W Holding Company, Inc. operates as the holding company for Westernbank Puerto Rico, which offers business and consumer financial services in Puerto Rico, the United States. It primarily engages in generating deposits and originating loans. The companys deposit products include savings deposits, time deposits, brokered deposits, individual retirement account deposits, and interest and non-interest bearing demand deposits. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate mortgage, residential mortgage, construction, and consumer loans, as well as commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans. W Holding Company, Inc. also offers investment, trust services, securities brokerage, and treasury services. In addition, the company operates as a general insurance agent, providing property, casualty, life, and disability insurance. As of December 31, 2008, it operated 48 bank branches, including 25 in the western and southwestern regions, 14 in the San Juan metropolitan area, 7 in the northeastern region, and 2 in the eastern region in Puerto Rico. It also offers its services through online. The company was founded in 1958 and is based in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
Beneficial Mutual Bancorp, Inc. operates as a holding company for Beneficial Bank that provides consumer and commercial banking services for individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations in the United States. The company accepts a range of deposits, such as non-interest bearing demand deposits, including checking accounts; interest-bearing demand accounts, which include NOW and money market accounts; savings accounts; certificates of deposits; and business banking deposit products, such as a commercial checking account and a checking account for small businesses, as well as offers cash management, including remote deposit, lockbox service, and sweep accounts. It originates various loans, including fixed-rate and adjustable-rate one-to-four family residential loans; commercial real estate and home equity loans; commercial business loans to professionals, sole proprietorships, and small businesses, such as installment loans for capital improvements, equipment acquisition, and long-term working capital; and construction loans. The company also offers a range of consumer loans, which comprise home equity loans and lines of credit; automobile loans, including loans for recreational vehicles; student loans; and loans secured by passbook accounts and certificates of deposits, as well as various unsecured lines of credit. In addition, Beneficial Mutual Bancorp, through its subsidiaries, also provides insurance brokerage and investment advisory services. As of December 31, 2008, the company operated through 40 banking offices in Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and Bucks Counties in Pennsylvania. It also operated 32 full-service offices in Burlington and Camden Counties, New Jersey. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Beneficial Mutual Bancorp, Inc. is a subsidiary of Beneficial Savings Bank MHC.
FMC Corporation, a chemical company, provides solutions, applications, and products to various end markets worldwide. It operates in three segments: Agricultural Products, Specialty Chemicals, and Industrial Chemicals. The Agricultural Products segment develops, manufactures, and sells a portfolio of crop protection, pest control, and lawn and garden products. It produces insecticides to protect various crops, including cotton, maize, soybeans, rice, sugarcane, cereals, fruits, and vegetables from insects; and for nonagricultural applications, such as pest control for home, garden, and other specialty markets. This segment also produces herbicides to protect various crops, turf, and roadsides from weed growth. The Specialty Chemicals segment produces microcrystalline cellulose that is used as drug dry tablet binder and disintegrant, and food ingredient; carrageenan, which is used as food ingredient for thickening and stabilizing, encapsulant for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications; alginates that are used as food ingredients, and for pharmaceutical excipient, wound care, orthopedic uses, and industrial uses; and lithium that is used in pharmaceuticals, polymers, batteries, greases and lubricants, air conditioning, and other industrial applications. The Industrial Chemicals segment produces soda ash for glass, chemicals, and detergents; peroxygens for pulp and paper, chemical processing, detergents, antimicrobial disinfectants, environmental applications, electronics, and polymers; and phosphorus chemicals for detergents, cleaning compounds, and animal feed. The company was founded in 1884 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for Berkshire Bank that provides commercial and consumer banking services to individuals, businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and municipalities in western Massachusetts, southern Vermont, and northeastern New York. The company accepts various deposit accounts, including interest-bearing checking, non interest-bearing checking, regular savings, money market savings, time certificates of deposit, and checking and NOW accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises fixed-rate and adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans; commercial mortgages on properties used for business purposes, such as small office buildings, industrial, healthcare, lodging, recreation, and retail facilities; commercial business loans, including revolving loans, lines of credit, letters of credit, time notes, and small business administration guaranteed loans; and consumer loans comprising prime indirect automobile loans and home equity loans. In addition, the company offers electronic banking, cash management, and other transaction and reporting services; interest rate swap contracts to commercial customers; and wealth management services including trust, financial planning, and investment services, as well as operates as an agent for lines of property and casualty, life, disability, and health insurance. As of December 31, 2008, it operated 39 banking offices and 10 insurance offices. The company was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
ESB Financial Corporation operates as a thrift holding company for ESB Bank that provides retail and commercial financial products and services in Western Pennsylvania. It offers deposit accounts, such as regular savings, checking, money market, and certificate accounts; non interest-bearing deposits; NOW account deposits; money market deposits; passbook account deposits; and time deposits. The company provides real estate loans secured by liens on residential and commercial properties; single-family residential loans; multi-family residential mortgage loans; construction loans; and credit card loans. It also offers consumer loans, including home improvement loans; home equity loans; education loans; and loans secured by automobiles, boats, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and personal property. In addition, ESB Financial Corporation provides commercial real estate loans, which are secured by apartment buildings, office buildings, small retail shopping centers, and other income-producing properties; loan servicing and origination; and commercial business loans and lines-of-credit for municipalities, equipment purchase loans, finance accounts receivable and inventory loans, and loans for other business purposes. Further, the company provides residential and commercial loan closing, and title closing services. Additionally, it engages in the real estate development and construction of 1-4 family residential units. As of June 17, 2009, the company operated 23 offices in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, and Lawrence counties, Pennsylvania. ESB Financial Corporation was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania.
