Chicago's Largest Privately Held Companies

26 APRIL 28, 2008 • CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES The game CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Ranked by 2007 revenue of operation Revenue Full-time Company 2007 employees Phone 2006 Chicago/ Patients aren’t the only Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business ones who benefit from doctors’ ability to perform new 1 REYES HOLDINGS LLC 9500 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. J. Christopher Reyes $9,700.0 15.5% 385 Food and beverage distributor and increasingly sophisticated (847) 227-6500 Suite 700 M. Jude Reyes $8,400.0 9,000 operations. As surgeons fine- www.reyesholdings.com Rosemont 60018 Co-chairmen tune their techniques, they TOPCO ASSOCIATES LLC 7711 Gross Point Road Steven K. Lauer $8,852.0 20.5% 340 Buys food products on behalf of need more specialized tools. 2 (847) 676-3030 Skokie 60077 President, CEO $7,348.0 400 supermarket retailers, wholesalers Revenue at Medline Indus- www.topco.com and food-service companies tries Inc., which makes med- CDW CORP. 300 N. Milwaukee Ave. John A. Edwardson $8,145.0 20.0% 4,094 Computer hardware, software and ical products, has risen 12% 3 NEW! (847) 465-6000 Vernon Hills 60061 Chairman, CEO $6,785.5 6,300 accessories to 15% a year since 1976, www.cdw.com WENT PRIVATE IN OCTOBER 2007 reaching $2.81 billion last year. GLOBAL HYATT CORP. 71 S. Wacker Drive Mark S. Hoplamazian $8,114.0 13.9% 3,902 Hospitality 4 (312) 750-1234 Chicago 60606 President, CEO $7,122.0 83,700 Medline sells 100,000 prod- www.hyatt.com ucts such as sterile surgical instruments, gloves, face masks, 5 RYERSON INC. 2621 W. 15th Place Neil S. Novich $6,000.0 1.6% NA Metal processor and distributor gowns and wheelchairs to hos- NEW! (773) 762-2121 Chicago 60608 Chairman, president, CEO $5,908.9 5,400 pitals and health care facilities. www.ryerson.com WENT PRIVATE IN OCTOBER 2007 Its biggest-seller, with $600 TRIBUNE CO. 435 N. Michigan Ave. Samuel Zell $5,063.0 -8.2% 3,913 Media million in annual sales, is sur- 6 NEW! (312) 222-9100 Chicago 60611 Chairman, CEO $5,517.7 17,186 gical trays—the instruments, www.tribune.com WENT PRIVATE IN DECEMBER 2007 sutures and other supplies a OSI GROUP LLC 1225 Corporate Blvd. Sheldon Lavin $4,850.0 10.2% 1,700 Develops and processes food surgeon needs to perform an 7 (630) 851-6600 Aurora 60505 Chairman, president, CEO $4,400.0 20,000 for consumer brands and major operation. Doctors order the www.osigroup.com food-service companies tools and brands they want in their kits and Medline workers EBY-BROWN CO. LLC1 280 W. Shuman Blvd. Richard W. Wake $4,500.0 2.3% 550 Wholesale distributor of convenience assemble them. 8 (630) 778-2800 Naperville 60563 Thomas G. Wake $4,400.0 2,275 products “A surgeon wants to do as www.eby-brown.com Co-presidents many surgeries as he can in a ACE HARDWARE CORP. 2200 Kensington Court Ray A. Griffith $3,970.0 1.0% 1,000 Retailer-owned hardware cooperative day,” says Ray Swaback, pres- 9 (630) 990-6600 Oak Brook 60523 President, CEO $3,930.0 4,800 ident of sales. “Pre-assembled www.acehardware.com trays cut down the time it WALSH GROUP 929 W. Adams St. Matthew M. Walsh $3,574.8 22.0% 1,500 General contractor, design-builder, takes to turn the room for the 10 (312) 563-5400 Chicago 60607 CEO $2,929.0 5,500 construction manager next operation.” www.walshgroup.com Medline wants annual rev- 1 180 N. Stetson St. W. Robert Reum $2,845.0 -5.2% 600 Manufacturer of railroad, construction enue to hit $5 billion in five AMSTED INDUSTRIES INC. 11 (312) 645-1700 Suite 1800 Chairman, president, CEO $3,000.0 9,050 and building materials years and expects new mar- www.amsted.com Chicago 60601 kets will help take it there. These include medical prod- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES INC. 1 Medline Place Charlie N. Mills $2,806.0 12.2% 2,170 Manufacturer and distributor of ucts distributors in Europe 12 (847) 949-5500 Mundelein 60060 CEO $2,500.0 5,545 medical supplies that are importing American www.medline.com products while the dollar is HEICO COS. LLC 70 W. Madison St. Emily Heisley Stoeckel $2,500.0 -9.1% 550 Buyout/turnaround firm specializing weak, and retailers like Wal- 13 (312) 419-8220 Suite 5600 Chairman $2,750.0 10,000 in manufacturing companies green Co. and Wal-Mart Chicago 60602 Stores Inc., which are increas- FOLLETT CORP.2 2233 West St. Christopher D. Traut $2,369.0 8.5% 2,458 Retail and wholesale distribution of ingly stocking their shelves 14 (708) 583-2000 River Grove 60171 President, CEO $2,184.0 8,405 education materials with home health care sup- www.follett.com plies for the elderly, such as walkers and elevated toilet 15 INLAND REAL ESTATE GROUP OF COS. 2901 Butterfield Road Daniel L. Goodwin $2,297.6 14.2% 999 Commercial real estate developer seats. (630) 218-8000 Oak Brook 60523 Chairman, CEO $2,011.5 1,255 and financier www.inlandgroup.com Samantha Stainburn SOLO CUP CO. 1700 Old Deerfield Road Robert M. Korzenski $2,106.0 -15.4% 2,229 Manufacturer and distributor 16 (847) 831-4800 Highland Park 60035 President, CEO $2,489.9 8,740 of disposable consumer and www.solocup.com food-service products TRUE VALUE CO. 8600 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Lyle G. Heidemann $2,041.0 -0.4% 882 Wholesale and retail hardware 17 (773) 695-5000 Chicago 60631 President, CEO $2,050.0 2,607 www.truevaluecompany.com ALTIVITY PACKAGING LLC 1500 Nicholas Blvd. George V. Bayly $2,040.0 3.0% 1,125 Manufacturer of packaging, recycled 18 (888) 343-5334 Elk Grove Village 60007 Chairman, CEO $1,980.0 7,800 paperboard, inks and coatings www.altivity.com MERGED WITH GRAPHIC PACKAGING CORP. TO FORM GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO. IN MARCH 2008 FRANK CONSOLIDATED ENTERPRISES 666 Garland Place James S. Frank $1,888.0 -1.6% 634 Automotive fleet management 19 INC.3; (847) 699-7000 Des Plaines 60016 President $1,918.0 656 www.wheels.com ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIESEL INC. 9301 W. 55th St. John Hamilton $1,700.0 30.8% 2,000 Manufacturer of railroad locomotives 20 NEW! (708) 387-6000 La Grange 60525 President, CEO $1,300.0 3,000 and diesel components www.emdiesels.com FREEDOMROADS LLC 250 Parkway Drive Marcus A. Lemonis $1,650.0 3.1% 160 Operates RV dealerships and 21 (847) 808-3000 Suite 320 Chairman, president, CEO $1,600.0 4,200 Camping World stores www.freedomroads.com Lincolnshire 60069 KOCH FOODS INC. 1300 Higgins Road Joseph C. Grendys $1,640.0 17.1% 1,000 Supplier of fresh and frozen poultry 22 (847) 384-5940 Suite 100 CEO $1,400.0 10,000 for food-service and retail operations www.kochfoods.com Park Ridge 60068 WIRTZ CORP. 680 N. Lake Shore Drive W. Rockwell “Rocky” Wirtz $1,400.0 5.3% NA Distribution, real estate, insurance, 23 (312) 943-7000 19th floor Chairman $1,330.0 2,900 banking; owns Chicago Blackhawks Chicago 60611 hockey team CC INDUSTRIES INC. 222 N. LaSalle St. William H. Crown $1,370.0 -21.7% 225 Holding company for diversified 24 (312) 855-4000 Suite 1000 President, CEO $1,750.0 5,000 manufacturing and real estate Chicago 60601 operations CRATE & BARREL4,5 1250 Techny Road Gordon I. Segal $1,315.0 9.6% 1,613 Home furnishings retailer 25 (847) 272-2888 Northbrook 60062 CEO $1,200.0 4,629 www.crateandbarrel.com PEPPER CONSTRUCTION GROUP1 643 N. Orleans St. J. David Pepper $1,236.6 42.9% 933 General construction and 26 (312) 266-4700 Chicago 60610 Chairman, CEO $865.4 1,342 construction management www.pepperconstruction.com Continued on Page 28 28 APRIL 28, 2008 • CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES

NEW LEADERSHIP CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Continued from Page 26 Twenty-seven companies had new Revenue Full-time top executives last year, seven more Company 2007 employees than in the previous year. Phone 2006 Chicago/ Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business No. 13 Heico Cos. MCMASTER-CARR SUPPLY CO. 600 N. County Line Road Jay Delaney $1,200.0 NA NA Wholesale supplier of industrial LLC (Emily Heisley 27 NEW! (630) 600-3600 Elmhurst 60126 CEO NA NA products Stoeckel) www.mcmaster.com No. 23 Wirtz Corp. TRANSUNION LLC 555 W. Adams Blvd. Siddharth N. “Bobby” $1,200.0 NC 1,200 Credit data and financial services (W. Rockwell “Rocky” 27 (312) 258-1717 Chicago 60601 Mehta $1,200.0 4,100 Wirtz) www.transunion.com President, CEO Wirtz No. 27 TransUnion CENTRAL GROCERS INC.3 11100 Belmont Ave. James Denges $1,197.0 7.9% 1,700 Grocery wholesaler with retail LLC (Siddharth N. 29 (847) 451-0660 Franklin Park 60131 President, CEO $1,108.9 1,700 locations “Bobby” Mehta) www.central-grocers.com No. 29 Central DUCHOSSOIS INDUSTRIES INC. 845 N. Larch Ave. Craig J. Duchossois $1,180.0 NC 500 Defense products, garage door Grocers Inc. (James 30 (630) 279-3600 Elmhurst 60126 CEO $1,180.0 5,100 openers, venture capital and Denges) www.duch.com private-equity investments No. 39 Kimball Hill MCZ DEVELOPMENT CORP. 1555 N. Sheffield Ave. Michael J. Lerner $1,149.8 -28.4% 50 Real estate developer Homes Illinois LLC 31 (312) 573-1122 Chicago 60622 President $1,607.0 300 Rambaud (C. Kenneth Love) www.mczdevelopment.com No. 42 Nuveen SERTA INC. 5401 Trillium Blvd. Robert L. Sherman $1,124.2 3.0% 125 Manufacturer and marketer of Investments Inc. 32 (847) 645-0200 Suite 250 President $1,091.0 2,400 mattresses and bed foundations (John P. Amboian) www.serta.com Hoffman Estates 60192 No. 46 Phoenix Int’l Freight Services 33 TTX CO. 101 N. Wacker Drive Andrew F. Reardon $1,118.1 -3.3% 393 Provides railcars and railcar-related Ltd. (Stephane (312) 853-3223 Chicago 60606 President, CEO $1,156.3 1,679 services Rambaud) www.ttx.com Freeland No. 51 Information INDALEX HOLDING CORP. 75 Tristate International Timothy R. J. Stubbs $1,110.0 -10.5% 17 Aluminum fabrication Resources Inc. (John 34 NEW! (847) 810-3000 Suite 450 President, CEO $1,240.0 2,500 G. Freeland) www.indalex.com Lincolnshire 60069 No. 54 Certified PLIANT CORP. 1475 Woodfield Road Harold Bevis $1,100.0 -5.1% 155 Manufacturer of flexible packaging Grocers Midwest Inc. 35 (847) 969-3300 Suite 700 President, CEO $1,159.0 2,950 for food, beverage, personal-care, (Randall McMurray) www.pliantcorp.com Schaumburg 60173 medical and industrial uses No. 56 Spring Air Co. GRANT THORNTON LLP6,7 175 W. Jackson Blvd. Edward Nusbaum $1,075.0 21.3% 726 Public accounting (Robert W. Hellyer) 36 (312) 856-0200 20th floor CEO $886.0 6,292 Fraser No. 84 Wilton www.grantthornton.com Chicago 60604 Products Inc. (Steven G. Fraser) NETWORK SERVICES CO. 1550 Bishop Court R. James Alexy $953.0 9.1% 124 Member-owned organization of 37 NEW! (847) 803-4888 Mount Prospect 60056 CEO $873.9 135 household supply and paper goods No. 102 Wilbert Inc. www.nsconline.com distributors (Greg M. Botner) BOLER CO. 500 Park Blvd. John M. Boler $927.6 -20.0% 150 Manufacturer of truck and trailer No. 112 TicketsNow 38 (630) 773-9111 Suite 1010 Chairman, president, CEO $1,159.5 3,500 suspension systems Inc. (Cheryl Rosner) www.hendrickson-intl.com Itasca 60143

No. 123 Hill 1 Krier KIMBALL HILL HOMES ILLINOIS LLC 5999 New Wilke Road C. Kenneth Love $894.7 -23.1% 151 Homebuilder Mechanical Group 39 (847) 364-7300 Rolling Meadows 60008 President, CEO $1,163.8 611 (Robert L. Krier) www.kimballhillhomes.com No. 137 Addus TRUSTMARK COS. 400 N. Field Drive David M. McDonough $890.0 -11.8% 708 Health and life insurer, benefits Healthcare Inc. 40 (847) 615-1500 Lake Forest 60045 President, CEO $1,009.0 2,291 administrator (Mark Heaney) www.trustmarkinsurance.com No. 159 Edward OLD WORLD INDUSTRIES INC. 4065 Commercial Ave. John Thomas Hurvis $850.0 3.0% 180 Chemical manufacturer and Hines Lumber Co. 41 (847) 559-2000 Northbrook 60062 Chairman, CEO $825.0 375 consumer products marketer (Gerald Wille) Wille www.oldworldind.com No. 187 Weber NUVEEN INVESTMENTS INC. 333 W. Wacker Drive John P. Amboian $825.1 16.2% 452 Municipal securities Marking Systems Inc. 42 (312) 917-7700 Chicago 60606 Chairman, CEO $709.8 1,011 (Glenn C. Gilly) NEW! www.nuveen.com WENT PRIVATE IN NOVEMBER 2007 No. 188 Sipi Metals 3 2315 Sanders Road Gary Rappeport $815.2 17.4% 256 Fleet leasing and management Corp. (Marion DONLEN CORP. 43 Northbrook 60062 CEO $694.6 274 Cameron) (847) 714-1400 www.donlen.com No. 196 H2O Plus L.P. (Robert Seidl) A. T. KEARNEY INC. 222 W. Adams St. Paul A. Laudicina $785.0 4.7% 330 Management consulting Seidl 44 (312) 648-0111 Chicago 60606 Chairman, managing $750.0 2,400 No. 212 Turtle Wax www.atkearney.com officer Inc. (Sondra A. Healy) CULLIGAN INTERNATIONAL CO. 9399 W. Higgins Road Mark Seals $745.0 NC 339 Residential and commercial water No. 223 Machinery 45 (847) 430-2800 Suite 1100 President, CEO $745.0 4,723 filtration systems Systems Inc. (Ronald www.culligan.com Rosemont 60018 Mager) PHOENIX INT’L FREIGHT SERVICES 712 N. Central Ave. Stephane Rambaud $742.6 21.5% 270 International freight forwarding, No. 281 Lakewood 46 LTD.8; (630) 766-4445 Wood Dale 60191 President, CEO $611.0 1,700 logistics, transportation, customs Engineering and www.phoenixintl.com brokerage Mager Manufacturing Co. (Katheryn S. Krauss) ELKAY MANUFACTURING CO. 2222 Camden Court Timothy J. Jahnke $740.0 -3.9% 600 Manufacturer of stainless-steel 47 (630) 574-8484 Oak Brook 60523 President, CEO $770.0 4,400 sinks, water coolers, wooden kitchen No. 282 Duraco www.elkay.com cabinets and faucets Products Inc. (Kevin P. Lynch) MACLEAN-FOGG CO. 1000 Allanson Road Barry L. MacLean $700.0 7.7% 700 Manufacturer of automotive parts 48 (847) 566-0010 Mundelein 60060 CEO $650.0 3,000 and devices for utilities and No. 288 Sam’s www.maclean-fogg.com telecommunications firms Wines & Spirits Inc. (Dennis M. Malchow) PANDUIT CORP. 17301 S. Ridgeland Ave. Jack E. Caveney $700.0 NA 500 Manufacturer of cable and electrical 48 NEW! (708) 532-1800 Tinley Park 60477 Chairman, CEO NA 4,000 products for wiring and communi- Ponticelli No. 290 Austin www.panduit.com cations applications Chemical Co. (Samuel M. Ponticelli) WILLIAM BLAIR & CO. LLC 222 W. Adams St. John R. Ettelson $697.0 23.4% 898 Investment banking, asset manage- 50 (312) 236-1600 Chicago 60606 President, CEO $565.0 963 ment, equity research, institutional No. 301 Oberweis www.williamblair.com and private brokerage, private capital Group Inc. (Joseph Oberweis) INFORMATION RESOURCES INC. 150 N. Clinton St. John G. Freeland $690.0 3.8% 662 Consumer, shopper and retail market 51 (312) 726-1221 Chicago 60661 President, CEO $665.0 3,655 information, analytics and technology No. 330 Loren www.infores.com for manufacturers and retailers Auto Group Inc. Wholesale distributor of printing pa- Segal (Paula Segal) MIDLAND PAPER CO. 101 E. Palatine Road E. S. Hooker III $685.1 1.5% 175 52 (847) 777-2700 Wheeling 60090 President, CEO $675.1 400 per, packaging materials and supplies www.midlandpaper.com Continued on Page 30 30 APRIL 28, 2008 • CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES

