John Kaserman

Wingate Advisors LLC (Wingate Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1987 by Frederick B. Hegi Jr. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Industrial Container Services LLC provides reusable container solutions. Its products include steel drums, intermediate bulk containers, plastic drums, fiber drums, pails, specialty containers, and parts and accessories. It offers management inventory, transportation, responsible container management, and closed-loop reconditioning services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Maitland, FL.

Biorigin Specialty Products manufactures of specialty paper products. It offers waxed, double coated, uncoated, metalized base and single coated. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Port Huron, MI.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Appvion LLC is a private company that specializes in specialty and high-performance coatings. The company is based in Appleton, WI, and has manufacturing operations in two other locations, employing approximately 1,000 people. The company offers coating solutions for a wide variety of flexible substrates, including products from an FDA-compliant facility. The company's primary product offerings include direct thermal labels and film solutions and renewable, fiber-based consumer and industrial packaging solutions. The company produces thermal, carbonless, security, inkjet, digital specialty, and colored papers. The company's direct thermal film solutions offer superior quality barrier properties for unique applications that require high plasticizer content adhesives, while their direct thermal labels provide high excellent barcode contrast, environmental and chemical resistance, and superior printability. Appvion was founded in 1907 by Charles S. Boyd, and Paul Charapata has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Nekoosa Corp. manufactures specialty paper and film products used in the graphics and commercial print markets. It produces a suite of specialty engineered materials in various key product areas: application and pressure sensitive tapes used to protect and transfer graphics onto surfaces such as store windows and commercial vehicles; specialty synthetic papers that offer a digitally printable tear-and-water-proof alternative to lamination; sheeted digital and offset grade carbonless paper; and extruded film products used in wall panel, credit card, and lighting applications. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Nekoosa, WI.

Nekoosa Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company that manufactures carbonless coated paper for businesses. It provides spans coating, converting and custom plastic extrusion capabilities, with a product offering that includes carbonless papers, specialty synthetics, and application tapes and extruded films. The company was founded in April 2013 and is headquartered in Nekoosa, WI.

Nekoosa Coated Products LLC provides specialty engineer paper and films. Its products include carbonless paper, digital coated paper, dry toner, and Identifier inkless biometric identification system. The company is headquartered in Nekoosa, WI.

Dunn Paper Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company. The private company was founded in 2003. The CEO is Wade Kemnitz.

The Aluminum Trailer Co. manufactures truck trailers. The firm offers products such as steel and aluminum, recreational, work, utility, cargo, oil and gas, mobile command, mobile marketing, fiber optic splicing, and custom trailers. Aluminum Trailer serves customers worldwide. The company was founded by Steven L. Brenneman in 1999 and is headquartered in Nappanee, IN.

Part of UnitedHealth Group, Inc., Innovative Cost Solutions, Inc. is a company that negotiates health care claims from non-network providers for insurance companies. The company is based in Chicago, IL. Innovative Cost Solutions was acquired by Fiserv Health, Inc. on October 18, 2006.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

S&N Communications, Inc. provides wired and wireless infrastructure construction, electric and gas construction, professional services and site development service. Its services include telecommunication, fiber optic, wireless network, project and inventory management, assessment, nalysis, acquisition, zoning and permitting. The company was founded by Crawford Smith and Wayne Newkirk in 1977 and is headquartered in Louisa, VA.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Lufkin Industries, Inc. engages in the provision of rod lift products and technologies. It offers surface pumping units, downhole pumps, automation, progressing cavity pumps (PCPs), hudraulic lift, and oilfield services. The company was founded by Joseph Hubert Kurth, Sr., Frank Kavanaugh, Sr., Frank Kavanaugh, Jr., Eli Wiener, and Simon Wood Henderson, Sr. in 1902 and is headquartered in Missouri City, TX.

Part of ORIX Corp., IFCO, Inc. is a Japanese company that provides truck leasing services. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Irel Bidco SARL, IFCO North America is a company that manufactures and manages wooden pallets and other logistics container products. The company is based in Houston, TX.

Part of Marui Group Co., Ltd., CSC Co. Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides building maintenance and manages and leases commercial properties. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. CSC Co. was acquired by Marui Group Co., Ltd. from Tokyo Biso Kogyo Corp. on June 20, 2008 for $9.67 million.

Grant Thornton (Tanzania) provides accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services. The company is headquartered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Part of American International Group, Inc., AIG Global Investment Group, Inc. provides investment advisory services. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is Win Jay Neuger.