Johnson Controls, Inc. operates in building efficiency, automotive experience, and power solutions businesses worldwide. The company's building efficiency business designs, produces, markets, and installs integrated heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, as well as building management systems, controls, and security and mechanical equipment. It also provides technical services, energy management consulting, and operations of real estate portfolios for the non-residential buildings market. In addition, this business offers residential air conditioning and heating systems. Its automotive experience business designs and manufactures interior products and systems for passenger cars and light trucks, including vans, pick-up trucks, and sport/crossover utility vehicles. This businesses products and systems include seating systems and components; cockpit systems, such as instrument panels and clusters, information displays, and body controllers; overhead systems, including headliners and electronic convenience features; floor consoles; and door systems. It also produces automotive interior systems for original equipment manufacturers. The company's power solutions business produces lead-acid automotive batteries serving automotive original equipment manufacturers and the general vehicle battery aftermarket. It produces lead-acid batteries, as well as offers absorbent glass mat, nickel-metal-hydride, and lithium-ion battery technologies to power hybrid vehicles. The company was formerly known as Johnson Electric Service Company and changed its name to Johnson Controls, Inc. in 1974. Johnson Controls, Inc. was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Union First Market Bankshares Corporation operates as the holding company for the Union Bank and Trust Company, First Market Bank, Northern Neck State Bank, and Rappahannock National Bank, which provide a range of retail and commercial banking services to consumers and businesses in Virginia. The company offers checking accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, NOW accounts, money market accounts, time deposits, and demand deposits, as well as loans for commercial, industrial, residential mortgage, and consumer purposes. It also provides credit cards, automated teller machine services, Internet banking, and online bill payment services. In addition, Union First Market Bankshares, through its non-banking subsidiaries, provides securities, brokerage, and investment advisory services; mortgage loan products in Virginia, South Carolina, and Maryland; and various insurance products, including long term care insurance and business owner policies. It operates approximately 94 branches in the northern, central, Rappahannock, Tidewater, and Northern Neck regions of Virginia. The company was formerly known as Union Bankshares Corporation and changed its name to Union First Market Bankshares Corporation on February 1, 2010. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Bowling Green, Virginia.
Hillenbrand, Inc., through its subsidiary, Batesville Casket Company, manufactures, distributes, and sells funeral service products to licensed funeral directors operating licensed funeral homes. The company's products include burial caskets, cremation caskets, containers and urns, selection room display fixturing for funeral homes, and other personalization and memorialization products and services, including the creation and hosting of Web sites for licensed funeral homes. It markets its metal caskets under the Batesville brand name. The company distributes its products through direct sales force in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa. Hillenbrand, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Batesville, Indiana.
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. engages in manufacturing, sourcing, marketing, licensing, and distributing footwear, apparel, and accessories to the retail sector primarily in the United States, Europe, and Canada. It provides casual shoes, dress shoes, performance outdoor footwear, boots, uniform shoes, work shoes, slippers, moccasins, and apparel and accessories. The company also licenses its brands for use on non-footwear products, including apparel, eyewear, watches, socks, gloves, handbags, and plush toys. Wolverine World Wide markets its products under the Bates, Cat, Harley-Davidson, Hush Puppies, HyTest, Merrell, Patagonia, Sebago, Stanley, and Wolverine brand names. In addition, it operates a tannery that produces pigskin leather for the shoe and leather goods industries, as well as purchases, cures, and sells raw pigskins for processing into pigskin leather products. Further, the company operates retail stores to market its brands, and branded footwear and apparel from other manufacturers under the Hush Puppies, Hush Puppies and FamilySM, Track'N Trail, Rockford Footwear Depot, and Merrell brand names, as well as operates direct-to-customer retail Web sites. As of January 3, 2009, it operated 90 retail shoe stores in North America and 2 stores in the United Kingdom; and 21 consumer-direct Internet sites. Wolverine World Wide markets its products to governments, municipalities, department stores, footwear chains, catalogs, specialty retailers, mass merchants, and Internet retailers. The company was founded in 1883 and is based in Rockford, Michigan.
Fastenal Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a wholesaler and retailer of industrial and construction supplies. It offers fastener product line under two categories, which include threaded fasteners, such as bolts, nuts, screws, studs, and related washers that are used in manufactured products and building projects, as well as in the maintenance and repair of machines and structures; and miscellaneous supplies, including paints, various pins and machinery keys, concrete anchors, batteries, sealants, metal framing systems, wire rope, strut, private-label stud anchors, rivets, and related accessories. The company primarily serves manufacturing markets, which include both original equipment manufacturers and maintenance and repair operations; and the construction market that includes general, electrical, plumbing, sheet metal, and road contractors, as well as other users, such as farmers; truckers; railroads; mining companies; federal, state, and local governmental entities; schools; and certain retail trades in North America. As of December 31, 2008, it operated 2,311 company-owned or leased store locations in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, the People's Republic of China, and the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Winona, Minnesota.
