Well-Respected and Well-Capitalized Partners:

• American Capital Strategies, a publicly traded mezzanine and equity investment firm
  • Phillips & Temro LLC
  • Weber Manufacturing Limited

• Chilmark Partners, a Chicago based distressed debt and equity investment fund
  • Phillips & Temro LLC
  • NutraMax, Inc.

• Trimaran Funds, an equity investment fund affiliated with CIBC
  • Transportation Technologies Industries, Inc.

• JP Morgan Partners, the equity investment area of JP Morgan Chase
  • Metalforming Technologies, Inc.
  • Automotive Systems International, Inc.
  • Johnstown America Industries, Inc.
  • Johnstown Wire

• The Pritzker Organization, a prominent Chicago based family
  • Global Metal Technologies, Inc.

• Onex Corporation, a Canadian publicly traded investment firm
  • Johnstown America Industries, Inc.
  • Johnstown Wire
  • Dayton Superior