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Revenue Full-time Company 2007 employees Phone 2006 Chicago/ Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business GRAYCOR INC.1 1 Graycor Drive Melvin Gray $672.0 46.7% 600 Construction services 53 (708) 206-0500 Homewood 60430 Chairman, CEO $458.0 1,500 www.graycor.com CERTIFIED GROCERS MIDWEST INC.3 1 Certified Drive Randall McMurray $669.0 1.7% 620 Cooperative distributor of food and The Promenade in Bolingbrook 54 (708) 579-2100 Hodgkins 60525 President, CEO $657.9 620 non-food products to grocery stores www.certisaver.com HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD. 55 E. Jackson Blvd. Martin P. Hughes $664.1 22.1% 228 Insurance brokerage From malls 55 (877) 402-6601 Floor 14A Chairman, CEO $543.9 4,464 NEW! www.hubinternational.com Chicago 60604 WENT PRIVATE IN JUNE 2007 to steel plants SPRING AIR CO. 1111 Nicholas Blvd. Robert W. Hellyer $650.0 0.1% 140 Mattress manufacturer 56 (847) 439-4399 Elk Grove Village 60007 CEO $649.3 3,100 In the past 10 years, Graycor www.springair.com Inc. has built the Promenade in Bolingbrook, 63 CVS stores CENTRUM PROPERTIES INC. 225 W. Hubbard St. John McLinden $642.8 29.3% 100 Real estate development 57 (312) 832-2500 4th floor Principal $497.1 100 across the Midwest and five NEW! factories in Mexico for clients www.centrumproperties.com Chicago 60610 like Toyota Motor Corp. 58 FELLOWES INC.2 1789 Norwood Ave. James E. Fellowes $630.0 -5.5% 693 Distributor of paper shredders, bind- That’s a long way from the (630) 893-1600 Itasca 60143 Chairman, CEO $667.0 2,894 ing and laminating equipment, desk- sandblasting and concrete- www.fellowes.com top accessories and records storage breaking company Edward FORSYTHE TECHNOLOGY INC. 7770 Frontage Road William P. Brennan $630.0 4.3% 389 Information technology and Gray founded in Chicago in 58 (847) 213-7000 Skokie 60077 President, CEO $604.1 808 business consulting 1921. “When a good client www.forsythe.com asks for our help, we think CHAS LEVY CO. LLC1 1930 George St. Barbara Levy Kipper $625.0 13.6% 500 Book distributor long and hard before we say 60 (708) 356-3600 Unit 1 Chairman $550.0 800 no,” says Matthew Gray, www.levybooks.com Melrose Park 60160 Graycor’s chief operating offi- EDWARD DON & CO. 2500 S. Harlem Ave. Steven R. Don $620.0 11.7% 477 Distributor of food-service cer and Edward’s grandson. 61 (708) 442-9400 North Riverside 60546 President, CEO $555.0 1,124 equipment and supplies That philosophy has led to www.don.com ventures like pushing into ALTER GROUP LTD. 5500 W. Howard St. Michael J. Alter $615.0 8.5% 144 Commercial real estate development Mexico in 1997 when Ford 62 (800) 637-4842 Skokie 60077 President $567.0 168 Motor Co. asked Graycor to www.altergroup.com upgrade its plant in Juarez. Af- PASQUINELLI 6880 N. Frontage Road Bruno A. Pasquinelli $613.1 -25.7% 130 Homebuilding, real estate develop- ter finishing the project, Gray- 63 (630) 455-5400 Suite 100 Chairman $824.8 608 ment, construction and property cor stuck around, opening an www.pasquinelli.com Burr Ridge 60527 management office in Monterrey. A willing- ness to try new things has en- 64 AMERICAN HOTEL REGISTER CO. 100 S. Milwaukee Ave. Jim Leahy $610.0 8.9% 700 Distributor of hotel supplies and abled the company—now run (847) 743-2000 Vernon Hills 60061 President $560.0 950 services www.americanhotel.com by Matthew, his brother Steven, and their father, Melvin—to BDO SEIDMAN LLP7,8 130 E. Randolph St. Jack Weisbaum $589.0 5.6% 195 Professional services firm providing prosper as its clients have 65 (312) 856-9100 Suite 2800 CEO $558.0 2,785 assurance, tax, financial advisory and grown or been snapped up by www.bdo.com Chicago 60601 consulting services larger multinationals. NEWLY WEDS FOODS INC. 4140 W. Fullerton Ave. Charles T. Angell $585.0 6.4% 500 Manufacturer of food coatings and A few choice acquisitions 66 (773) 489-7000 Chicago 60639 President $550.0 2,300 seasonings over the years also have helped. www.newlywedsfoods.com In 1982, Graycor acquired In- POWER CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC 2360 Palmer Drive Jeff Karp $580.0 7.8% 225 General contractor land Construction Co., which 67 (847) 925-1300 Schaumburg 60173 President, CEO $538.0 225 oversaw the building of Water www.powerconstruction.net Tower Place and 333 Wacker O’NEIL INDUSTRIES INC. 2751 N. Clybourn Ave. Rich Erickson $550.0 12.8% 325 Construction Drive. In 2001, it bought Pi- 68 (773) 755-1611 Chicago 60614 CEO $487.6 570 ranha Explosives, a blasting www.weoneil.com company. Next it picked up Capitol Construction Services 69 S&C ELECTRIC CO. 6601 N. Ridge Blvd. John W. Estey $533.0 -2.7% 1,671 Manufacturer of switching and L.P., which builds chain stores, (773) 338-1000 Chicago 60626 President, CEO $548.0 2,324 protective products for electrical hotels and restaurants for www.sandc.com power transmission and distribution clients like Crate & Barrel. MAGELLAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP LLC 303 E. Wacker Drive Joel M. Carlins $519.8 36.1% 85 Real estate development, Today Graycor is the hold- 70 (312) 642-8869 Suite 2750 James R. Loewenberg $381.9 85 management and related services ing company for four business- www.magellandevelopment.com Chicago 60601 Co-chairmen, co-CEOs es: Graycor Industrial Con- MCGRATH LEXUS/ACURA/HONDA/ 1250 W. Division St. Michael J. McGrath $496.7 21.2% 523 Luxury car sales and service structors Inc., which builds and 71 HYUNDAI; (773) 342-6300 Chicago 60622 President, CEO $409.9 523 renovates steel mills and power www.mcgrathlexus.com ACQUIRED JACOBS’ TWIN AUTO PLAZA IN DECEMBER 2006 plants; Graycor Construction TEMPEL STEEL CO. 5500 N. Wolcott Ave. Vincent Buonanno $487.0 -3.6% 835 Manufacturer of magnetic steel Co., which erects office build- 72 (773) 250-8000 Chicago 60640 Chairman, CEO $505.0 1,751 laminations ings, stores and medical cen- www.tempel.com ters; Graycor Blasting Co., which blasts tunnels and uses 73 FIFIELD COS. 550 W. Adams St. Steven D. Fifield $462.4 -20.0% 27 Real estate development explosives for industrial clean- (312) 855-1600 Suite 200 Chairman, CEO $578.0 49 www.fifieldco.com Chicago 60661 ing, and Graycor International Inc., which provides construc- CROWE GROUP LLP2, 7 1 Mid America Plaza Charles Allen $457.4 8.1% 666 Public accounting and consulting 74 (630) 574-7878 Suite 700 CEO $423.0 2,241 tion services in Mexico. NEW! Half of Graycor’s revenue www.crowechizek.com Oak Brook 60181 comes from commercial proj- MAT HOLDINGS INC.9 625 Barclay Blvd. Steve W. Wang $455.0 104.4% 141 Manufacturer of automotive parts, ects like the Promenade in Bol- 75 (847) 821-9630 Lincolnshire 60069 CEO $222.6 907 power equipment, fencing and lawn ingbrook, a shopping district www.midwest-air.com and garden products that stretches nine city blocks. JOHNSON PUBLISHING CO. 820 S. Michigan Ave. Linda Johnson Rice $453.3 -4.0% 187 Publishing, television production, en- The other half comes from 76 (312) 322-9200 Chicago 60605 President, CEO $472.2 503 tertainment, cosmetics, consumer projects like rebuilding a blast www.johnsonpublishing.com products furnace at Severstal North America’s Dearborn, Mich., PARKSITE GROUP 1563 Hubbard Ave. George Pattee $451.1 -14.5% 88 Sales, marketing and distribution of steel plant. Environmental 77 (630) 761-9490 Batavia 60510 CEO $527.4 365 building products projects, like retrofitting indus- www.parksite.com trial power plants to reduce MESIROW FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC.2 350 N. Clark St. James C. Tyree $450.0 23.6% 978 Investment management and emissions, are a growing area 78 (312) 595-6000 Chicago 60610 Chairman, CEO $364.0 1,120 services, insurance, investment of work. www.mesirowfinancial.com banking, consulting, real estate SCHWARZ PAPER CO. 8338 Austin Ave. Andrew J. McKenna Sr. $450.0 2.3% 200 Printer, producer and distributor of Samantha Stainburn 78 (847) 966-2550 Morton Grove 60053 Chairman $440.0 350 packaging and promotional materials www.schwarz.com Continued on Page 32 32 APRIL 28, 2008 • CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES

Please pass CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Continued from Page 30 Revenue Full-time the mayo Company 2007 employees Phone 2006 Chicago/ The battle for consumers’ at- Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business tention doesn’t end when they SHELL VACATIONS LLC 40 Skokie Blvd. Sheldon H. Ginsburg $440.2 11.1% 187 Time shares, real estate turn off their televisions. It con- 80 (847) 564-4600 Suite 350 Chairman, president, CEO $396.4 2,246 tinues on the store shelves, www.shellvacationsclub.com Northbrook 60062 where companies are packag- SHURE INC. 5800 W. Touhy Ave. Santo A. LaMantia $435.0 6.1% 750 Maker of microphones and audio ing products like mayonnaise 81 (847) 600-2000 Niles 60714 President, CEO $410.0 2,000 electronics and mustard in upside-down www.shure.com bottles and decorating deter- gent and juice with colorful, MOTOR WERKS PARTNERS L.P. 1475 S. Barrington Road Paul Tamraz $430.0 5.9% 410 Auto dealerships 360-degree labels to get shop- 82 (847) 381-8900 Barrington 60010 President, CEO $406.0 410 pers to put them in their carts. www.motorwerks.com Fort Dearborn Co. is on the DANIEL J. EDELMAN INC.8 200 E. Randolph St. Richard W. Edelman $425.2 20.0% 510 Public relations front lines of this trend, print- 83 (312) 240-3000 63rd floor President, CEO $354.5 3,407 ing the shrink-wrap labels for www.edelman.com Chicago 60601

the curvy bottles of products 10 like Hellmann’s mayonnaise WILTON PRODUCTS INC. 2240 W. 75th St. Steven G. Fraser $421.0 5.1% 660 Manufacturer of consumer products, 84 (630) 963-7100 Woodridge 60517 Chairman, CEO $400.6 690 housewares and home accessories and V8 V-Fusion juice. It has www.wilton.com more than 1,000 customers, but most of its revenue comes TUTHILL CORP. 8500 S. Madison St. James G. Tuthill Jr. $394.5 1.7% 200 Manufacturer of industrial equipment from its 50 biggest, like Kraft 85 (630) 382-4900 Burr Ridge 60527 Chairman, CEO $388.0 2,293 Foods Inc. and Unilever PLC. www.tuthill.com Fort Dearborn started as a CONTINENTAL MOTORS GROUP 5901 S. La Grange Road John F. Weinberger $388.6 0.6% 478 Auto dealerships one-press shop near the inter- 86 (708) 352-6000 Countryside 60525 CEO $386.2 478 section of Michigan Avenue www.continentalmotors.com and Wacker Drive (the site of MAZZETTA CO. LLC 1990 St. Johns Ave. Thomas J. Mazzetta $375.0 -5.3% 21 Importer of frozen seafood 1803 garrison Fort Dearborn) 87 (847) 433-1150 Highland Park 60035 President $396.0 25 that printed everything from www.mazzetta.com church bulletins to secret topo- graphic maps of Europe for the NORTH AMERICAN CORP. 2101 Claire Court John A. Miller $364.0 12.0% 350 Supplier of industrial paper and 88 (847) 832-4000 Glenview 60025 President, CEO $325.0 370 packaging, specialty printing, U.S. War Department during www.nacorporation.com custom-branded merchandise World War II. In the 1950s, it began making consumer prod- LETTUCE ENTERTAIN YOU 5419 N. Sheridan Road Kevin J. Brown $360.0 14.1% 3,800 Restaurant owner uct labels. Three years ago, the 89 ENTERPRISES INC. Chicago 60640 President, CEO $315.6 5,800 family-owned company was (773) 878-7340; www.leye.com struggling to manage its in- TY INC. 280 Chestnut Ave. H. Ty Warner $360.0 NC 250 Manufacturer of toys and collectibles creasingly complex business. 89 (630) 920-1515 Westmont 60559 President, CEO $360.0 600 So the third-generation leaders www.ty.com hired outside executives to im- prove finances, then sold the INTERMATIC INC. 7777 Winn Road David W. Schroeder $356.0 -3.8% 641 Electrical manufacturing 91 2,300 company in June 2006 to Gen- (815) 675-2321 Spring Grove 60081 President, CEO $370.0 www.intermatic.com star Capital LLC, a private-equity firm in San Francisco. CLARK NATIONAL INC. 950 Arthur Ave. Donald D. Hindman $352.0 2.0% 63 Wholesale distributor of food-service, Since then, Genstar has 92 (847) 956-1730 Elk Grove Village 60007 President, CEO $345.0 505 janitorial and industrial supplies pushed Fort Dearborn to make www.clarknational.com acquisitions in an industry pop- HARPO INC. 110 N. Carpenter St. Oprah G. Winfrey $345.0 6.2% 410 Television and film production, ulated by other small, family- 93 (312) 633-1000 Chicago 60607 Chairman $325.0 430 publishing and new media owned firms. “We’re probably www.oprah.com the largest company in North America that does nothing but BERLIN PACKAGING CORP. 111 N. Canal St. Andrew T. Berlin $343.0 13.6% 97 Supplier of plastic, glass and metal 94 261 decorative labels, and we have (312) 876-9292 Chicago 60606 Chairman, CEO $302.0 packaging components www.berlinpackaging.com well under 10% marketshare,” CEO Michael Anderson says. FORT DEARBORN CO. 1530 Morse Ave. Michael Anderson $340.0 88.9% 425 Labels for food, beverage, personal- Last year, Fort Dearborn 95 (847) 357-9500 Elk Grove 60007 President, CEO $180.0 1,380 care and household products bought its biggest rival, Renais- www.fortdearborn.com sance Mark Inc., doubling its CLUNE CONSTRUCTION CO.4 10 S. LaSalle St. Michael T. Clune $334.9 11.1% 120 General contractors size and adding wine and spir- 96 (312) 726-6103 Suite 300 President $301.5 144 its makers to its client roster. It www.clunegc.com Chicago 60603 now employs 1,400 people in 10 factories in the United 97 MERIDIAN GROUP INT’L INC. 9 Parkway North Ian J. Pye $334.0 40.3% 160 International IT solution provider States and Canada. (847) 964-2700 Suite 500 Chairman, CEO $238.0 450 and lessor www.onlinemeridian.com Deerfield 60015 Samantha Stainburn AIT WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS INC.8 701 Rohlwing Road Steven Leturno $327.0 3.2% 388 Global transportation and logistics 98 (800) 323-6649 Itasca 60143 Daniel Lisowski $317.0 747 services provider www.aitworldwide.com Co-founders RELATIONAL LLC 3701 Algonquin Road Jeffrey Ehlers $325.0 NC 115 IT solution provider and lessor 99 (847) 818-1700 Suite 600 CEO $325.0 360 www.rts.com Rolling Meadows 60008 VELUCHAMY ENTERPRISES INC. 1213 Butterfield Road Pethinaidu Veluchamy $325.0 14.0% 1,500 Direct marketing, banking, real 99 (708) 449-2800 Downers Grove 60515 Chairman, CEO $285.0 3,000 estate www.veluchamy.com CLASSIC RESIDENCE BY HYATT 71 S. Wacker Drive Penny S. Pritzker $323.9 9.5% 289 Developer, owner and manager of 101 (312) 803-8800 Suite 900 Chairman, CEO $295.7 2,493 senior-living communities www.hyattclassic.com Chicago 60606 WILBERT INC. 2913 Gardner Road Greg M. Botner $318.8 2.1% 104 Manufacturer of burial products 102 (708) 865-1600; www.wilbertinc.com; Broadview 60155 Managing director $312.4 1,141 and contract manufacturer of www.wilbertplasticservices.com thermoplastics

