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Synagro Technologies, Inc. engages in recycling of organic by-products. Its products include granulite fertilizer pellets, lime, and renewable fuel. It serves the municipalities, farmers, and communities. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

RollEase Acmeda, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture and market of manual operating systems and accessories for soft and hard window coverings. Its systems include roller shades, roller shade fabrics, horizontal blinds and mini blinds. The firm?s fabrics include alkenz sunshadow solar screen and sierrasol blackout. The company was founded by Derick Marsh, Francis Mechner, Garett Bebell, Roger P. Woodhour, Roger J. Nicholson and Martin Waine in 1980 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

ShoreView Industries LLC (ShoreView Industries) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Robert Davis, Jeffrey Mudge, and David Wakefield. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Westinghouse Corp. is an American company that specializes in providing safe and innovative nuclear and other clean power technologies and services. With over 135 years of innovation, Westinghouse is the preferred partner for advanced technologies covering the complete nuclear energy life cycle. The private company supplied the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor in 1957, and its technology is the basis for nearly one-half of the world's operating nuclear plants.

Part of HI-REL Lids AC Ltd., Hi-Rel Lids Ltd. is a British company that manufactures lids for electronic and electrical goods. The company is based in Norwich, UK and was founded in 1986.