk goods primarily in Brazil. This segment also includes operations in India, which develop corrugated packaging materials as well as corrugated packaging solutions for the domestic fresh produce growers. The Specialty Chemicals segment manufactures markets and distributes specialty chemicals derived from sawdust and other byproducts of the papermaking process in North America, Europe, South America and Asia. Its products include performance chemicals derived from pine chemicals used in printing inks, asphalt paving and adhesives as well as the agricultural, paper and petroleum industries. This segment also includes products based on activated carbon used in gas vapor emission control systems for automobiles and trucks and applications for air, water and food purification. The Community Development and Land Management segment include the operations of Real Estate Development, Forestry and Leasing Activities. MeadWestvaco was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Part of WestRock Co., Paxonix, Inc. is a company that manufactures and sells various packaging solutions, office supplies, specialty papers, and specialty chemicals. The company is based in Santa Barbara, CA.

Emmperative Inc. provides enterprise marketing management solutions. Its products include marketing tools, which are used in various applications, including consumer research, forecasting, targeting, testing, media planning and buying, and market simulation techniques. The company is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. produces canned and bottled juice drinks. The firm's products include juices & drinks, craisins dried cranberries, sauce and fresh fruit. It also operates fruit receiving stations, processing and bottling plants through out the United States and Canada. The company was founded by Marcus L. Urann, John Makepeace, and Elizabeth F. Lee in 1930 and is headquartered in Lakeville-Middleboro, MA.