Bass, LLC

Southern Progress Corporation began with The Progressive Farmer magazine in 1886. The company is one of the largest lifestyle publishers in the country. It publications include Southern Living, Cooking Light, Health, Coastal Living, Southern Accents, Cottage Living, The Progressive Farmer and Sunset magazines, as well as books through Oxmoor House, Leisure Arts and Sunset Books. The company also operates a party-plan division, Southern Living At HOME. Southern Progress Corporation is a subsidiary of Time and Time Warner. It has headquarters in Birmingham, Ala., and operations throughout the United States. Its magazines have a combined readership of nearly 50 million.

Founded in 1944, EBSCO Industries has diversified in more than 20 businesses. The company s businesses include being a subscription provider for more than 300,000 title listings from more than 78,000 publishers worldwide; publisher of journal article databases; fishing lures; steel joist and metal roof deck manufacturing; and real estate development. One of its divisions, EBSCO Information Services, provides libraries and research centers with electronic and print journal subscription services; e-resource access and management services; full-text and secondary database development and access; and Web-based book purchasing. It maintains a title database of more than 300,000 title listings and upholds relationships with more than 78,000 publishers throughout the world. EBSCO Industries has a location in Birmingham, Ala. In 2006, Forbes listed EBSCO Industries as the 171st-largest private company.

Warehouse Equipment & Supply Co. is an established sales and service company, which specializes in shipping/packaging supplies, material handling equipment, casters, wheels, dock equipment, storage/shop equipment, containers, partitions, conveyor systems and cutting room supplies. Operational since 1958, the company's product lines consist of some of the most recognizable names in the industry for material handling, storage, dock, and packaging equipment and supplies. Its products include aluminum dockplates and dockboards, automatic pallet positioners, cantilever rack, casters, serco, dock levelers and restraints, dock seals, fans, flexscreen door, hand trucks and modular building systems.