DOALL CO.11 1480 S. Wolf Road Michael L. Wilkie $315.0 12.5% 340 Industrial supplies distributor, 103 (800) 923-6255 Wheeling 60090 Chairman, president, CEO $280.0 960 machine tool manufacturer www.doall.com EMKAY INC.12 805 W. Thorndale Ave. Gary L. Tepas $314.0 3.0% 145 Vehicle leasing and fleet management 104 (630) 250-7400 Itasca 60143 Chairman $305.0 166 www.emkay.com BRADNER CENTRAL CO.13 2300 Arthur Ave. Richard S. Bull III $307.0 -2.7% 86 Paper distribution 105 (847) 290-8485 Elk Grove Village 60007 Chairman, CEO $315.5 153 www.bradner.com FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS • APRIL 28, 2008 33

CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES TOP COMPANIES Revenue in billions, 1992-2007 Revenue Full-time Company 2007 employees 1992 Montgomery Ward & Co. Phone 2006 Chicago/ $5.76 Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business 1993 Montgomery Ward & Co. PEACOCK ENGINEERING CO. 1800 Averill Road Michael A. Bilder $301.4 55.1% 1,200 Provides contract packaging for $5.98 106 (630) 845-9400 Geneva 60134 President, CEO $194.3 1,200 consumer food products www.peacockeng.com 1994 Montgomery Ward & Co. $7.04 ASPEN MARKETING SERVICES INC. 1240 North Ave. Patrick J. O’Rahilly $301.2 8.1% 507 Marketing services agency handling 107 (630) 293-9600 West Chicago 60185 President, CEO $278.5 797 direct, digital and event marketing 1995 Montgomery Ward & Co. www.aspenms.com capabilities $7.09 ABT ELECTRONICS INC. 1200 N. Milwaukee Ave. Robert J. Abt $300.0 NC 1,100 Retailer of consumer electronics and 1996 Montgomery Ward & Co. 108 (847) 967-8830 Glenview 60025 CEO $300.0 1,100 major appliances $6.62 www.abtelectronics.com 1997 Marmon Group Inc. CARL BUDDIG & CO.13 950 W. 175th St. Robert J. Buddig $300.0 15.4% 600 Maker of processed lunch and snack $6.00 108 (708) 798-0900 Homewood 60430 CEO $260.0 750 meats 1998 Alliant Foodservice Inc. www.buddig.com $6.10 ADVANCED EQUITIES FINANCIAL 311 S. Wacker Drive Dwight D. Badger $299.1 51.6% 61 Securities brokerage and private- 1999 Marmon Group Inc. 110 CORP.; (312) 377-5300 Suite 6150 CEO $197.2 473 equity firm specializing in techno- $6.53 www.advancedequities.com Chicago 60606 logy companies 2000 Marmon Group Inc. FLYING FOOD GROUP LLC 212 N. Sangamon St. Sue Ling Gin $298.0 19.2% 550 Airline catering, prepared meals and $6.79 111 (312) 243-2122 Suite 1A Chairman, CEO $250.0 3,830 snacks for grocery stores 2001 Marmon Group Inc. www.flyingfood.com Chicago 60607 $6.40* TICKETSNOW INC. 3800 Golf Road Cheryl Rosner $292.0 44.6% 215 Online marketplace for event ticket 2002 Marmon Group Inc. 112 (800) 444-9800 Suite 125 President, CEO $202.0* 215 resales $5.75 www.ticketsnow.com Rolling Meadows 60008 TICKETMASTER COMPLETED $265-MILLION ACQUISITION OF TICKETSNOW IN FEBRUARY 2003 Marmon Group Inc. SEATON CORP. 860 W. Evergreen Ave. Michael Miles $290.7 15.8% 500 Provides on-site staffing and $5.70 113 NEW! (312) 915-0700 Chicago 60622 CEO $251.0 500 contracted workforces www.seatoncorp.com 2004 Marmon Group Inc. $6.40 MERISANT WORLDWIDE INC. 10 S. Riverside Plaza Paul R. Block $290.2 -1.3% 68 Maker of artificial sweeteners 114 (312) 840-6000 Suite 850 Chairman, president, CEO $293.9 430 NEW! 2005 Reyes Holdings LLC www.merisant.com Chicago 60606 $7.27 JOE RIZZA ENTERPRISES INC. 8150 W. 159th St. Joe Rizza $290.0 -7.9% 440 Holding company for auto dealerships, 2006 Reyes Holdings LLC 115 (708) 364-2200 Orland Park 60462 CEO $315.0 440 real estate, finance and insurance $8.40 www.rizzacars.com 2007 Reyes Holdings LLC FERRARA PAN CANDY CO. 7301 W. Harrison St. Salvatore Ferrara II $287.0 11.8% 700 Candy manufacturer $9.70 116 (708) 366-0500 Forest Park 60130 President, CEO $256.8 1,200 * Company estimate www.ferrarapan.com Continued on Page 34 34 APRIL 28, 2008 • CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES

LARGEST COMPANY PER Continued from Page 33 COUNTY 2007 revenue CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Revenue Full-time 5 Company 2007 employees

MCHENRY Phone 2006 Chicago/ LAKE Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business 2 117 GUARANTEE TRUST LIFE INSURANCE 1275 Milwaukee Ave. Richard S. Holson Jr. $281.6 11.9% 281 Life, accident and health, credit and COOK CO.; (847) 699-0600 Glenview 60025 Chairman, CEO $251.6 281 special risk insurance www.gtlic.com 1 KANE VOLVO SALES & SERVICE CENTER INC. 4325 Lincoln Ave. Horst Korallus $281.0 -8.0% 480 Auto dealership DUPAGE 118 (630) 241-3000 Lisle 60532 President $305.4 480 3 4 www.auto-plaza.com SAFEWAY INSURANCE CO. 790 Pasquinelli Drive William J. Parrillo $280.8 2.1% 74 Property and casualty insurance 119 (630) 887-8300 Westmont 60559 Chairman, president $275.0 437 6 www.safewayinsurance.com

WILL HOSTMARK HOSPITALITY GROUP 1111 Plaza Drive Constantine A. “Bud” $278.0 22.5% 1,215 Hotel and restaurant management 120 (847) 517-9100 Suite 200 Cataldo $227.0 3,255 www.hostmark.com Schaumburg 60173 Chairman, CEO LEOPARDO CONSTRUCTION INC.1 5200 Prairie Stone Pkwy. James A. Leopardo $277.0 -1.2% 390 Commercial construction, general 1 Reyes Holdings LLC 121 (847) 783-3000 Hoffman Estates 60192 CEO $280.3 400 contractor and construction manager 2007 revenue: $9.70 billion www.leopardo.com Location: Rosemont CHICAGO BEARS FOOTBALL CLUB INC. 1000 Football Drive Theodore P. Phillips $265.0 6.0% 130 Professional football team 2 CDW Corp. 122 (847) 295-6600 Lake Forest 60045 President, CEO $250.0 130 2007 revenue: $8.15 billion www.chicagobears.com Location: Vernon Hills HILL MECHANICAL GROUP 11045 Gage Ave. Robert L. Krier $260.0 43.9% 982 Heating, ventilating, air conditioning, 3 OSI Group LLC 123 (847) 451-5000 Franklin Park 60131 President $180.7 982 plumbing and piping; building 2007 revenue: $4.85 billion www.hillmech.com operations Location: Aurora STEINER ELECTRIC CO. 1250 Touhy Ave. Harold Kerman $257.0 9.4% 459 Electrical and industrial supplies, 124 (847) 228-0400 Elk Grove Village 60007 CEO $235.0 512 automation products, motor repair, 4 Eby-Brown LLC www.steinerelectric.com generator sales 2007 revenue: $4.50 billion Location: Naperville ALDEN MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC. 4200 W. Peterson Ave. Floyd A. Schlossberg $256.7 6.4% 3,340 Senior health care provider 125 (773) 286-3883 Chicago 60646 President, CEO $241.3 3,340 5 Intermatic Inc. www.thealdennetwork.com 2007 revenue: $356.0 million Location: Spring Grove 126 SEKO WORLDWIDE INC. 1100 Arlington Heights William J. Wascher $256.2 6.7% 181 Transportation and logistics NEW! (630) 919-4800 Road, Suite 600 President, CEO $240.2 205 6 UGN Inc. www.sekoworldwide.com Itasca 60143 2007 revenue: $239.0 million Location: Tinley Park OPTIMA INC. 630 Vernon Ave. David C. Hovey $250.8 19.9% 44 Real estate development 127 (847) 835-8400 Glencoe 60022 President $209.1 113 www.optimaweb.com Continued on Page 36 FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS • APRIL 28, 2008 35 Seko keeps trucking in good times and bad

Sometimes, there are second acts in American business. In 1987, doctors told Nor- man Koppel, founder of Itas- ca-based freight forwarder Seko Worldwide Inc., that he had cancer and had only a year to live. He retired and sold the company to a partner- ship that included then-Chief Seko CEO William Wascher Financial Officer William sold the company to expand Wascher. Over the next globally, then bought it back. decade, Seko grew into a JOHN R. BOEHM $115-million enterprise. The company’s owners de- cided the firm needed to expand globally, but they didn’t have the money. Mr. Wascher sold out to a deep-pocketed firm that could expand the company’s global footprint: USFreightways Corp., an Akron, Ohio, trucking company. USF acquired seven more companies, started joint ventures in the Pacific Rim and built offices in Southeast Asia, but by 2002 it was losing money. Enter the second act: Mr. Wascher, working with two partners, bought the company back in 2002. “When we sold to Freightways, it was a transaction we believed deep down “WHEN WE SOLD TO FREIGHTWAYS, IT WAS A TRANSACTION WE BELIEVED DEEP DOWN WAS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF EVERYONE. I WANTED TO MAKE IT RIGHT.”

[William Wascher, president and CEO, Seko Worldwide Inc.] was in the best interests of everyone,” says Mr. Wascher, 55, now Seko’s president and CEO. “I wanted to make it right.” He quickly restored the Seko name, sold off some newly acquired business units and, in just 10 months, re- turned the company to profitability. Seko has produced double-digit growth for five years in a row, and 2007 sales for transactions that touched U.S. soil were $256 million alone. If this revenue figure included transactions between customers based abroad, such as between Asia and Europe, “we’d be double the size,” he says. Founder Mr. Koppel, 84, got a second act, too. Twenty-one years after his cancer diagnosis, he’s still around. “When we brought back the Seko name, he was elated,” Mr. Wascher says.

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COMPANIES NO LONGER CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Continued from Page 34 ON CRAIN’S LIST Revenue Full-time Company 2007 employees A handful of companies left the list Phone 2006 Chicago/ this year, either because their rev- Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business enues dropped or because they TMB INDUSTRIES LLC 980 N. Michigan Ave. Thomas M. Begel $250.0 -44.4% 10 Industrial manufacturer went public or were acquired. Here 128 (312) 280-2565 Suite 1900 Chairman $450.0 1,500 they are, with their 2006 revenues. www.tmbindustries.com Chicago 60611

REVENUE FELL BELOW THE TRANSCAP ASSOCIATES INC. 900 Skokie Blvd. Ira J. Edelson $250.0 -0.1% 7 International trade, trade finance, $50-MILLION REQUIREMENT IN ’07 128 (847) 753-9600 Suite 210 President $250.3 12 purchase order finance, venture www.transcaptrade.com Northbrook 60062 banking Q Care of Trees 2006 revenue: $51.0 million ACCRETIVE HEALTH 401 N. Michigan Ave. Mary Tolan $243.0 50.9% 100 Consults health care providers in re- 130 (312) 324-7820 Suite 2700 CEO $161.0 350 couping insurance reimbursements NEW! Q Gladstone Builders & Developers Inc. www.accretivehealth.com Chicago 60611 2006 revenue: $64.5 million PATRICK DEALER GROUP 526 Mall Drive Hanley Dawson III $241.2 -3.1% 395 Auto dealership Q Nightingale-Conant Corp. 131 (847) 605-4000 Schaumburg 60173 Hanley Dawson IV $248.9 395 2006 revenue: $50.0 million* www.patrickcars.com Co-presidents, co-CEOs TERLATO WINE GROUP LTD.2 900 Armour Drive Anthony J. Terlato $240.0 15.7% 125 Wine marketing and production Q SEI-CCS LLC 132 (847) 604-8900 Lake Bluff 60044 Chairman $207.4 285 2006 revenue: $63.9 million* www.twg.com Q Wiseman-Hughes Enterprises Inc. UGN INC. 18410 Crossing Drive Peter C. Anthony $239.0 7.1% 450 Designs and manufactures accoustic, 2006 revenue: $86.0 million 133 (773) 437-2400 Suite C CEO $223.1 1,250 interior trim and thermal-manage- NEW! www.ugnusa.com Tinley Park 60487 ment products for the auto industry COMPANY WENT PUBLIC COMPSYCH COS. 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Richard A. Chaifetz $238.0* 10.7% 355 Employee assistance, behavioral Q Coleman Cable Inc. 134 (312) 595-4000 Drive Chairman, CEO $215.0 383 health, wellness and work-life 2006 revenue: $423.0 million www.compsych.com Chicago 60611 programs Q Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. LITTLE LADY FOODS INC. 2323 Pratt Blvd. John Geocaris $237.2 36.6% 500 Frozen food processor 2006 revenue: $797.0 million* 135 (847) 806-1440 Elk Grove Village 60007 Chairman, CEO $173.7 500 www.littleladyfoods.com COMPANY WAS ACQUIRED BULLEY & ANDREWS LLC 1755 W. Armitage Ave. Allan E. Bulley Jr. $230.9 15.0% 450 General contracting Q Chemcentral Corp. 136 (773) 235-2433 Chicago 60622 Chairman, CEO $200.7 450 2006 revenue: $1.37 billion www.bulley.com Acquired by: Redmond, Wash.-based ADDUS HEALTHCARE INC. 2401 S. Plum Grove Road Mark Heaney $230.0 27.8% 3,000* Home health care services Univar USA Inc. 137 (847) 303-5300 Palatine 60067 Vice-president, chief $180.0 11,000* Date: April 2007 www.addus.com operating officer Q Compass Environmental Inc. ED MINIAT GROUP INC. 1055 W. 175th St. David J. Miniat $230.0 4.5% 460 Manufacturer of processed meats 2006 revenue: $110.0 million 137 (708) 957-3800 Suite 201 President, CEO $220.0 477 and cooking oil Acquired by: Florida-based WRS www.miniat.com Homewood 60430 Infrastructure & Environment Inc. to create WRScompass 139 AMERICAN INVSCO CORP. 1030 N. Clark St. Nicholas S. Gouletas $225.0 -35.4% 100 Real estate development Date: November 2007 (312) 595-4800 Suite 300 Chairman, CEO $348.5 200 www.americaninvsco.net Chicago 60610 Q A. Finkl & Sons Co. JEL SERT CO.13 State Route 59 Charles Wegner $225.0 16.6% 650 Manufacturer of powdered soft 2006 revenue: $205.0 million* 139 (630) 231-7590 and Conde Street Kenneth Wegner $193.0 650 drink mixes, juice drinks, ice pops Acquired by: Swiss steel company www.jelsert.com West Chicago 60185 Co-chairmen, co-CEOs and milk flavoring straws Schmolz & Bickenbach A.G. Date: February 2007 ZS ASSOCIATES INC. 1800 Sherman Ave. Jaideep Bajaj $225.0 18.4% 325 Consultant specializing in sales and 139 (847) 492-3600 Evanston 60201 Managing director, CEO $190.0 1,000 marketing Q Jacobs' Twin Auto Plaza www.zsassociates.com 2006 revenue: $175.0 million ENTERPRISE COS. 600 W. Chicago Ave. Ronald B. Shipka Sr. $216.7 -61.2% 60 Real estate development Acquired by: Chicago-based McGrath 142 (312) 670-3800 Suite 750 Principal $558.0 60 Lexus/Acura/Honda/Hyundai www.theenterprisecompanies.com Chicago 60610 Date: December 2006 IHC CONSTRUCTION COS. LLC 1500 Executive Drive David J. Rock $216.7 99.0% 250 General contractor, construction Q Marmon Group Inc. 142 (847) 742-1516 Elgin 60123 President $108.9 250 manager, design-builder, 2006 revenue: $6.99 billion www.ihcconstruction.com underground utility contractor Acquired by: Omaha, Neb.-based INT’L PROFIT ASSOCIATES INC. 1250 Barclay Blvd. John R. Burgess $216.0 -13.6% 1,615 Management consulting Berkshire Hathaway, a 60% stake 144 (847) 808-5590 Buffalo Grove 60089 Managing director $250.0 1,683 Date: March 2008 www.ipa-iba.com Q Software Architects Inc. RYAN BUILDING GROUP INC. 945 N. Plum Grove Road William J. Ryan $214.0 -16.4% 51 Homebuilder 2006 revenue: $70.0 million 145 (847) 995-8700 Schaumburg 60173 Chairman, president, CEO $256.0 123 Acquired by: New York-based www.ryanbldgrp.com Capgemini U.S. 8 Date: February 2007 STARCON INT’L INC. 260 Market Place Michael J. Uremovich $212.4 17.8% 290 Maintenance contractor for heavy 146 (815) 478-4615 Manhattan 60442 Chairman, CEO $180.3 3,475 industrial equipment Q World Commerce Services LLC www.starcon.org 2006 revenue: $92.9 million* WILLIAM A. RANDOLPH INC.2 820 Lakeside Drive Anthony Riccardi Sr. $211.0 75.8% 90 Construction, general contractor Acquired by: Chicago-based WLG Inc. 147 (847) 856-0123 Suite 3 Chairman, president $120.0 90 Date: July 2007 www.warandolph.com Gurnee 60031 Q STS Consultants Ltd. MARKETING INNOVATORS INT’L INC.4 9701 W. Higgins Road Lois M. LeMenager $210.3 23.5% 55 Travel, creative services, merchandise 2006 revenue: $74.8 million 148 (847) 696-1111 Rosemont 60018 Chairman, CEO $170.3 60 Acquired by: Los Angeles-based www.marketinginnovators.com AECOM Technology Corp. COLUMBIA PIPE & SUPPLY CO. 1120 W. Pershing Road William D. Arenberg $210.0 6.3% 178 Distributor of industrial pipe, valves, Date: April 2007 149 (773) 927-6600 Chicago 60609 Chairman, CEO $197.5 373 fittings and plumbing equipment * Crain’s estimate www.columbiapipe.com and supplies VELSICOL CHEMICAL CORP. 10400 W. Higgins Road Ross McMillan $210.0 6.6% 62 Specialty chemical maker 149 (847) 298-9000 Suite 600 President, CEO $197.0 400 www.velsicol.com Rosemont 60018 LAKEWOOD HOMES INC. 2700 W. Higgins Road Buz Hoffman $205.0 -33.0% 175 Homebuilder 151 (847) 884-8800 Suite 100 President $306.0 175 www.lakewoodhomes.com Hoffman Estates 60169 ATLAS LIFT TRUCK RENTALS & SALES 5050 N. River Road Howard Bernstein $204.0 1.6% 386 Distributor of material handling 152 INC.; (847) 678-3450 Schiller Park 60176 Chairman, CEO $200.7 398 equipment www.atlaslift.com PORTILLO'S RESTAURANT GROUP INC.6 2001 Spring Road Richard J. Portillo $202.6 7.2% 3,245 Operator of Portillo’s Hot Dogs, 153 (630) 954-3773 Suite 500 President, CEO $188.9 3,447 Barnelli’s Pasta Bowl, Key Wester www.portillos.com Oak Brook 60523 Fish & Pasta House, Luigi’s House Continued on Page 38 FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS • APRIL 28, 2008 37 Putting ‘extra’ in extra-silky shampoo

