Käri Niessink

Carmichael Lynch, Inc. provides integrated advertising services. It offers creative development and campaign management services for national and regional marketing efforts. The firm also provides public relations and corporate communications services through its Carmichael Lynch Spong consultancy. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

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.

Schwan's Shared Services LLC manufactures and markets frozen foods. The firm offers pizzas and desserts on its delivery trucks, grocery-store freezers and online to the foodservice industry. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Marshall, MN.

Part of Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc., Foote, Cone & Belding SA specializes in advertising services. The company is based in Clichy, France.

Part of WEQ Holdings, Inc., Old Country Rentals Ltd. provides rental and sales for lawn and construction equipment. The company is based in Saanichton, Canada. Old Country Rentals was acquired by WRS (Victoria) GP, Inc. on June 01, 2007 for $7.13 million.

Thermo King Corp. manufactures transport temperature control systems for a variety of mobile applications, including trailers, truck bodies, buses, shipboard containers and railway cars. It offers used and re-manufactured refrigeration units. The company was founded by Frederick McKinley Jones in 1938 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

North Memorial Health Care provides healthcare services. It offers cancer care, heart & vascular institute, level I trauma center, 16 primary care clinics, ambulance services, level III neonatal ICU, total joint replacement, stroke program, sleep health centers, urgent care, urgency center, aphasia program and express clinics in hy-vee. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Robbinsdale, MN.

Part of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., Baldwin Hardware & Weiser Lock Businesses of Masco Corp is a company that manufactures and markets architectural hardware and locksets. The company is based in Taylor, MI. Baldwin Hardware & Weiser Lock Businesses of Masco was acquired by The Black & Decker Corp., a subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. from Masco Corp. on September 30, 2003 for $275 million.

FKI Security Group LLC manufactures security, safety and asset protection products. Its products include fire and impact-resistant file cabinets, safes, traditional, intelligent safes and digital video security systems. The company’s brands include FireKing fireproof files and safes; adesco, mcgunn, meilink, gary home, office, commercial safes; NKL, perfectcash cash-handling and cash-validating products; and image vault digital video security solutions. It sells products and services to retail end-users, commercial end-users and mass merchandisers. The company was founded by Van G. Carlisle 1951 and is headquartered in New Albany, IN.