Aspen Earthmoving, LLC ("AEM"), is a construction contractor licensed in Colorado to provide earthmoving services in Aspen and the surrounding communities in the Roaring Fork Valley. Headquartered in Carbondale, 40 miles northwest of Aspen, AEM was founded in 1983 to serve the residential, commercial, and civil construction end-markets. AEM's primary customers include general contractors, public works entities, development firms, and private individuals. The company's suite of site development and preparation services includes excavation, grading, landscaping, as well as utility construction and maintenance. AEM has a large, diverse well-maintained fleet of equipment and is universally regarded as the responsive, premium service contractor offering both high quality and cost-conscious services. The company is currently owned by an investor group of high net worth individuals that acquired it in 2005 from its founders.
Briarcliff Solutions Group, LLC ("BSG"), is a holding company focused on acquiring and growing distribution software businesses. BSG is currently the owner-operator of two businesses: AL Systems, Inc. (http://www.alsysinc.com) and Mincron SBC Corporation (http://www.mincron.com).
ALS provides clients with integrated software solutions that improve the flow of merchandise through distribution centers, primarily for large retailers. Mincron develops, markets, and supports Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") systems, warehouse management systems and related products and services to "hardgoods" distributors. Both businesses have strong existing client bases that speak highly of their products and services. Aggregating these types of businesses allows BSG's management to capitalize on opportunities for cross-selling and cost reductions under the Briarcliff umbrella. Moving forward, BSG plans to identify and acquire other attractive distribution software businesses.
Big Joe Manufacturing, Inc. ("Big Joe"), www.bigjoemfg.com, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of Big Joe® Class 3 forklift trucks, also known as "electric walkie" forklift trucks. The Company was founded in 1951 and manufactures and assembles its products in two facilities in Windsor, Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, respectively. The Company's product fills a specific need: an in-between handling solution that offers more versatility, efficiency, and maneuverability in narrow aisle configurations. In addition to the Company's manufactured products, Big Joe also offers support services to its major customers including parts replacement, equipment refurbishing, and maintenance repair. Big Joe's products are used primarily for retail store applications, warehousing, inter-department handling, production line loading, and overhead maintenance. The Company sells directly to national retail customers, distributes through 140 dealers with over 200 locations, and recently opened its first Company-owned dealership. The Company offers over 200 models with an installed base of over 125,000 units nationwide.
Derma Sciences, Inc., headquartered in Princeton, NJ, is an integrated manufacturer, marketer and supplier of dermatological related product lines, including: wound care, wound closure and specialty securement devices, and skin care. Derma's products are developed and marketed under the names MEDIHONEY™, ALGICELL™ Ag, and the MOBILITY-1™ device. In addition to the company's proprietary products, Derma also has a strong base business of contract manufacturing for OEM and private label products.
Hughes Telematics, Inc. is engaged in developing next-generation, in-vehicle, end-to-end telematics solutions marketed to automotive manufacturers in the United States and abroad. HTI's two-way broadband communications device will be included as standard factory installed equipment in vehicles produced by certain OEMs under contractual arrangements, and services will then be sold on a subscriber basis to provide vehicle owners with access to a suite of real-time services and applications being designed by HTI and its partners.
Mobile Life Ventures LLC is the largest mall-based AT&T-exclusive wireless device retailer. The company has kiosks located in the high traffic locations of 94 malls across the United States. Each kiosk provides a variety of wireless devices including cellular telephones, smart phones, and various accessories.
Rider Hotel, LLC is the owner of a luxury boutique hotel in Milwaukee, WI called The Iron Horse. The 102-room, six-story hotel is Milwaukee's most stylish and sophisticated hotel property that has been designed to meet the distinct needs of both corporate and leisure guests with unparalleled business amenities, complete dining and entertainment offerings, special services and attractive loft-style guest rooms.
Consistent with its proximity to the new Harley-Davidson Museum, the Iron Horse Hotel features secured covered motorcycle parking, rag bins, an on-site bike wash, packed saddle bag lunches, road trip maps and in-room storage areas for boots, helmets and heavy riding leathers to cater to the motorcycle enthusiast.
Smart Pack Solutions, LLC (www.smartpacksolutions.com), headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey, is a direct marketing company that sells moving boxes and supplies. Smart Pack puts a new twist to an old business. It reaches pre-movers through a number of channels including links from the websites of affiliated distribution relationships, online and off-line referrals from some of the leading brand name partners in the moving space, keyword searches on Internet portals and through in-store promotions at various retailers. High quality moving boxes and supplies are then delivered directly to its customers at an attractive price, often the next day, alleviating the customer's need to transport these bulky and heavy items. In the process of interacting with consumers just prior to a residential move, Smart Pack captures valuable data on a hard-to-access demographic that is appealing to a wide range of companies and industries.
Spiegel Group, headquartered in New York, is a holding company for three national direct to consumer women's fashion brands, Spiegel, Newport News, and Shape FX.
Spiegel, a retail pioneer founded in 1865, uses a combination of specialty catalogs sent to customers throughout the year, as well as offerings via the internet. Collectively, the company offers high quality women's apparel, swimwear, shoes, accessories and a body enhancing shape-wear line at a value price to customers.
Support Plus Medical ("SPM"), provides home delivery of medical equipment supplies and pharmaceutical products to Medicare and Medicaid eligible beneficiaries in the United States and Puerto Rico. The Company's primary focus is to service patients with chronic diseases, most notably diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD. The Company was formed in Port St. Lucie, FL in 2004 and operates as a federally licensed provider of Medicare Part B and Part D Benefits. As a licensed durable medical equipment provider, SPM offers Medicare and Medicaid enrollees the opportunity to call a toll-free number and speak with a customer service representative (i) to determine eligibility; (ii) to receive guidance on following their doctor's orders; and (iii) to receive in home delivery of their medical equipment supplies and medications prescribed by the customer's physician. Once enrolling, customers receive direct to their home a quarterly supply of the diabetic care products that were prescribed by their physician, while SPM facilitates Medicare reimbursement on their behalf. To date, Support Plus Medical has grown its patient base through a series of small acquisitions and organic growth facilitated by targeted media and direct-response advertising.
Weld Racing, LLC is the leading US-based manufacturer of aluminum wheels for performance automotive enthusiasts and the competitive auto racing industry. The company was founded in 1967 and has a single manufacturing and distribution facility in Kansas City, Missouri. Weld wheels have carried champions to the winner's circle in virtually all major forms of motorsports and is regarded as the most winning wheel brand in racing history.