In the world of consumer products, there’s always some- thing “new and improved” on the shelves. Those incremental changes are the crux of Chicago-based PHOTOS BY ERIK UNGER HallStar Co., which develops Hallstar’s products aren’t merely and manufactures specialty cosmetic enhancements but “based on chemicals to upgrade existing real problems we believe are out there,” products. Its chemicals make CEO John Paro, left, says. hair dyes last longer, lotion extra silky and keep deodor- ants from staining clothes. These aren’t merely cosmetic enhancements but “based on real problems we believe are out there,” CEO !!!!!!!! John Paro says. HallStar Co. is private “You can spend a company lot of time and money developing No. 210 a product that is See Page 43 for more. technically inter- !!!!!!!! esting and nobody needs it and wants to buy it.” Those steady improvements have added up to substantial growth for the company. Revenue in 2007 was $126.0 million, up 5% from the previous year. Each year since 2002, the company says, annual earnings have risen more than 30%. For much of its history, HallStar didn’t do much to change products. Founded in 1986, the company originally focused on distributing the chemicals used in tires, dash- boards and electrical tape. With earnings growth flat, HallStar began acquiring companies that made chemicals for personal-care products, which now represent almost 50% of its business. It also invested in research and development, leading to 100 patents in the past eight years. About 15% of sales are overseas, and Mr. Paro expects that to increase to 20% soon. As China and other countries develop their economies, middle-class consumers are demanding better products. The company also is working on more environmentally friendly chemicals. HallGreen is a new line of additives used in items such as biodegradable garbage bags and plastic sheets. This year, HallStar’s most innovative product will help sunscreens protect users from ultraviolet rays. Mr. Paro says the ingredients will allow sunscreens available this summer to offer the highest protection yet. But there’s always room for improvement.

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NEW TO THE LIST CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Continued from Page 36 Q Accretive Health NEW! Revenue Full-time Q Acquity Group LLC Company 2007 employees Q Addison Professional Financial Search LLC Phone 2006 Chicago/ Q Aquascape Inc. Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business Q At World Properties LLC Q Atwell-Hicks AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALTY ACCESSORIES 225 N. Michigan Ave. Lawrence J. Marmon $200.0 NC 425 Catalog and Internet direct marketer Q Azteca Foods Inc. 154 & PARTS INC.; (312) 431-6000 Chicago 60601 President $200.0 425 of automotive parts and accessories Q Banner Plumbing Supply Co. www.jcwhitney.com Q Bear Construction Co. DSC LOGISTICS INC. 1750 S. Wolf Road Ann M. Drake $200.0 -36.9% 380 Third-party logistics and supply- Q Blackman Kallick Bartelstein LLP 154 (847) 390-6800 Des Plaines 60018 CEO $317.0 2,200 chain management Q BlueStar Energy Services Inc. Q Capital Fitness Inc. www.dsclogistics.com Q CDW Corp. OPTIMUM NUTRITION INC. 700 N. Commerce St. Tony Costello $200.0 14.3% 240 Manufacturer, distributor and brand Q Centrum Properties Inc. 154 (630) 236-0097 Aurora 60504 Mike Costello $175.0 315 owner of nutritional supplements Q Clark & Wamberg LLC www.optimumnutrition.com Co-CEOs Q Compact Industries Inc. Q Crowe Group LLP CHICAGO WHITE SOX13 333 W. 35th St. Jerry M. Reinsdorf $195.0 10.8% 140 Professional baseball team Q DB Aviation Inc. 157 (312) 674-1000 Chicago 60616 Chairman $176.0 400 Q Ed Garvey & Co. www.whitesox.com Q Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. Q Energon Inc. HARLEM FURNITURE LLC1 1000-46 Rohlwing Road Bruce Berman $193.0 2.7% 844 Furniture retailer Q FGMK LLC 158 (630) 261-1600 Lombard 60148 CEO $188.0 844 Q First Hospitality Group www.theroomplace.com Q Gas Depot Inc. Q Highland Park Ford Lincoln Mercury EDWARD HINES LUMBER CO. 1000 Corporate Grove Gerald Wille $190.0 -20.8% 450 Lumber and building products Q Hub International Ltd. 159 (847) 353-7700 Drive President, CEO $240.0 750 distributor and manufacturer Q H.W. Lochner Inc. www.hineslumber.com Buffalo Grove 60089 Q Indalex Holdings Finance Inc. WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS CO. 200 E. Daniels Road James Stephen $190.0 5.6% NA Manufacturer of barbecue grills and Q International Contractors Inc. 159 Q John Hofmeister & Son Inc. (847) 934-5700 Palatine 60067 President, CEO $180.0 NA operator of restaurants Q Laurus Technologies Inc. www.weber.com Q Leapfrog Online LLC NOVAK CONSTRUCTION CO. 3423 N. Drake Ave. John Novak $180.0 -7.3% 90 General contractor Q Magneco/Metrel Inc. 161 (773) 278-1100 Chicago 60618 President, CEO $194.2 90 Q McMaster-Carr Supply Co. www.novakconstruction.com Q Merisant Worldwide Inc. Q Network Services Co. RAJA FOODS LLC 8110 N. St. Louis Ave. Rakesh Patel $180.0 5.9% 100 Chain of 37 Indian groceries and Q Nuveen Investments Inc. 161 (847) 675-4455 Skokie 60076 President $170.0 410 importer of Indian foods Q NEW! Other World Computing www.rajafoods.com Q Panduit Corp. Q Perfect Plastic Printing Corp. HAMMACHER SCHLEMMER & CO. 9307 N. Milwaukee Ave. Richard W. Tinberg $178.0 6.0% 75 Specialty retail catalog Q PLS Financial Services Inc. 163 (847) 581-8600 Niles 60714 CEO $168.0 300 Q PRG Parking Management LLC www.hammacher.com Q Raja Foods LLC Q RIM Logistics Ltd. KLEIN TOOLS INC. 450 Bond St. Thomas R. Klein $178.0 1.7% 1,050 Manufacturer of professional hand Q Ryerson Inc. 163 (847) 821-5500 Lincolnshire 60069 President, chief operating $175.0 1,050 tools and protective equipment Q Seaton Corp. www.kleintools.com officer Q SEKO Worldwide Q Senario LLC Q ThoughtWorks Inc. POTBELLY SANDWICH WORKS LLC 222 Merchandise Mart Bryant L. Keil $176.9 34.6% 962 Chain of sandwich shops Q Tribune Co. 165 (312) 951-0600 Plaza, Suite 2300 Chairman, CEO $131.5 2,263 Q UGN Inc. www.potbelly.com Chicago 60654 Q Vance Publishing Corp. Q Windy City Wire Cable & Technology STEVE FOLEY AUTO GROUP 100 Skokie Blvd. Stephen X. Foley Sr. $176.0 NC 155 Auto dealerships Products LLC 166 (847) 564-4090 Northbrook 60062 Chairman, president, CEO $176.0 210 www.stevefoley.com Continued on Page 40 FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS • APRIL 28, 2008 39 A pioneer of paying with plastic

When Perfect Plastic Print- ing Corp. began making credit cards in 1965, only frequent travelers carried them. To boost his business, company founder Frank Smoczynski produced other types of plastic gadgets such as luggage tags and measurement tables. But as banks began to see credit cards as a prime revenue generator and promoted the convenience to customers, Some examples of the cards Perfect Plastic makes. plastic became as good as cash. The average !!!!!!!! person today car- Perfect Plastic Printing Corp. ries four credit is private cards, according to company Experian Informa- No. 334 tion Services Inc., See Page a credit-reporting 52 for more. agency based in- !!!!!!!! Costa Mesa, Calif. These days, Per- fect Plastic has left luggage tags behind. The St. Charles company focuses on bank cards, credit cards and gift cards. Sales hit $50.1 million last year, a 16% jump from 2006. The 225-employee company ranks fourth worldwide among card manufacturers, with a 9% marketshare, according to the Nilson Report, a Carpinteria, Calif.-based research firm that tracks the payment industry. The leader is Gemalto N.V., a publicly traded Dutch company, with a 15% marketshare. Perfect Plastic remains a family business. Mr. Smoczyn- ski’s son Chris became president in 2006, and son Matthew is vice-president of marketing. Over the years, in- novations for secure cards have included the magnetic stripe and, most recently, em- bedded smart chips that process transactions with a single touch. The next shift in financial transactions won’t require plastic cards at all. Banking and shopping by cell phone are the biggest threats to Per- fect Plastic, Chris Smoczynski says. However, he believes mass movement to mobile transactions is years away. Banking and telecom companies have yet to hammer out agreements, and even if they do, many consumers may be reluctant to use the new technology. Perfect Plastic may expand into identification cards to guard against losses from mobile transactions, Chris Smoczynski says. But, he adds, “I still think there will be plastic out there.” After all, cash hasn’t disappeared, either.

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LOOKING BACK CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Continued from Page 38 Marmon Group Inc., a majority of Revenue Full-time which was acquired by Berkshire Company 2007 employees Phone 2006 Chicago/ Hathaway Inc. in March 2008, joins Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business other names like Montgomery Ward BERGLUND CONSTRUCTION CO. 8410 S. Chicago Ave. Fred Berglund $175.0 40.0% 350 Construction manager, general con- and Beatrice Co. as former top pri- 167 (773) 374-1000 Chicago 60617 President, CEO $125.0 350 tractor and facade restoration specialist vately held companies on Crain’s list. www.berglundco.com (Revenue in billions) CAPITAL FITNESS INC. 47W210 U.S. Highway 30 Steven Rayman $175.0 12.9% 2,700 Operator of 21 X Sport health 167 Big Rock 60511 Chairman, CEO 3,000 clubs in Chicago, New York and NEW! (630) 556-3731 $155.0 2002 www.xsportfitness.com Washington, D.C. 1 Marmon Group Inc. $6.00 QST INDUSTRIES INC. 525 W. Monroe St. Thomas Danch $175.0 -12.5% 43 Manufacturer and distributor of 167 (312) 930-9400 Suite 1400 President, CEO $200.0 550 pocketing and trim components for 2 Kemper Insurance Cos. $5.60 www.qst.com Chicago 60661 the apparel industry 3 Topco Associates LLC $4.00 CONTINENTAL ELECTRICAL 5900 Howard Ave. David A. Witz $173.0 47.9% 625 Electrical and network technology 170 CONSTRUCTION CO.; (847) 677-1600 Skokie 60077 President $117.0 625 contracting 4 Reyes Holdings LLC $3.91 www.cecco.com 5 Eby-Brown Co. LLC $3.60 UNITED SCRAP METAL INC. 1545 S. Cicero Ave. Marsha Serlin $172.9 23.7% 170 Metal buyer and recycler 171 (708) 780-6800 Cicero 60804 CEO $139.8 170 6 Hyatt Hotels Corp. $3.50 www.unitedscrap.com 7 Ace Hardware Corp. $3.03 172 BLUESTAR ENERGY SERVICES 363 W. Erie St. Guy H. Morgan $171.1 211.1% 20 Retail electric supplier NEW! INC.; (312) 628-8645 7th floor CEO $55.0 61 8 Clark Retail Enterprises Inc. $2.20 www.bluestarenergy.com Chicago 60610 9 Sirva Inc. $2.20 ROSE PACKING CO.1 65 S. Barrington Road Dwight Stiehl $169.0 8.3% 650 Pork processing 173 (847) 381-5700 Barrington 60010 President $156.0 700 10 TruServ Corp. $2.20 www.rosepacking.com NUTRASWEET CO. 222 Merchandise Mart Craig Petray $168.0 1.3% 15 Food ingredient manufacturer 1997 174 (312) 873-5000 Plaza, Suite 936 CEO $165.8 350 www.nutrasweet.com Chicago 60654 1 Marmon Group Inc. $6.00 BIGGERS CHEVROLET/ISUZU INC. 1385 E. Chicago St. Jim Leichter $165.0 1.9% 125 Automotive sales, services, financing, 2 Montgomery Ward & Co. $5.40 175 (847) 742-9000 Elgin 60120 President, CEO $162.0 125 leasing www.biggerschevy.com 3 Alliant Foodservice Inc. $5.20 175 FIRST HOSPITALITY GROUP 9700 W. Higgins Road Stephen L. Schwartz $165.0 5.8% 1,235 Hotel management and development 4 Kemper Insurance Cos. $4.15 NEW! (847) 299-9040 Suite 810 Chairman $156.0 2,350 www.fhginc.com Rosemont 60018 5 Topco Associates LLC $3.90 GOLD STANDARD ENTERPRISES INC.6 5100 W. Dempster St. Michael Binstein $165.0 8.6% 500 Operates 21 Binny's Beverage 6 TruServ Corp. $3.33 175 (847) 933-7600 Skokie 60077 CEO $152.0 500 Depot stores www.binnys.com 7 Hyatt Hotels Corp. $3.10 KREHER STEEL CO. LLC 1550 N. 25th Ave. Joseph Druzak $164.0 25.2% 55 Distributor of alloy, carbon and tool 8 Ace Hardware Corp. $2.90 178 (708) 345-8180 Melrose Park 60160 President, CEO $131.0 170 steel www.kreher.com ACQUIRED OKLAHOMA CITY-BASED SPECIAL METALS INC. IN APRIL 2007 9 Shurfine International Inc. $1.71* FCL BUILDERS LLC 1150 Spring Lake Drive Michael J. Boro $161.0 -15.3% 98 General contractor 10 Hyatt International Corp. $1.70 179 (630) 773-0050 Itasca 60143 President $190.0 98 www.fclbuilders.com 1992 TONY RIZZA ENTERPRISES 8200 S. Harlem Ave. Anthony V. Rizza $155.7 -3.7% 197 Auto sales, banking, real estate, 180 (708) 594-6400 Bridgeview 60455 President $161.6 197 insurance 1 Montgomery Ward & Co. $5.76 www.rizzacars.com

