Plunkett's Almanac of Middle Market Companies 2011: Middle Market Research, Statistics & Leading Companies

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PLUNKETT’S
ALMANAC OF
MIDDLE MARKET
COMPANIES 2011

The Only Comprehensive

Guide to American Middle Market Companies

Jack W. Plunkett

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PLUNKETT'S
ALMANAC OF MIDDLE
MARKET COMPANIES 2011

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PLUNKETT'S ALMANAC OF MIDDLE
MARKET COMPANIES 2011

CONTENTS

Glossary of Useful Middle Market Terms ix
Introduction 1
How to Use This Book 3
Chapter 1: Important Contacts For Middle Market Analysis & Marketing 7
Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites
Chapter 2: THE MIDDLE MARKET 500: 39
Who They Are and How They Were Chosen
Industry List, With Codes 40
Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 44
(The MIDDLE MARKET 500 grouped by industry and ranked for sales and profits)
Alphabetical Index 60
Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 65
Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 71
Index of Firms with International Operations 85
Individual Profiles on each of THE MIDDLE MARKET 500 89

Additional Indexes
Index of Firms Noted as “Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities” 609
Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 611
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Glossary of Useful Middle Market specialty care physicians, that provides care and
services and competes with other systems in the
Terms
region for enrollees.

10-K: An annual report filed by publicly held Activity-Based Costing (ABC): A set of accounting
companies. It provides a comprehensive overview of methods used to identify and describe costs and
the company's business and its finances. By law, it required resources for activities within processes.
must contain specific information and follow a given
form, the “Annual Report on Form 10-K.” The U.S. Advanced Professional Degree (APD): Advanced
Securities and Exchange Commission requires that it professional degree (e.g., MD, PhD).
be filed within 90 days after fiscal year end.
However, these reports are often filed late due to AI: See “Artificial Intelligence (AI).”
extenuating circumstances. Variations of a 10-K are
often filed to indicate amendments and changes. Annual Report: See “10-K (10K).”
Most publicly held companies also publish an
“annual report” that is not on Form 10-K. These Anticompetitive Leasing Arrangement: A lease
annual reports are more informal and are frequently that limits the type and amount of competition a
used by a company to enhance its image with particular retailer faces within a trading area (e.g., a
customers, investors and industry peers. lease that will not allow two supermarkets in one
shopping center).
3PF: See “Third-Party Fulfillment (3PF).”
Antidumping Tariffs: Additional duties which are
3PL: See “Third-Party Logistics (3PL).” assessed on imported goods when those goods are
sold to the importing country at a price that is less
4PL: See “Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL).” than “fair value” (“fair value” usually being defined
as the price on the exporting country's domestic
802.11n (MIMO): Multiple Input Multiple Output market or to third countries) and when those
antenna technology. MIMO is a new standard in the imported goods are found to cause or threaten to
series of 802.11 Wi-Fi specifications for wireless cause material injury to industry of the importing
networks. It has the potential of providing data country.
transfer speeds of 100 to perhaps as much as 500
Mbps. 802.11n also boasts better operating distances APAC: Asia Pacific Advisory Committee. A multi-
than current networks. MIMO uses spectrum more country committee representing the Asia and Pacific
efficiently without any loss of reliability. The region.
technology is based on several different antennas all
tuned to the same channel, each transmitting a APD: See “Advanced Professional Degree (APD).”
different signal. MIMO will be widely used as an
enhancement to WiMAX networks. Application Service Provider (ASP): A web site
that enables utilization of software and databases that
802.15: See “Ultrawideband (UWB).” For 802.15.1, reside permanently on a service company's remote
see “Bluetooth.” web server, rather than having to be downloaded to
the user's computer. Advantages include the ability
802.15.1: See “Bluetooth.” for multiple remote users to access the same tools
over the Internet and the fact that the ASP provider is
Accordion Theory: A cyclical theory of retailer responsible for developing and maintaining the
evolution suggesting that changes in retail institutions software. (ASP is also an acronym for “active server
are explained in terms of depth versus breadth of page,” which is not related.) For the latest
assortment. Retail institutions cycle from high- developments in ASP, see “Software as a Service
depth/low-breadth to low-depth/high-breadth stores (SaaS).”
and back again.
Applications: The computer programs and systems
Accountable Health Plan: A network of health care that allow users to interface with a computer and that
providers, such as hospitals and primary and