Midwest Products

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.

Founded in 1965, Pioneer Products is a contract manufacturer of machined and assembled products. Its more than 110,000-square-foot manufacturing facility includes a complete selection of machine tools. The company maintains a contract tool, die and model shop that produces dies and fixtures for specific applications. It also operates a parts department that specializes in precision turning, boring, jig boring and prototyping, as well as features a quality department equipped with coordinate measuring machines and gauging lines. The company s personnel design and fabricate custom machines for assembling and metal work operations. Pioneer Products clients include Caterpillar, DaimlerChrysler, Danahar Controls, New Venture Gear, Sauer-Danfoss, Tremec and Twin Disc.

The Brady Corporation is an international manufacturer and marketer of solutions that identify and protect premises, products and people. Its more than 50,000 products include high-performance labels and signs, safety devices, printing systems, and software and precision die-cut materials. Founded in 1914, the company has more than 300,000 customers in the electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing, electrical, construction, education and medical industries. The Brady Corporation maintains headquarters in Milwaukee, with other operations in the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Canada.