14 2 Marmon Group Inc. $4.00 TEMPERATURE EQUIPMENT CORP. 17725 Volbrecht Road R. F. “Skip” Mungo $154.3 3.7% 200 Wholesale distribution of heating, 181 (708) 418-0900 Lansing 60438 President, CEO $149.2 200 ventilation and air-conditioning 3 Topco Associates LLC $2.90 www.tecmungo.com products

4 Cotter & Co. $2.33 TRAVELCLICK INC. 300 N. Martingale Road Robert Post $152.7 36.3% 144 Sells reservations and marketing 182 (847) 969-0820 Suite 500 President, CEO $112.4 406 software to hotels 5 Hyatt Hotels Corp. $2.30 www.travelclick.net Schaumburg 60173

6 Dominick’s Finer Foods Inc. $2.00** PROMOWORKS LLC 300 N. Martingale Road Michael Kent $152.5 -11.6% 155 Marketing services 183 (847) 310-2600 Schaumburg 60173 CEO $172.5 427 7 Ace Hardware Corp. $1.87 www.promoworks.com

8 Eby-Brown Co. $1.25 TENG AFFILIATED COS.15 205 N. Michigan Ave. Ivan J. Dvorak $152.3 5.6% 338 Integrated design, construction and 184 (312) 616-0000 Chicago 60601 President, CEO $144.2 390 development services 9 Budget Rent-a-Car Corp. $1.15 www.teng.com

10 Hyatt International Corp. $1.10* GEORGE SOLLITT CONSTRUCTION CO. 790 N. Central Ave. Howard Strong $152.0 -5.0% 110 General contractor and construction 185 (630) 660-7333 Wood Dale 60191 President, CEO $160.0 110 manager www.sollitt.com 1987 PLS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. 300 N. Elizabeth St. Robert Wolfberg $151.8 35.5% 700 Operates 300 check-cashing and 186 NEW! (312) 491-7300 4th floor Dan Wolfberg $113.1 2,500 loan centers 1 Beatrice Co. $8.93 www.plsfinancial.com Chicago 60607 Co-presidents 2 Cotter & Co. $1.85 WEBER MARKING SYSTEMS INC. 711 W. Algonquin Road Glenn C. Gilly $151.0 5.1% 305 Labeling and coding solutions 187 (847) 364-8500 Arlington Heights 60005 President, CEO $143.6 600 3 Dominick’s Finer Foods $1.50 www.webermarking.com 4 Farley Industries $1.32 KENNEDY HOMES L.P. 14 Executive Court William W. Kennedy $150.0 -30.0% 10 Homebuilder 188 (847) 756-2100 South Barrington 60010 President $214.2 10 5 Ace Hardware Corp. $1.20

6 Frank Consolidated Ent. $1.08 NEUMANN HOMES INC. 4355 Weaver Pkwy. Kenneth P. Neumann $150.0 -64.7% NA Homebuilder 188 (630) 281-2000 Warrenville 60555 CEO $425.4 NA 7 CF Industries Inc. $0.81 www.neumannhomes.com FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION IN OCTOBER 2007 8 Duchossois Industries Inc. $0.70 SIPI METALS CORP. 1720 N. Elston Ave. Marion Cameron $150.0 50.0% 145 Refiner of precious-metal scraps 188 (773) 276-0070 Chicago 60622 President $100.0 150 9 Certified Grocers Midwest $0.65 www.sipimetals.com

10 Allied Van Lines Inc. $0.58 LIBERTYVILLE CLASSIC GROUP 941 S. Milwaukee Ave. Daniel H. Marks $147.0 -8.1% 180 Auto sales and service 191 (847) 367-1700 Libertyville 60048 President, CEO $160.0 180 * Crain’s estimate www.lincolnmercurys.com ** Company estimate GAMMONLEY GROUP 322 W. Burlington Ave. Richard T. Gammonley $145.0* -33.4% 32 Developer and builder 192 (708) 352-4040 La Grange 60525 President, CEO $217.8 32 www.gammonleygroup.com Continued on Page 42 FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS • APRIL 28, 2008 41 The power brokers In 1997, the Illinois Legisla- the discounted rates ture deregulated the state’s the state required electricity market, hoping that ComEd and Ameren competition among suppliers to charge during the would drive down costs for 10-year deregulation businesses and residents. transition period The state phased in the law, made that cost-prohib- allowing businesses to start itive. When the rate shopping around in 1999 and freeze ended in January residential customers in 2002. 2007, electric bills Now, 98% of Illinois’ largest jumped an average of industrial companies buy elec- 22% for ComEd’s resi- tricity from 34 alternative sup- dential customers and pliers certified to sell to Illinois 40% for Ameren’s. businesses. BlueStar says now it’s BlueStar Energy Services Inc. able to compete. was one of the first such suppliers to cash in. Last year, its Samantha Stainburn revenue was $171.1 million, up from $600,000 in 2002, the year it was founded. Before starting BlueStar, Guy Morgan, 44, and Aaron Rasty, 37, ran UtiliQuote.com Inc., a Chicago consultancy that helped companies shop around for the lowest energy prices. It wasn’t long before they real- ized there was more money in becoming power peddlers themselves. BlueStar, like other alternative energy suppliers, buys power from electricity genera- tors like coal plants on the wholesale market and resells it to customers. It tries to beat prices local utilities like Com- monwealth Edison Co. and Ameren Corp. charge by pur- chasing power daily in hopes of securing the lowest rates. Depending on the market and patterns of electricity use, a company could save nothing or could cut its bill up to 50% with BlueStar. On average, BlueStar customers save 5% to 13%, Mr. Morgan says. By contrast, the utilities purchase most of their electricity once a year, regardless of price. (Illinois’ utilities, which do not generate electricity themselves, make their money on the delivery, dulling the incentive to seek the lowest prices.) BlueStar also advises customers on how to reduce energy use and retrofits lighting systems, a move that can reduce electric bills by 5% to 20%. And, for those willing to pay a little more, it sells green energy generated by the sun, wind, plants and moving water. “Electricity’s a commodity that everybody uses, so the market’s huge,” Mr. Morgan says. BlueStar expects its marketshare to get even bigger this year. It’s started selling electricity in the deregulated mar- kets of Maryland and Wash- ington, D.C., and applied for certification as an alternative supplier in New York and Michigan. The company also is vying to win over Illinois’ 4.5 million residential customers, who buy one-third of the electricity purchased in the state. Residents have been allowed to buy electricity from alternative suppliers since 2002, but 42 APRIL 28, 2008 • CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES

TOTAL NUMBER OF LOCAL CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Continued from Page 40 EMPLOYEES BY INDUSTRY Revenue Full-time Manufacturing Company 2007 employees 26,069 Phone 2006 Chicago/ Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business Food JAM PRODUCTIONS LTD. 207 W. Goethe St. Arny Granat $143.3 -7.5% 75 Concert promoter, live theatrical 24,469 193 (312) 266-6262 Chicago 60610 President $154.9 79 productions, corporate special Business services www.jamusa.com events, exhibitions 17,738 8 Wholesale/retail 194 GAS DEPOT INC. 8700 N. Waukegan Road, George Nediyakalayil $141.8 42.9% 15 Wholesale distributor of petroleum 11,990 NEW! (847) 581-0303 Suite 200 CEO $99.2 16 products to retail, commercial and www.gasdepot.com Morton Grove 60053 municipal entities Consumer services 10,931 195 HENRICKSEN & CO.14 1070 W. Ardmore Ave. Stephen E. McPartlin $141.0 19.5% 110 Contract office furniture dealer Media/marketing (630) 250-9090 Itasca 60143 President $118.0 200 10,216 www.henricksen.com Construction services H2O PLUS L.P. 845 W. Madison St. Robert Seidl $138.0 15.0% 115 Skin-care, spa, bath and body 9,291 196 (312) 850-9283 Chicago 60607 President, CEO $120.0 300 products Health care www.h2oplus.com 7,792 RAULAND-BORG CORP.1 3450 W. Oakton St. Norman K. Kidder $138.0 17.9% 305 Manufacturer and designer of Financial services 196 (847) 679-0900 Skokie 60076 President, CEO $117.0 520 integrated communication 4,862 www.rauland.com technology and services Real estate CRAMER-KRASSELT 225 N. Michigan Ave. Peter G. Krivkovich $137.2 16.4% 220 Advertising and public relations 4,767 198 (312) 616-9600 24th floor CEO $117.9 505 services www.c-k.com Chicago 60601 NUMBER OF COMPANIES BY INDUSTRY BUTERA FINER FOODS INC. 1 Clock Tower Plaza Paul Butera Sr. $135.0 3.8% 800 Retail grocery chain 199 (847) 741-1010 Elgin 60120 CEO $130.0 800 Manufacturing www.buteramarket.com 76 Food WOZNIAK INDUSTRIES INC. 2 Mid America Plaza Michael Wozniak $135.0 NC 175 Manufacturer of forged, stamped, 39 199 (630) 954-3400 Suite 706 President $135.0 300 fabricated and machined metal www.wozniakindustries.com Oakbrook Terrace 60181 components Business services 38 JORDAN INDUSTRIES INC. 1751 Lake-Cook Road John W. “Jay” Jordan II $134.2 -47.7% 25 Diversified manufacturing Construction services 201 (847) 945-5591 Suite 550 Chairman, CEO $256.7 1,265 32 www.jordanind.com Deerfield 60015 SOLD SEVERAL UNITS IN ITS SPECIALTY PRINTING, RETAIL HOME FURNISHINGS, MOTOR MANUFACTURING AND AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET DIVISIONS Real estate CAMPAGNA-TURANO BAKERY INC. 6501 W. Roosevelt Road Umberto A. Turano $133.0 19.8% 611 Baked goods 28 202 (708) 788-9220 Berwyn 60402 President $111.0 611 Consumer services www.turanobakery.com 20 CUMMINS-ALLISON CORP. 852 Feehanville Drive William Jones $132.0 10.0% 400 Manufacturer of coin and currency Wholesale/retail 203 (847) 299-9550 Mount Prospect 60056 Chairman, CEO $120.0 1,100 sorters, counters, scanners and 19 www.cumminsallison.com dispensers Auto dealership 17 204 EXECUTIVE CONSTRUCTION INC. 235 Fencl Lane John F. Blacketor $130.0 4.0% 121 General construction and construction Media/marketing (708) 236-3300 Hillside 60162 President $125.0 121 management 15 www.ecibuild.com Distribution/logistics BAIRD & WARNER INC. 120 S. LaSalle St. Stephen W. Baird $129.0 -9.2% 1,850 Real estate brokerage, mortgage, 11 205 (312) 368-1855 20th floor President, CEO $142.0 1,850 title and home services www.bairdwarner.com Chicago 60603 FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS • APRIL 28, 2008 43

REVENUE BY INDUSTRY billions CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Manufacturing Revenue Full-time $40.54 Company 2007 employees Food Phone 2006 Chicago/ $33.35 Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business Wholesale/retail CHICAGO BULLS 1901 W. Madison St. Jerry M. Reinsdorf $127.0 5.8% 85 Professional basketball team $22.12 206 (312) 455-4000 Chicago 60612 Chairman $120.0 85 Consumer services www.bulls.com $14.12 Construction services MINER ENTERPRISES INC. 1200 E. State St. David W. Withall $127.0 -9.9% 160 Manufacturer of railcar, truck, $10.85 206 (630) 232-3000 Geneva 60134 Chairman, president, CEO $141.0 300 automotive and materials-handling Real estate www.minerent.com products $10.13 Business services THOUGHTWORKS INC. 200 E. Randolph St. Neville “Roy” Singham $126.9 17.6% 201 IT software and consulting $8.78 208 (312) 373-1000 25th floor Chairman $107.9 948 NEW! Media/marketing www.thoughtworks.com Chicago 60601 $8.21 EMPLOYCO GROUP LTD. 350 E. Ogden Ave. Robert A. Wilson $126.1 0.5% 5,110 Business process outsourcing Auto dealership 209 (630) 920-0000 Westmont 60559 President, CEO $125.4 8,405 $4.92 www.employco.com Financial services $4.14 HALLSTAR CO.1,16 120 S. Riverside Plaza John J. Paro $126.0 5.0% 77 Supplier of polymer additives and 210 (312) 554-7400 Suite 1620 President, CEO $120.0 119 personal-care ingredients AVERAGE % CHANGE IN www.hallstar.com Chicago 60606 REVENUE FROM 2006 !"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"For more on Hallstar Co., see Page 37 !"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"" Utilities 103.2% INTERIOR INVESTMENTS LLC 625 Heathrow Drive Michael Greenberg $125.4 20.0% 110 Contract office furniture distributor Financial services 211 (847) 325-1000 Lincolnshire 60069 Donald Shannon $104.5 148 16.2% www.interiorinvestments.com Co-principals Business services 15.9% ARTHUR J. ROGERS & CO. 3170 Des Plaines Ave. William G. Schmitz $125.0 5.0% 125 Commercial real estate 212 (847) 297-2200 Des Plaines 60018 President, CEO $119.0 125 Health care 15.6% www.arthurjrogers.com Construction services GREAT KITCHENS INC. 50 W. Commercial Ave. Dennis M. Malchow $125.0 48.4% 350 Manufacturer of pizza and appetizers 15.6% 212 (630) 543-9828 Addison 60101 CEO $84.2 350 for retail and food service Technology www.gkitchens.com 14.6% Insurance 212 TURTLE WAX INC. 625 Willowbrook Sondra A. Healy $125.0 3.0% 250 Manufacturer of automotive 12.0% (630) 455-3700 Centre Pkwy. Co-chairman $121.4 NA appearance and performance Food www.turtlewax.com Willowbrook 60527 products; car wash operator 11.5% FLORSTAR SALES INC.1 1075 Taylor Road F. Wade Cassidy $123.0 -5.4% 152 Wholesale distributor of floor cover- Architecture 11.1% 215 (815) 836-2800 Romeoville 60446 CEO $130.0 241 ings; provider of logistical services Wholesale/retail www.florstar.com Continued on Page 44 8.8% 44 APRIL 28, 2008 • CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES

