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Hawkeye Foodservice Distribution is a privately owned broadline distributor of food service products. The company serves as the distribution link in bringing food and food related items to institutional users, such as restaurants, health care facilities and schools. Its product line includes broadline groceries, health care and supplemental products, frozen foods, produce, fresh and frozen meats, poultry and seafood, dairy products, beverages, janitorial and cleaning supplies, paper products, table top supplies, equipment and laundry and dietary chemicals. Its vendor list includes Blue Bunny, J&J Snack Foods, ConAgra Foods, Nestle, SaraLee, Pepsico, Norpa, Genpak and SunnyFresh. The company s service area includes most of the Midwest United States. Hawkeye maintains headquarters in Iowa City, Iowa, and operates additional offices in Danville, Ill., and Fairmont, Minn. Hawkeye Foodservice Distribution offers next day delivery to most of its service area.

Uniparts Olsen is a manufacturing company that provides a range of precision steel parts for original equipment manufacturers. Established in 1972, it is a privately held company that serves customers in the construction, agriculture and forestry industries. The company also supplies precision machined pins, bushings and structural bosses. Uniparts Olsen has a more than 138,000-square-foot facility to produce over 5,000 products. In addition, it offers induction heat treating and zinc plating services. The company has received ISO 9001:2000 certification. Uniparts Olsen operates in Eldridge in Iowa. It is a part of the Uniparts Group and maintains electronic data interchange systems.

Established in 1911, Whirlpool Corporation is a manufacturer and marketer of home appliances, with annual sales of more than $13 billion. The company s brands, which include Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Brastemp, Bauknecht and Consul, are sold in more than 170 countries. Its products include refrigerators, ovens, dishwashers, blenders, toasters, cookware and freestanding ranges. The company operates nearly 50 manufacturing and technology research centers worldwide. It was honored as the 2005 Energy Star Partner of the Year and the 2006 Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award. In March 2006, Whirlpool announced its plan to merge with Maytag Corporation. Jeff M. Fettig has been the chief executive officer of Whirlpool for more than two years. He has been with the appliances manufacturer for over 25 years. Fettig earned BS and MBA degrees from Indiana University. Whirlpool Corporation employs more than 68,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Benton Harbor, Mich.