Enthermics Medical Systems

RF Technologies is one of the leading providers of radio frequency identification safety and security solutions with an installed base of more than 10,000 systems worldwide. Founded in 1987, the company offers health care systems, such as Code Alert, SafePlace, Sensatec and PinPoint. It is a privately held company that has a staff of over 150 employees. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., RF Technologies serves the health care market, senior care communities, hospitals, and long-term care and commercial facilities throughout the United States. The company is first in the industry to offer remote monitoring, consulting and technical support through a nationwide service management team and its specialists.

Direct Supply is the company behind a network of systems. The company s TELS, which stands for The Equipment Lifecycle System, is designed to help its customers overcome the challenges in elder care maintenance. TELS includes life safety codes, staff training and preventive maintenance. Direct Supply launched its Eldercare Interiors team to meet the growing demand for renovation and new construction services within the elder care profession in 1997. Since its inception, Eldercare Interiors has led hundreds of projects for skilled nursing, assisted living, continuing care retirement communities, independent living and other facilities dedicated to caring for the elderly. Through Easier Living, Direct Supply offers medical equipment and independence aids. Direct Supply is located in Milwaukee.

Exacto Spring is a manufacturer of custom, precision compression springs. Compression springs are open-coil helical springs that offer resistance to compression forces applied axially. They are usually coiled as a constant-diameter cylinder. Other common shapes for compression springs include conical, Contact Exacto Spring concave (hourglass), convex (barrel) and various combinations of these as required by the compression spring application. The applications the springs are used for are as widespread as the company s sizes, ranging from hearing aides to shafts on farm implements. While square, rectangular or special-section wire may have to be specified, round wire is predominant from Exacto Spring because it is readily available and adaptable to standard coiler tooling.