LARGEST LOCAL CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Continued from Page 43 EMPLOYERS 2007 Revenue Full-time Employco Group Ltd. Company 2007 employees 5,110 local employees Phone 2006 Chicago/ Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business CDW Corp. 4,094 BALDWIN RICHARDSON FOODS CO. 20201 S. La Grange Road Eric G. Johnson $122.0 8.0% 9 Manufacturer of liquid products, Tribune Co. 216 (815) 464-9994 Suite 200 President, CEO $113.0 218 including sauces and condiments 3,913 www.brfoods.com Frankfort 60423 Global Hyatt Corp. ILLINOIS AUTO ELECTRIC CO. 700 Enterprise St. H. Bruce Sirotek $122.0 8.3% 193 Sales and distribution of transporta- 3,902 216 (630) 862-3300 Aurora 60504 Chairman, CEO $112.7 242 tion, industrial and outdoor care Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc. www.illinoisautoelectric.com products 3,800 GERBER PLUMBING FIXTURES LLC 2500 Internationale Pkwy. Michael Werner $120.4 2.0% 75 Manufacturer of vitreous china Alden Management Services Inc. 218 3,340 (630) 754-0278 Woodridge 60517 President, CEO $118.0 150 and cast-iron plumbing fixtures, www.gerberonline.com special-finish faucets and fittings Portillo’s Restaurant Group Inc. 3,245 HOLLY HUNT ENTERPRISES INC. 801 W. Adams St. Holly A. Hunt $120.0 20.0% 160 Designer, manufacturer and 219 (312) 329-5999 Suite 700 CEO $100.0 230 distributor of interior furnishings Addus Healthcare Inc. www.hollyhunt.com Chicago 60607 3,000 Capital Fitness Inc. LYNCH AUTO GROUP 5133 W. Irving Park Road Richard Lynch $119.0 -7.8% 250 Auto sales and leasing 2,700 220 (773) 794-7100 Chicago 60641 President $129.0 250 www.golynch.com Follett Corp. 2,458 TANDEM PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER 915 Harger Road Bruce Leon $118.1 16.2% 2,052 Outsourced human resource functions 221 SERVICES INC.; (630) 928-0510 Suite 300 President, CEO $101.6 2,391 for companies LARGEST LOCAL www.tandempes.com Oak Brook 60523 EMPLOYERS 1997 ASSOCIATED MATERIAL HANDLING 550 Kehoe Blvd. Michael B. Romano $117.1 0.2% 175 Raymond Forklift distributor, forklift Montgomery Ward & Co. 222 INDUSTRIES INC.; (630) 588-8800 Carol Stream 60188 President, CEO $116.9 370 parts, service, rentals, storage, 6,965 www.associated-allied.net warehouse design Hewitt Associates LLC 5,000 MACHINERY SYSTEMS INC. 614 E. State Pkwy. Ronald Mager $117.0 1.7% 40 Distributor of machine tools, cutting Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc. 223 (847) 882-8085 Schaumburg 60173 Chairman, CEO $115.0 72 tools and factory floor software 4,000 www.machsys.com Hyatt Hotels Corp. GONNELLA BAKING CO. 2006 W. Erie St. Nick Marcucci $116.0 4.5% 400 Manufacturer and distributor of 3,450 224 (312) 733-2020 Chicago 60612 President, CEO $111.0 460 fresh and frozen bakery products Marmon Group Inc. www.gonnella.com 3,200 WRIGHTWOOD CAPITAL LLC 2 N. LaSalle St. Bruce R. Cohen $116.0 18.4% 75 Real estate finance and investment Kemper Insurance Cos. 224 (312) 324-5900 9th floor Chairman, CEO $98.0 94 3,032 www.wrightwoodcapital.com Chicago 60602 Levy Restaurants UNIVERSAL SCRAP METALS INC. 2500 W. Fulton St. Philip L. Zeid $115.5 1.3% 75 Scrap metal recycling 2,800 226 (312) 666-0011 Chicago 60612 President $114.0 75 Favorite Brands International Inc. www.universalscrap.com 2,131 LOEBER MOTORS INC. 4255 W. Touhy Ave. Michael Loeber $115.1 17.7% 145 Auto dealership Hostmark Management Group 227 (847) 675-1000 Lincolnwood 60712 President $97.8 145 2,100 www.loebermotors.com Follett Corp. MONTALBANO BUILDERS INC. 1801 S. Meyers Road Anthony Montalbano $114.0 -39.5% 90 Homebuilder 2,050 228 (630) 613-2700 Suite 500 President, CEO $188.5 150 www.montalbanohomes.com Oakbrook Terrace 60181 FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS • APRIL 28, 2008 45 CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Consulting firm Revenue Full-time Company 2007 employees Phone 2006 Chicago/ goes shopping Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business The CEO is the same. The DUNKIN' DONUTS MIDWEST 9000 W. 192nd St. Thomas L. Jensen $113.3 21.8% 108 Food distributor to Dunkin’ Donuts company’s name is almost the 229 DISTRIBUTION CENTER INC. Mokena 60448 Vice-president, general $93.0 108 and Baskin Robbins in 13 Midwest (708) 478-1530; www.ddmwdc.com manager states same. But everything else at Clark & Wamberg LLC has QUALITY SCREW & NUT CO. 1441 N. Wood Dale Road Arthur W. Wondrasek Jr. $112.0 13.1% 187 Manufacturer and distributor of changed. 230 (630) 595-0000 Wood Dale 60191 President $99.0 285 fasteners and industrial hardware The North Barrington con- www.qsn.com sulting firm, run by CEO Tom Wamberg, was created last SCHUMACHER ELECTRIC CORP. 801 Business Center Donald A. Schumacher $111.1 21.0% 55 Manufacturer of battery chargers, year after he orchestrated the 231 (847) 385-1600 Drive CEO $91.8 1,000 transformers and welders merger of Clark Inc. to a www.batterychargers.com Mount Prospect 60056 Dutch insurance conglomerate. Clark Inc., a life insurance WORLD'S FINEST CHOCOLATE INC. 4801 S. Lawndale Ave. Edmond F. Opler $110.0 2.8% 400 Candy manufacturer and benefits consultancy, had 232 (773) 847-4600 Chicago 60632 Chairman, CEO $107.0 400 been on a downslide, returning www.worldsfinestchocolate.com just 5.6% a year to sharehold- CONVERGINT TECHNOLOGIES LLC 1651 Wilkening Road Daniel J. Moceri $108.4 32.2% 69 Integrator of security, fire alarm, ers since going public in 1998. 233 (847) 620-5000 Schaumburg 60173 Chairman, CEO $82.0 604 life-safety and building automation When it was sold to Aegon www.convergint.com systems N.V. last year for $293 million, Mr. Wamberg and a group of NELSEN STEEL CO. L.P. 9400 W. Belmont Ave. C. Davis Nelsen II $107.5 2.4% 95 Manufacturer of cold-finished bar investors peeled off parts of 234 (847) 671-9700 Franklin Park 60131 Chairman, president, CEO $105.0 110 steels Clark’s consulting business and http://nelsensteel.com took the company private. Clark & Wamberg posted 17 102 S. Wynstone Park Tom Wamberg $106.8 NA 48 Management consulting CLARK & WAMBERG LLC first-year revenue of $106.8 235 (847) 304-5800 Drive, Suite 200 President, CEO NA 398 NEW! million, fueled by business www.clarkwamberg.com North Barrington 60010 WENT PRIVATE IN MARCH 2007. FORMERLY CLARK CONSULTING. from its health care and execu- KIRK CORP. 201 Juniper Circle John P. Carroll $105.4 -6.1% 75 Homebuilder and developer tive compensation clients. Since 236 (630) 830-8300 Streamwood 60107 President, CEO $112.2 75 the merger, Mr. Wamberg says www.kirkhomes.com he has dramatically changed the company, from adding out- SCHULZE & BURCH BISCUIT CO. 1133 W. 35th St. Kevin M. Boyle $105.0 5.0% 400 Manufacturer and marketer of sourced staff to its health care 237 (773) 927-6622 Chicago 60609 President, CEO $100.0 400 snacks and related products group to buying out competi- www.schulzeburch.com tors to make Clark & Wamberg a more national 238 SUPERIOR GRAPHITE CO. 10 S. Riverside Plaza Edward O. Carney $104.2 11.9% 94 Graphite and carbon manufacturing player. And he’s looking to get (312) 559-2999 Suite 1470 President, CEO $93.1 301 bigger. Mr. Wamberg says they www.superiorgraphite.com Chicago 60606 have the cash on hand to scoop SAYERS 40 INC. 1150 Feehanville Drive Gale E. Sayers $104.0 11.3% 47 Information technology products up more businesses this year. A 239 (847) 391-4040 Mount Prospect 60056 President, CEO $93.4 72 and services souring economy is often a www.sayers.com good time for bargain hunting, he says. L&D GROUP INC. 420 N. Main St. R. Peter Washington $103.0 -9.3% 150 Manufacturer and distributor of 240 (630) 892-8941 Montgomery 60538 Chairman, CEO $113.6 575 workplace equipment Phuong Ly www.lyonworkspace.com Continued on Page 46 46 APRIL 28, 2008 • CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES

CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Continued from Page 45 Revenue Full-time Company 2007 employees Phone 2006 Chicago/ Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business VIENNA BEEF LTD.14 2501 N. Damen Ave. James Bodman $102.3 3.4% 330 Food processor 241 (773) 278-7800 Chicago 60647 Chairman, CEO $98.9 400 www.viennabeef.com

WALTER E. SMITHE FURNITURE INC. 1251 W. Thorndale Ave. Walter E. Smithe III $102.0 2.2% 450 Furniture retailer 242 (630) 285-8000 Itasca 60143 President $99.8 475 www.smithe.com

CHICAGO HEIGHTS STEEL14 211 E. Main St. Frank L. Corral $100.0 9.9% 350 Steel manufacturer 243 (708) 756-5619 Chicago Heights 60411 President $91.0 350 www.chs.com O’Hare Auto’s new waiting room COMPACT INDUSTRIES INC. 3945 Ohio Ave. Dale Veronica Brown $100.0 6.4% 97 Manufacturer of dry food packaging 243 NEW! (630) 513-9600 St. Charles 60174 Chairman, CEO $94.0 97 Service with www.compactind.com PEER FOODS INC. 1200 W. 35th St. Larry O’Connell $100.0 NC 25 Processor of meats for the food- a smile ...and 243 (773) 927-1440 Suite 5E President $100.0 300 service industry comfychairs www.peerfoods.com Chicago 60609 SKENDER CONSTRUCTION CO. 10101 Roberts Road Joseph Skender $98.0 -1.0% 79 General contractor Bringing in a car for serv- 246 (708) 430-8488 Palos Hills 60465 President $99.0 79 ice is stressful enough. But www.skender.com then there’s the long wait, GEORGE S. MAY INT’L CO. 303 S. Northwest Hwy. Israel Kushnir $94.0 NC 425 Management consulting usually in a bleak room with 247 (847) 825-8806 Park Ridge 60068 President $94.0 900 plastic chairs and nothing www.georgesmay.com to do. O’Hare Auto Group says PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS INC. 155 E. Algonquin Road Douglas K. Ray $93.2 -7.4% 749 Publisher of the Daily Herald newspa- it can’t eliminate the wait, 248 (847) 427-4300 Arlington Heights 60005 President, CEO $100.7 749 per and Reflejos Bilingual Journal and but it has improved the ex- www.dailyherald.com host of three Web sites perience. Its waiting area is now more like a living 249 OEC BUSINESS INTERIORS INC.1 900 N. Church Road Frances Riha $93.0 16.3% 134 Contract furniture business room, with leather seats and (630) 589-5500 Elmhurst 60126 Chairman, CEO $80.0 137 plasma TVs. There’s free www.oecbusinessinteriors.com wireless Internet, Starbucks ARIEL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC1 200 E. Randolph St. John W. Rogers Jr. $91.3* -14.0% 102 Investment management coffee and even loaner lap- 250 (312) 726-0140 Suite 2900 Chairman, CEO $106.2 102 tops. Service hours run from www.arielmutualfunds.com Chicago 60601 6 a.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday so cus- BLOCK & CO.8 1111 Wheeling Road Kenneth Block $90.0 3.4% 300 Manufacturer and distributor of tomers don’t have to take 251 (847) 537-7200 Wheeling 60090 Chairman $87.0 370 banking and cashiering supplies, time off work. And the com- www.blockandcompany.com security products pany doubled the number of TREASURE ISLAND FOODS INC. 3460 N. Broadway Christ Kamberos $90.0 5.9% 500 Retail grocery chain mechanics to 28. 251 (773) 327-4265 Chicago 60657 President, CEO $85.0 500 Thanks in part to those www.tifoods.com changes, 2007 revenue at O’Hare Auto Group, which O'HARE AUTO GROUP 1533 S. River Road Kevin Mize $89.4 33.8% 136 Sales and service of Honda and also runs Honda and 253 (847) 297-5700 Des Plaines 60018 President, CEO $66.8 136 Hyundai vehicles Hyundai dealerships, rose www.ohareautogroup.com 34% to $89.4 million. The OTTO ENGINEERING INC. 2 E. Main St. Thomas J. Roeser $89.0 15.0% 515 Manufacturer of audio accessories company reports being prof- 254 (847) 428-7171 Carpentersville 60110 President $77.4 515 for two-way radios and controls for itable, although it won’t re- www.ottoexcellence.com electrical switching lease figures. “We’re getting people who have never visit- SMITHBUCKLIN CORP. 401 N. Michigan Ave. Henry S. Givray $89.0 10.8% 480 Association management company ed our store before,” CEO 254 (800) 539-9740 Chicago 60611 Chairman, CEO $80.3 720 Kevin Mize says. www.smithbucklin.com The dealership side of its business is showing new NELSON WESTERBERG INC. 1500 Arthur Ave. John R. Westerberg $88.9 13.2% 212 Corporate, office and industrial signs of life, too, despite the 256 (847) 437-2080 Elk Grove Village 60007 Chairman, CEO $78.5 438 moving and storage services; rough economy. O’Hare sold www.nelsonwesterberg.com records management more than 3,700 new and NATIONAL VAN LINES INC.14 2800 W. Roosevelt Road Maureen Beal $88.4 9.7% 107 Mover of household goods used cars last year, an in- 257 (708) 450-2900 Broadview 60155 Chairman, president, CEO $80.6 108 crease of 38% from the year www.nationalvanlines.com before, thanks to the popu- larity and fuel-efficiency of ADVANCE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS INC.12 2080 S. Carboy Road David M. Weiner $88.2 5.0% 350 Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, the Honda and Hyundai 258 (847) 593-2510 Mount Prospect 60056 President, CEO $84.0 350 plumbing and service contractor brands. Mr. Mize says deal- www.advmech.com er sales had been held back by the company’s Pontiac 259 INT’L CONTRACTORS INC.13 977 S. Route 83 Bruce R. Bronge $86.0 39.2% 52 General contractor; construction franchise, which it sold in NEW! (630) 834-8043; www.iciinc.com Elmhurst 60126 President $61.8 52 management 2006. Last year, the company moved more aggressively 260 A. EPSTEIN & SONS INT’L INC. 600 W. Fulton St. John R. Patelski, James Jirsa $85.7 26.8% 171 Architecture, engineering, onto the Internet, where (312) 454-9100 Chicago 60661 Michael Damore $67.6 325 construction, interior design, www.epstein-isi.com Executive managing directors graphic design many car buyers start their search. It now devotes four LEAPFROG ONLINE LLC 807 Greenwood St. Dave Husain $85.0 4.9% 98 Digital direct marketing sales people exclusively to 261 NEW! (847) 492-1968 Evanston 60201 CEO $81.0 101 customers who contact www.leapfrogonline.com O’Hare through its home page or on partner Web sites RICHCO INC. 8145 River Drive Samantha Richardson $85.0 6.3% 150 Manufacturer of plastic fasteners like Cars.com, which gener- 261 (773) 539-4060 Morton Grove 60053 Chairman, CEO $80.0 500 and components ate as many as 1,000 leads a www.richco-inc.com month. 263 G. A. JOHNSON & SON 828 Foster St. Jack Galbraith $84.0 -4.5% NA General contractor Phuong Ly (847) 869-5905 Evanston 60201 President $88.0 NA www.gajohnson.com

WEEKENDERS USA INC. 1011 Woodlands Pkwy. Rosemary Redmond $82.5 -2.9% 170 Direct sales of women’s clothes, 264 (847) 478-0077 Vernon Hills 60061 President $85.0 170 nutritional products and skin-care www.weekendersusa.com products FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS • APRIL 28, 2008 47

CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES MOST WORLDWIDE EMPLOYEES Revenue Full-time Company 2007 employees Global Hyatt Corp. Phone 2006 Chicago/ 83,700 Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business OSI Group LLC INTEC GROUP INC. 666 S. Vermont St. Steven M. Perlman $82.0 36.7% 165 Designer and manufacturer of 20,000 265 (847) 358-0088 Palatine 60067 President, co-CEO $60.0 950 electromechanical components Tribune Co. www.intecgrp.com and assemblies 17,186 WISS JANNEY ELSTNER ASSOCIATES 330 Pfingsten Road William J. Nugent $80.5 11.2% 188 Architecture, engineering, materials Addus Healthcare Inc. 266 INC.; (847) 272-7400 Northbrook 60062 Chairman, president, CEO $72.4 433 science 11,000 www.wje.com Heico Cos. LLC 10,000 KELSO-BURNETT CO. 5200 Newport Drive James R. Kostek $80.2 19.7% 380 Electrical and communications 267 (847) 259-0720 Rolling Meadows 60008 Chairman, CEO $67.0 380 contractor Koch Foods Inc. www.kelso-burnett.com 10,000 Amsted Industries Inc. CONTINENTAL WEB PRESS INC. 1430 Industrial Drive Kenneth W. Field $80.0 NC 230 Commercial printer 9,050 268 (630) 773-1903 Itasca 60143 President, CEO $80.0 450 Reyes Holdings LLC www.continentalweb.com 9,000 EVANS FOOD GROUP LTD. 4118 S. Halsted St. Alejandro Silva $80.0 6.7% 95 Snack food manufacturer Solo Cup Co. 268 (773) 254-7400 Chicago 60609 CEO $75.0 392 8,740 www.evansfood.com Follett Corp. GOLD EAGLE CO.2 4400 S. Kildare Ave. Robert F. Hirsch $80.0 -2.4% 155 Manufacturer and marketer of 8,405 268 (773) 376-4400 Chicago 60632 CEO $82.0 155 automotive chemicals and additives Employco Group Ltd. www.goldeagle.com 8,405 INGEAR CORP.12 650 Lake-Cook Road Lawrence Gutkin $80.0 -5.9% 34 Manufacturer of luggage, backpacks, SMALLEST PERCENTAGE 268 (847) 821-9600 Buffalo Grove 60089 CEO $85.0 45 sport bags and soft coolers OF LOCAL EMPLOYEES www.ingearsports.com BELGRAVIA GROUP LTD. 833 N. Orleans St. David W. “Buzz” $79.3 18.7% 30 Builds townhouses, condos and 272 (312) 751-2777 Suite 400 Ruttenberg $66.8 30 single-family homes; residential 0.7% 0.7% www.belgraviagroup.com Chicago 60610 Chairman, CEO sales and mortgages PRG PARKING MANAGEMENT 200 W. Monroe St. Martin Nesbitt $79.2 17.7% 22 Parking lot ownership and TMB Industries LLC 273 LLC; (312) 753-1700 Suite 1500 President $67.2 624 management Indalex Holdings NEW! Finance Inc. www.theparkingspot.com Chicago 60606 BELT RAILWAY CO. OF CHICAGO 6900 S. Central Ave. Patrick J. O’Brien $78.3 -0.3% 520 Intermediate switching railroad 274 (708) 496-4000 Bedford Park 60638 President $78.5 520 2.0% 3.5% www.beltrailway.com

