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Sterling Partners is a private equity firm that invests in industries with positive and long-term trends. The company mainly focuses on high-growth industries, including education, health care, business services, direct marketing, specialty manufacturing and technology. Located in Baltimore, Md., its limited partners comprises domestic and international firms, such as pension plans, corporate and university endowments, family offices, industry executives and other institutional investors. Sterling Partners institutional investor partners include some of the most highly regarded funds and asset management firms.

Founded in 1976, MPI Media Group, LLC is one of the largest independent producers and distributors of movies, home video and audio CDs in the world. Based in Orland Park, Ill., the company comprises MPI Home Video, MPI Telemedia and the WPA Film Library. MPI Home Video offers more than 2,000 home video titles from its collection, including popular documentaries, movies and television programs. The company owns the rights to films held by the estates of Jackie Gleason, John Wayne and Martin Luther King Jr. among others.

Based in Oak Brook, Ill., Continent Communities LLC. is a business management consultant. It is an owner-operator of manufactured housing communities and park model as well as recreational vehicle resorts. Continent Communities LLC. offers services, such as affordable and safe living environments with attractive surroundings, desirable and well-located communities, amenities and planned resident social events, friendly and responsive on-site professional community management teams, flexible home sale as well as brokerage and lending program. The company pursues development-oriented transactions and focuses on single- and multi-asset investment as well as development opportunities.