Alticor was created as the parent company of Access Business Group, Amway, the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel and Quixtar in 2000. Its history, and that of its companies, is deeper and richer than its youth would suggest. In fact, all of Alticor's businesses developed from the same foundation and under the same family management that established the company in 1959. Alticor's history is primarily a story of organic growth, as opposed to growth through acquisition.
Blue Shield of California, an independent member of the Blue Shield Association, is a not-for-profit health plan dedicated to providing Californians access to high-quality health care at a reasonable price.
Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally, Boeing designs and manufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems. As a major service provider to NASA, Boeing operates the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. The company also provides numerous military and commercial airline support services. Boeing has customers in more than 90 countries around the world and is one of the largest U.S. exporters in terms of sales.
Calyon Financial is a global brokerage firm providing institutional clients with efficient access to financial and commodity markets around the world. Calyon holds memberships on the major worldwide futures and equity options markets and consistently ranks among the largest in customer volume on the top global exchanges.
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®), established in 1848, is a leading futures and futures-options exchange. More than 3,600 CBOT members trade 50 different futures and options products at the CBOT by open auction and electronically. Volume at the Exchange in 2004 was a record breaking 599 million contracts.
Deere & Company, founded in 1837 (collectively called John Deere), has grown from a one-man blacksmith shop into a corporation that today does business around the world and employs approximately 50,000 people. The company continues to be guided, as it has been since its beginning, by the core values exhibited by its founder: integrity, quality, commitment and innovation.
The Detroit Medical Center’s (DMC) record of service has provided medical excellence throughout the history of the Metropolitan Detroit area. From the founding of Children’s Hospital in 1886, to the creation of the first mechanical heart at Harper Hospital 50 years ago, to their compassion for the underserved, their legacy of caring is unmatched. Today, they are still committed to provide their patients with a better way to get better.
Herman Miller creates great places to work by researching, designing, manufacturing and distributing innovative interior furnishings that support companies, organizations and individuals all over the world.
Navistar International Corp. is a holding company whose individual units provide integrated and best-in-class transportation solutions. Based in Warrenville, Ill., the company produces International® brand commercial trucks, mid-range diesel engines and IC brand school buses, and Workhorse brand chassis for motor homes and step vans. It is a private-label designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for the pickup truck, van and SUV markets. The company also provides truck and diesel engine parts and service. A wholly owned subsidiary offers financing services.
Founded in 1961, Jackson National Life Insurance Company ("JacksonSM") has evolved from a single-channel insurance company offering few products to a $80-billion1 firm offering multiple products through multiple distribution channels throughout the United States. Positioned to win, Jackson has the products, distribution relationships, technological expertise, and flexibility to profitably meet customer needs. Jackson's objective is to continue building a profitable and sustainable position in the U.S. market.
The Edw. C. Levy Co. is an international family of companies that offers technology products and services including slag and steel mill services, construction aggregate production and distribution, ready-mix concrete, bituminous asphalt manufacturing and paving, road construction, trucking and transportation logistics.
MAGNA Donnelly Corporation is a technology-driven, customer-focused, international automotive supplier, dedicated to serving customers around the globe with industry-leading components and systems in automotive mirrors, windows and door handles.
Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN) is a world leader in the employment services industry, offering customers a continuum of services to meet their needs throughout the employment and business cycle. The company specializes in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment, employee assessment, training, career transition, organizational consulting, and professional financial services. Manpower's worldwide network of 4,300 offices in 72 countries and territories enables the company to meet the needs of its 400,000 customers per year, including small and medium size enterprises in all industry sectors, as well as the world's largest multinational corporations.
Metropolitan Health is a 238-bed general acute care osteopathic teaching hospital serving Kent and surrounding counties (Michigan). Most services are offered at the hospital. However, several frequently used outpatient services are available in physician offices throughout the area.
The Munson Healthcare System now includes Munson Medical Center, Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital, Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, Mercy Hospital Grayling, Mercy Hospital Cadillac, Otsego Memorial Hospital and West Shore Medical Center. Munson Healthcare employs more than 5,000 people. As a regional, non-profit system, it offers a continuum of health care services for communities across 24 counties.
NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research. NASA conducts its work in four principle organizations, called mission directorates: Aeronautics, Exploration Systems, Science, and Space Operations.
National City Corporation (NYSE: NCC), headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the nation's largest financial holding companies. The company operates through an extensive banking network primarily in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri and Pennsylvania. It also serves customers in selected markets nationally. Its core businesses include commercial and retail banking, mortgage financing and servicing, consumer finance and asset management.
Numatics has developed and manufactured pneumatic components for automated machinery used in all branches of the industry since 1945.
Priority Health is a Michigan managed care company with over 450,000 members. In September of 2005 the National Business Coalition on Health, the country’s leading evaluator of health plans, scrutinized thousands of the nation’s employers and named Priority Health at the top of 80 plans.
Ranpak Corp., headquartered just outside of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1979 with the goal to create the first environmentally responsible packaging material to effectively cushion and protect products during shipment. Today, Ranpak is one of the world's largest producers of paper based packaging materials and systems. Their concepts have earned a reputation as an innovative leader in the packaging industry. The name, which stands for random packaging, brings with it a superior product for inside-the-box packaging applications.
Inspired by their Catholic faith tradition, Trinity Health has been distinguished by an unrelenting focus on clinical and service outcomes as they seek to create excellence in the care experience. Trinity Health is the fourth largest Catholic health system in the United States with 44,000 full-time equivalent employees and 8,074 active staff physicians.
NAVAIR, a division of the U.S. Navy, is a leader in Naval Aviation Technology. NAVAIR exists to serve the Warfighter, to express the intent of our Commander-in-Chief, and to secure the welfare of the American people. NAVAIR is entrusted with the responsibility of bringing technology to bear on behalf of defending our nation through Naval Aviation and wherever our advanced technologies provide value. NAVAIR is driven to use Naval Aviation Technologies to solve the problems of modern warfare and to create new capabilities that strengthen our nation's position within it.