AL BASKIN CO. 10441 Beaudin Blvd. Scott Baskin $78.0 4.0% 180 Apparel retailer; parent of eight-store 275 (630) 427-1100 Suite 100 President $75.0 310 Mark Shale chain Jordan Industries Inc. PRG Parking www.markshale.com Woodridge 60517 Management LLC CHARLES INDUSTRIES LTD. 5600 Apollo Drive Joseph T. Charles Sr. $78.0 -6.0% 90 Manufacturer of telecommunica- 275 (847) 806-6300 Rolling Meadows 60008 President $83.0 500 tions, marine and industrial 3.8% 4.1% www.charlesindustries.com electrical products ENERGON INC. 33 N. LaSalle St. Mary Skipton $77.1 -4.7% 5 Natural gas supply and management 277 (312) 443-5700 Suite 2400 President $80.9 5 FreedomRoads LLC Baldwin Richardson NEW! Foods Co. Chicago 60602 Continued on Page 48 48 APRIL 28, 2008 • CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES

CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Continued from Page 47 We all scream Revenue Full-time Company 2007 employees for ice cream Phone 2006 Chicago/ Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business In 1915, the Oberweis fami- REMINGTON HOMES LLC 400 River Ridge Drive Jay Dulla $76.2 -10.5% 37 Homebuilder ly started delivering milk to 278 (847) 289-6700 Suite 300 President, CEO $85.1 37 people’s homes by horse and www.remington-homes.com Elgin 60123 wagon. Now their milkmen will drop off ice cream and HARBOUR CONTRACTORS INC.12 23830 W. Main St. Patrick C. Harbour $76.0 1.3% 70 Design builder, construction baked goods, too. The service, 279 (815) 254-5500 Plainfield 60544 President $75.0 85 management, general contractor, to start this year, aims to boost www.harbour-cm.com program management, engineer sales as the dairy company pares back plans for new stores NEW WORLD VAN LINES INC. 5875 N. Rogers Ave. Shirley Marx $76.0 -2.1% 125 Moving and storage of household to focus on its existing ones. 279 (800) 422-9300 Chicago 60646 Chairman $77.6 525 goods worldwide Last year, sales at Oberweis’ www.newworldvanlines.com 45 ice cream shops increased LAKEWOOD ENGINEERING & 501 N. Sacramento Blvd. Katheryn S. Krauss $75.8 -6.4% 265 Manufacturer of portable electric 6%, but competitors like Cold 281 MANUFACTURING CO.13 Chicago 60612 Chairman $81.0 265 fans and heaters Stone Creamery are stealing (773) 722-4300; www.lakewoodeng.com away business, says CEO Joseph Oberweis, son of Jim DURACO PRODUCTS INC.8 1109 E. Lake St. Kevin P. Lynch $75.1 20.0% 72 Manufacturer of proprietary plastic Oberweis, the company chair- 282 (630) 837-6615 Streamwood 60107 President $62.6 82 products man, who’s running against www.duraco.com Bill Foster for the congression- al seat vacated by former U.S. CHICAGO MEAT AUTHORITY INC. 1120 W. 47th Place Jordan M. Dorfman $75.0 NC 300 Meat processor Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Plano. 283 (800) 383-3811 Chicago 60609 President $75.0 300 One bright spot is the com- www.chicagomeat.com pany’s growing business delivering dairy products to grocery MORGAN SERVICES INC. 323 N. Michigan Ave. Richard J.L. Senior $75.0 1.8% 130 Linen and uniform rental, laundry 283 (312) 346-3181 Chicago 60601 Chairman, CEO $73.7 916 services stores. Its wholesale revenue www.morganservices.com jumped 20% from last year, making it Oberweis’ fastest- TERRAPIN PROPERTIES LLC 217 N. Jefferson St. James “Jake” D. Geleerd $75.0 -51.6% 35 Real estate development growing busi- 283 (312) 466-1500 5th floor Michael Ezgur $155.0 40 ness. www.terrapingroup.com Chicago 60661 Principals

CENTRAL CAN CO. 3200 S. Kilbourn Ave. Terry Kline $74.0 -0.9% 193 Manufacturer of steel and plastic 286 (773) 254-8700 Chicago 60623 President, CEO $74.7 193 containers www.centralcancompany.com

FSH COMMUNICATIONS LLC 100 W. Monroe St. Don Goens $71.1 -13.0% 8 Provides payphone and prepaid 287 (312) 269-9937 Suite 2101 President $81.7 186 card phone card services www.fshcommunications.com Chicago 60603

DAUBERT INDUSTRIES INC. 1333 Burr Ridge Lane M. Lawrence Garman $71.0 NC 140 Manufacturer of corrosion-inhibiting 288 (630) 203-6800 Suite 200 CEO $71.0 150 products, adhesives and car care www.daubert.com Burr Ridge 60527 products

SAM'S WINES & SPIRITS INC. 1925 N. Clybourn Ave. Dennis M. Malchow $71.0 NC 250 National retailer of beer, wine and 288 (773) 296-2604 Suite 302 CEO $71.0 250 spirits www.samswine.com Chicago 60614 Still, 290 AUSTIN CHEMICAL CO. 1565 Barclay Blvd. Samuel M. Ponticelli $70.0 -22.7% 15 Chemical sales and marketing the dairy (847) 520-9600 Buffalo Grove 60089 Chairman, CEO $90.5 28 maker’s www.austinchemical.com profitability WINDY CITY WIRE CABLE & 386 Internationale Drive Richard Galgano $70.0 25.0% 60 Distributor of electrical equipment has suffered be- 290 NEW! TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS LLC Suite H CEO $56.0 85 cause raw milk (630) 633-4500; www.smartwire.com Bolingbrook 60440 prices have doubled in the past four HINDA INC.1 2440 W. 34th St. Michael Arkes $69.7 12.4% 97 Developer of incentive programs years, forcing the 292 (773) 890-5900 Chicago 60608 President, CEO $62.0 105 for companies company to scale back www.hinda.com on plans to have 300 CAPSONIC GROUP LLC 460 S. 2nd St. Gregory G. Liautaud $69.0 13.1% 240 Manufacturer of plastic products stores by 2010. Instead, 293 (847) 888-7300 Elgin 60123 President, CEO $61.0 650 and electromechanical switches Oberweis will open just five www.capsonic.com to 10 stores next year. Like with most commodities, W. S. DARLEY & CO. 325 Spring Lake Drive Paul C. Darley $67.5 17.4% 65 Manufacturer and distributor of the price surge is due to de- 294 (708) 345-8050 Itasca 60143 President $57.5 205 firefighting equipment mand from China and to high- www.darley.com er prices for fuel and corn, FCL GRAPHICS INC. 4600 N. Olcott Ave. Thomas C. Spielberger $67.0 6.3% 161 Commercial printing for the direct which farmers feed cows. 295 (708) 867-5500 Harwood Heights 60706 Chairman, CEO $63.0 161 mail industry Oberweis passed along just a www.fclgraphics.com third of the cost increases and ate the rest as a strategy to KENSINGTON HOMES INC. 2056 Westings Ave. Steven D. Pjesky $66.4 -42.4% 27 Residential developer, homebuilder keep its longtime customers, 296 (630) 579-9667 Suite 140 President, CEO $115.3 27 Mr. Oberweis says. www.mykensingtonhome.com Naperville 60563 The slowest-growing part of BROOK FURNITURE RENTAL INC. 100 Field Drive Robert W. Crawford Jr. $65.1 7.1% 113 Residential and office furniture the company has been home 297 (847) 810-4000 Suite 220 Chairman, CEO $60.8 447 rental and leasing delivery of milk, with revenue www.bfr.com Lake Forest 60045 growth of less than 5% each year and a total of 35,000 cus- REPUBLIC WINDOWS & DOORS LLC4 1333 N. Hickory St. Richard B. Gillman $65.0 NC 600 Manufacturer of vinyl windows and tomers. But it’s not giving up 298 (312) 932-8000 Chicago 60622 President, CEO $65.0 600 doors on the quaint service. Last year www.republicwindows.com the company ran radio, television and billboard delivery ads 298 W. B. OLSON INC.3 3235 Arnold Lane David L. Olson $65.0 NC 50 Construction manager, general in St. Louis, generating a 10% (847) 498-3800 Northbrook 60062 Steve C. Olson $65.0 50 contractor, design builder jump in customers there. It www.wbo.com Co-presidents plans on expanding the cam- GATEWAY CHEVROLET INC. 5373 N. Milwaukee Ave. Lee Drabek $64.3 -9.6% 75 Auto dealership paign throughout the Midwest 300 (773) 631-9000 Chicago 60630 Craig Andrea $71.1 75 and will roll out ads for its ice www.gatewaycars.com Co-presidents cream delivery service, too. OBERWEIS GROUP INC. 951 Ice Cream Drive Joseph Oberweis $64.0 6.7% 250 Dairy processor and retailer 301 (630) 801-6100 Suite 1 CEO $60.0 250 Phuong Ly www.oberweis.com North Aurora 60542 FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS • APRIL 28, 2008 49 CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Revenue Full-time Company 2007 employees Phone 2006 Chicago/ Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business

H. W. LOCHNER INC.14 20 N. Wacker Drive Harry W. Lochner Jr. $62.9 9.9% 75 Engineering consultants White 302 NEW! (312) 372-7346 Suite 1200 Chairman $57.3 425 Sox www. hwlochner.com Chicago 60606 20 OLDEST COMPANIES E&D WEB INC. 4633 W. 16th St. Christopher Love $62.8 19.6% 150 Commercial printing Founded Company (rank) 303 (708) 656-6600 Cicero 60804 CEO $52.5 150 www.eanddweb.com 1838 George Solitt Construction Co. (No. 185) ATWELL-HICKS 1245 East Diehl Road Brian R. Wenzel $62.5* -5.5% 50 Land planning, civil engineering, land 304 1847 Tribune Co. (No. 6) NEW! (630) 577-0800 Suite 100 CEO $66.1 400 surveying, environmental consulting www.atwell-hicks.com Naperville 60563 and water resource services 1852 Bradner Central Co. (No. 105) 1855 Baird & Warner Inc. (No. 205) KRUSINSKI CONSTRUCTION CO.1 2107 Swift Drive Joseph R. Krusinski $62.0 -1.6% 46 General contractor 305 (630) 573-7700 Oak Brook 60523 CEO $63.0 46 1857 Klein Tools Inc. (No. 163) www.krusinski.com 1865 American Hotel Register Co. (No. 64 ) FGMK LLC 2801 W. Lakeside Drive Mario J. Donato $61.5 11.8% 269 Public accounting and consulting 306 1867 Peer Foods Inc. ( No. 243) NEW! (847) 374-0400 3rd floor CEO $55.0 269 firm www.fgmk.net Bannockburn 60015 1872 Paddock Publications Inc. (No. 248) SPECTRA MERCHANDISING 4230 Normandy Ave. Patricia Schoenberg $61.5 7.9% 65 Manufacturer of consumer electronics 1874 G. A. Johnson & Son (No. 263) 306 INT’L INC. Chicago 60634 President $57.0 95 (773) 202-8408, www.spectraintl.com 1880 QST Industries (No. 167) 1880 Wilbert Inc. (No. 102) MARILYN MIGLIN L.P. 1230 W. Washington Blvd. Marilyn J. Miglin $60.3 3.3% 50 Fragrance, cosmetics, skin-care 308 (800) 662-1120 Chicago 60607 President, CEO $58.4 70 products 1882 Belt Railway Co. of Chicago www.marilynmiglin.com (No. 274) 1886 Gonnella Baking Co. (No. 224) MAGNECO/METREL INC. 223 Interstate Road Charles W. Connors $60.1 29.2% 48 Manufacturer of refractories 1887 Morgan Services Inc. (No. 283) 309 NEW! (630) 543-6660 Addison 60101 CEO $46.5 147 www.magneco-metrel.com 1891 Bulley & Andrews LLC (No. 136) 1893 Chas Levy Co. LLC (No. 60) AZTECA FOODS INC. 5005 S. Nagle Ave. Arthur R. Velasquez $60.0 20.0% 150 Manufacturer of Hispanic food 310 1893 Vienna Beef Ltd. (No. 241) NEW! (708) 563-6600 Chicago 60638 Chairman, president, CEO $50.0 200 products www.aztecafoods.com 1898 Walsh Group (No. 10)

PARAMOUNT STAFFING INC. 1200 Shermer Road Matthew Schubert $60.0 5.3% 45 Temporary employment 1900 CC Industries Inc. (No. 24) 310 (847) 559-0676 Suite 300 President $57.0 70 1901 Chicago White Sox (No. 157) www.paramountstaffing.com Northbrook 60062 Continued on Page 50 50 APRIL 28, 2008 • CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES

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Revenue Full-time Company 2007 employees Phone 2006 Chicago/ Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business

SEMBLEX CORP. 199 W. Diversey Ave. Robert N. Rothkopf $60.0 -0.8% 200 Manufacturer of industrial fasteners 310 (630) 833-2880 Elmhurst 60126 President, CEO $60.5* 215 www.semblex.com

GUARANTEED RATE INC. 3940 N. Ravenswood Ave. Victor F. Ciardelli III $59.6 8.6% 389 Mortgage lending and financial 313 (773) 290-0505 Chicago 60613 President, CEO $54.9 465 services www.guaranteedrate.com

WHITTMANHART INC. 550 W. Adams St. Paul O. Wimer $59.0* 15.2% 82 Internet consultancy 314 (312) 981-6000 Suite 500 President, CEO $51.2 330 www.whittmanhart.com Chicago 60661

Just add water HIGHLAND PARK FORD LINCOLN 1333 Park Ave. West Alan Frisch $58.2* -2.2% 57 Auto sales and service 315 MERCURY; (847) 433-7200 Highland Park 60035 CEO $59.5 57 NEW! and lilypads www.hplm.com

When he was 12, Greg AQUASCAPE INC. 901 Aqualand Way Greg G. Wittstock $58.0 NC 119 Water garden manufacturer Wittstock built a pond for his 316 NEW! (630) 659-2000 St. Charles 60174 CEO $58.0 141 pet turtles, transforming a www.aquascapeinc.com hole in his suburban backyard into a lush paradise of tropical CORPORATE CONCEPTS INC. 500 Waters Edge Victoria Hansel $58.0 1.8% 59 Office furniture dealer plants, complete with a deck. 316 (630) 691-8800 Suite 200 President, CEO $57.0 59 While he was in college, pond- www.corpconc.com Lombard 60148 building became his summer job, and in 1991, before grad- GLOBALCOM INC. 200 E. Randolph St. John T. Shave $58.0 5.5% 150 Sells local, long-distance and uating, he started his business. 316 (312) 895-8818 23rd floor President, CEO $55.0 150 Internet communications products Today, Aquascape Inc. is a www.callglobalcom.com Chicago 60601 and services major manufacturer of pond- building supplies—pumps, fil- DB AVIATION INC. 3550 N. McAree Road David Brittsan $57.3 14.6% 105 Jet charter, management, tration devices, pond fish food 319 NEW! (847) 263-5600 Waukegan 60087 CEO $50.0 105 maintenance, fuel and hangar and water treatment chemi- www.dbaviation.com service cals—with revenue of $58.0 million last year. Roughly MTC PERFORMANCE 1827 Walden Office George Kriza $56.1 7.8% 24 Develops incentive marketing 70% of Aquascape’s sales are 320 (847) 303-0022 Square, Suite 200 Chairman, president, CEO $52.0 25 programs for sales people Continued on next page www.mtcperformance.com Schaumburg 60173 FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS • APRIL 28, 2008 51

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Revenue Full-time to contractors; the rest are to Company 2007 employees do-it-yourselfers. Installation of Phone 2006 Chicago/ a water garden can run from Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business $2,000 for a small pond with ABELSON TAYLOR INC. 33 W. Monroe St. Dale Taylor $56.0 7.7% 348 Advertising agency bubbling rocks to well over $1 321 (312) 894-5500 Suite 600 President, CEO $52.0 350 million for a waterscape that www.abelson-taylor.com Chicago 60603 includes falls, streams, scuba caves and tunnels. MCL COS. 455 E. Illinois St. Daniel E. McLean $56.0 -16.4% 60 Residential and retail developer Americans spent $1.3 billion 321 (312) 321-8900 Suite 565 President, CEO $67.0 60 on water gardening supplies in www.mclcompanies.com Chicago 60611 2006, down from a peak $1.5 billion in 2003. The recent 323 LAURUS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1015 Hawthorn Drive John Udelhofen $55.3 38.9% 73 IT consulting firm drought in the South hurt NEW! (630) 875-9200 Itasca 60143 CEO $39.8 77 Aquascape’s core business. www.laurustech.com Homeowners weren’t interest- ed in putting in a pond or ADDISON PROFESSIONAL 222 S. Riverside Plaza Joel M. Katz $55.1 77.2% 409 Finance and recruiting for finance and fountain when local restrictions 324 FINANCIAL SEARCH LLC; (312) Suite 1710 CEO $31.1 926 accounting, information technology NEW! prevented them from watering 424-0300; www.addisonsearch.com Chicago 60606 and clerical and administration their lawns. One of its largest distributors, Pike Family Nurs- 325 ED GARVEY & CO. 7400 N. Lehigh Ave. Edward J. Garvey Jr. $55.0 12.2% 73 Large-format printing eries in Georgia, filed for bank- NEW! (847) 647-1900 Niles 60714 President $49.0 189 ruptcy protection last year, www.thegarveygroup.com blaming the drought. To address the slowdown, Aquas- ACQUITY GROUP LLC 500 W. Madison St. Christopher J. Dalton $54.2 51.4% 195 IT strategy consulting cape is branching into products 326 (312) 427-2470 Suite 2200 CEO $35.8 281 for rainwater harvesting. NEW! www.acquitygroup.com Chicago 60661 Mr. Wittstock calls the company’s new initiative an up- OTHER WORLD COMPUTING 2650 Bridge Lane Lawrence Richard O’Connor $53.3 27.5% 84 Operates online catalogs of scale, decorative version of the 327 (815) 338-8685 Woodstock 60098 President, CEO $41.8 84 computers and iPod accessories rain barrel: An underground NEW! www.macsales.com reservoir collects rainwater to circulate through a pond or a RIM LOGISTICS LTD. 1325 Mittel Blvd. Robert J. Mueller $53.0 23.3% 105 International and domestic freight fountain on top. 328 (630) 595-0610 Wood Dale 60191 CEO $43.0 123 forwarding, customs brokerage, “We said, ‘Let’s take this NEW! www.rimlogistics.com warehouse, distribution, logistics threat to our business model and turn it into an opportuni- SENARIO LLC 1725 Kilkenny Court Mike Nakamura $53.0 91.3% 34 Distributor, importer, manufacturer ty,’ ” he says. 328 (815) 337-0889 Woodstock 60098 President, CEO $27.7 50 and designer of consumer products NEW! www.senario.com Phuong Ly Continued on Page 52 52 APRIL 28, 2008 • CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES ALPHABETICAL INDEX CRAIN’S LIST CHICAGO’S LARGEST PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES Continued from Page 51 Company Rank A. T. Kearney Inc. 44 Abelson Taylor Inc. 321 Revenue Full-time Abt Electronics Inc. 108 Company 2007 employees Accretive Health 130 Phone 2006 Chicago/ Ace Hardware Corp. 9 Acquity Group LLC 326 Web address Address Top executive (millions) % change worldwide Type of business Addison Professional Financial Search LLC 324 Addus Healthcare Inc. 137 LOREN AUTO GROUP INC. 1620 Waukegan Road Paula Segal $52.9 -5.9% 54 Auto dealership Advance Mechanical Systems Inc. 258 330 (847) 729-8900 Glenview 60025 President, CEO $56.2 54 Advanced Equities Financial Corp. 110 AIT Worldwide Logistics Inc. 98 www.lorenautogroup.com Alden Management Services Inc. 125 Alter Group Ltd. 62 BEAR CONSTRUCTION CO.8 1501 Rohlwing Road George H. Wienold $52.6 43.3% 156 Commercial general contractor Altivity Packaging LLC 18 331 American Hotel Register Co. 64 NEW! (847) 222-1900 Rolling Meadows 60008 CEO $36.7 156 American Invsco Corp. 139 www.bearcc.com Amsted Industries Inc. 11 Aquascape Inc. 316 Ariel Capital Management LLC 250 HOFFER PLASTICS CORP. 500 Collins St. William A. Hoffer $52.5 1.0% 310 Custom plastic injection molding Aspen Marketing Services Inc. 107 332 (847) 741-5740 South Elgin 60177 President, CEO $52.0 310 Associated Material Handling Industries Inc. 222 At World Properties LLC 333 www.hofferplastics.com Atlas Lift Truck Rentals & Sales Inc. 152 Atwell-Hicks 304 AT WORLD PROPERTIES LLC 618 W. Fulton St. Michael Golden $51.3 27.0% 43 Brokerage Austin Chemical Co. 290 333 Automotive Specialty Accessories & Parts Inc. 154 NEW! (312) 491-0200 Chicago 60661 Thaddeus Wong $40.4 43 Azteca Foods Inc. 310 www.atproperties.com Co-principals Baird & Warner Inc. 205 Baldwin Richardson Foods Co. 216 Banner Plumbing Supply Co. 335 PERFECT PLASTIC PRINTING 345 Kautz Road Frank Smoczynski $50.1 16.0% 225 Plastic card manufacturer Al Baskin Co. 275 334 CORP.; (630) 584-1600 St. Charles 60174 Chairman, CEO $43.2 225 BDO Seidman LLP 65 NEW! Bear Construction Co. 331 www.perfectplastic.com Belgravia Group Ltd. 272 !"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"For more on Perfect Plastic, see Page 39 !"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!""Belt Railway Co. of Chicago 274 Berglund Construction Co. 167 Berlin Packaging Corp. 94 Biggers Chevrolet/Isuzu Inc. 175 BANNER PLUMBING SUPPLY CO. 1020 E. Lake Cook Road Lee Greenspon $50.0 22.0% 80 Distributor of plumbing supplies Blackman Kallick Bartelstein LLP 335 335 NEW! (847) 520-6100 Buffalo Grove 60089 President, CEO $41.0 80 William Blair & Co. LLC 50 www.bannerplumbing.com Block & Co. 251 BlueStar Energy Services Inc. 172 Boler Co. 38 BLACKMAN KALLICK 10 S. Riverside Plaza Steven Schneider $50.0 NC 250 Public accounting Bradner Central Co. 105 335 Brook Furniture Rental Inc. 297 NEW! BARTELSTEIN LLP; (312) 207- Suite 900 Managing partner $50.0 250 Carl Buddig & Co. 108 1040; www.blackmankallick.com Chicago 60606 Bulley & Andrews LLC 136 Butera Finer Foods Inc. 199 Campagna-Turano Bakery Inc. 202 JOHN HOFMEISTER & SON INC. 2386 S. Blue Island Ave. Edward J. Hofmeister $50.0 5.3% 60 Producer of smoked hams and Capital Fitness Inc. 167 335 (773) 847-0700 Chicago 60608 President, CEO $47.5 60 turkeys Capsonic Group LLC 293 NEW! CC Industries Inc. 24 www.hofhaus.com CDW Corp. 3 Central Can Co. 286 VANCE PUBLISHING CORP.2 400 Knightsbridge Pkwy. William C. Vance $50.0 2.0% 99 Business-to-business media Central Grocers Inc. 29 Centrum Properties Inc. 57 335 (847) 634-2600 Lincolnshire 60069 Chairman, CEO $49.0 231 NEW! Certified Grocers Midwest Inc. 54 www.vancepublishing.com Charles Industries Ltd. 275 Chicago Bears Football Club Inc. 122 Chicago Bulls 206 Crain’s list of privately held companies, while the most comprehensive available, makes no pretense of being a complete list of private companies in the Chicago area be- Chicago Heights Steel 243 cause of the right of such companies to withhold information. Information for this list is provided by the companies, and Crain’s takes their word for sales and employee Research by Chicago Meat Authority Inc. 283 Chicago White Sox 157 figures, except where noted. Cooperatives are included in the definition of privately held companies. Included in this list are companies headquartered in the six-county re- Michelle Clark & Wamberg LLC 235 gion: Cook, McHenry, DuPage, Kane, Lake and Will counties. Revenue figures are for calendar year, and employee totals are as of 12/31/07, unless otherwise noted. Evans, Clark National Inc. 92 Crain’s estimates shown in gray. NA: Not available. NC: No change. 1. Fiscal year ends in September. 2. Fiscal year ends in March. 3. Fiscal year ends in August. 4. Fiscal Allison Classic Residence by Hyatt 101 All Crain’s lists and year ends in January. 5. Barbara Turf will assume CEO position 5/08. 6. Fiscal year ends in July. 7. Figures include only U.S. operations and not international membership Clune Construction Co. 96 directories are available at Riggio and Columbia Pipe & Supply Co. 149 firms. 8. Fiscal year ends in June. 9. Previously listed as Midwest Air Technologies Inc., which merged with four other related companies, 1/07. 10. Previously listed as Compact Industries Inc. 243 ChicagoBusiness.com/lists Wilton Industries Inc. 11. Fiscal year ends in May. 12. Fiscal year ends in February. 13. Fiscal year ends in October. 14. Fiscal year ends in April. 15. Fiscal year ends in No- Matthew ComPsych Cos. 134 vember. 16. Previously listed as CPH Holdings Corp.; name changed 4/07. Carmichael Continental Electrical Construction Co. 170 Continental Motors Group 86 FOCUS: PRIVATE COMPANIES CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS • APRIL 28, 2008 53

Company Rank Company Rank Company Rank Company Rank Company Rank Continental Web Press Inc. 268 Morgan Services Inc. 283 Peer Foods Inc. 243 Schulze & Burch Biscuit Co. 237 TransUnion LLC 27 Convergint Technologies LLC 233 Motor Werks Partners L.P. 82 Pepper Construction Group 26 Schumacher Electric Corp. 231 TravelClick Inc. 182 Corporate Concepts Inc. 316 MTC Performance 320 Perfect Plastic Printing Corp. 334 Schwarz Paper Co. 78 Treasure Island Foods Inc. 251 Cramer-Krasselt 198 National Van Lines Inc. 257 Phoenix International Freight Services Ltd. 46 Seaton Corp. 113 Tribune Co. 6 Crate & Barrel 25 Nelsen Steel Co. L.P. 234 Pliant Corp. 35 Seko Worldwide Inc. 126 True Value Co. 17 Crowe Group LLP 74 Nelson Westerberg Inc. 256 PLS Financial Services Inc. 186 Semblex Corp. 310 Trustmark Cos. 40 Culligan International Co. 45 Network Services Co. 37 Portillo's Restaurant Group Inc. 153 Senario LLC 328 TTX Co. 33 Cummins-Allison Corp. 203 Neumann Homes Inc. 188 Potbelly Sandwich Works LLC 165 Serta Inc. 32 Turtle Wax Inc. 212 W. S. Darley & Co. 294 New World Van Lines Inc. 279 Power Construction Co. LLC 67 Shell Vacations LLC 80 Tuthill Corp. 85 Daubert Industries Inc. 288 Newly Weds Foods Inc. 66 PRG Parking Management LLC 273 Shure Inc. 81 Ty Inc. 89 DB Aviation Inc. 319 North American Corp. 88 PromoWorks LLC 183 Sipi Metals Corp. 188 UGN Inc. 133 DoAll Co. 103 Novak Construction Co. 161 QST Industries Inc. 167 Skender Construction Co. 246 United Scrap Metal Inc. 171 Edward Don & Co. 61 NutraSweet Co. 174 Quality Screw & Nut Co. 230 SmithBucklin Corp. 254 Universal Scrap Metals Inc. 226 Donlen Corp. 43 Nuveen Investments Inc. 42 Raja Foods LLC 161 Walter E. Smithe Furniture Inc. 242 Vance Publishing Corp. 335 DSC Logistics Inc. 154 Oberweis Group Inc. 301 William A. Randolph Inc. 147 George Sollitt Construction Co. 185 Velsicol Chemical Corp. 149 Duchossois Industries Inc. 30 OEC Business Interiors Inc. 249 Rauland-Borg Corp. 196 Solo Cup Co. 16 Veluchamy Enterprises Inc. 99 Dunkin' Donuts Midwest Distribution Center Inc. 229 O'Hare Auto Group 253 Relational LLC 99 Spectra Merchandising International Inc. 306 Vienna Beef Ltd. 241 Duraco Products Inc. 282 Old World Industries Inc. 41 Remington Homes LLC 278 Spring Air Co. 56 Volvo Sales & Service Center Inc. 118 E&D Web Inc. 303 W. B. Olson Inc. 298 Republic Windows & Doors LLC 298 Starcon International Inc. 146 Walsh Group 10 Eby-Brown Co. LLC 8 O’Neil Industries Inc. 68 Reyes Holdings LLC 1 Steiner Electric Co. 124 Weber Marking Systems Inc. 187 Ed Garvey & Co. 325 Optima Inc. 127 Richco Inc. 261 Superior Graphite Co. 238 Weber-Stephen Products Co. 159 Daniel J. Edelman Inc. 83 Optimum Nutrition Inc. 154 RIM Logistics Ltd. 328 Tandem Professional Employer Services Inc. 221 Weekenders USA Inc. 264 Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. 20 OSI Group LLC 7 Joe Rizza Enterprises Inc. 115 Tempel Steel Co. 72 WhittmanHart Inc. 314 Elkay Manufacturing Co. 47 Other World Computing 327 Tony Rizza Enterprises 180 Temperature Equipment Corp. 181 Wilbert Inc. 102 Emkay Inc. 104 Otto Engineering Inc. 254 Arthur J. Rogers & Co. 212 Teng Affiliated Cos. 184 Wilton Products Inc. 84 Employco Group Ltd. 209 Paddock Publications Inc. 248 Rose Packing Co. 173 Terlato Wine Group Ltd. 132 Windy City Wire Cable & Technology Products LLC 290 Energon Inc. 277 Panduit Corp. 48 Ryan Building Group Inc. 145 Terrapin Properties LLC 283 Wirtz Corp. 23 Enterprise Cos. 142 Paramount Staffing Inc. 310 Ryerson Inc. 5 ThoughtWorks Inc. 208 Wiss Janney Elstner Associates Inc. 266 A. Epstein & Sons International Inc. 260 Parksite Group 77 S&C Electric Co. 69 TicketsNow Inc. 112 World’s Finest Chocolate Inc. 232 Evans Food Group Ltd. 268 Pasquinelli 63 Safeway Insurance Co. 119 TMB Industries LLC 128 Wozniak Industries Inc. 199 Executive Construction Inc. 204 Patrick Dealer Group 131 Sam's Wines & Spirits Inc. 288 Topco Associates LLC 2 Wrightwood Capital LLC 224 FCL Builders LLC 179 Peacock Engineering Co. 106 Sayers 40 Inc. 239 Transcap Associates Inc. 128 ZS Associates Inc. 139 FCL Graphics Inc. 295 Fellowes Inc. 58 Ferrara Pan Candy Co. 116 FGMK LLC 306 Fifield Cos. 73 First Hospitality Group 175 Florstar Sales Inc. 215 Flying Food Group LLC 111 Steve Foley Auto Group 166 Follett Corp. 14 Forsythe Technology Inc. 58 Fort Dearborn Co. 95 Frank Consolidated Enterprises Inc. 19 FreedomRoads LLC 21 FSH Communications LLC 287 Gammonley Group 192 Gas Depot Inc. 194 Gateway Chevrolet Inc. 300 Gerber Plumbing Fixtures LLC 218 Global Hyatt Corp. 4 Globalcom Inc. 316 Gold Eagle Co. 268 Gold Standard Enterprises Inc. 175 Gonnella Baking Co. 224 Grant Thornton LLP 36 Graycor Inc. 53 Great Kitchens Inc. 212 Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Co. 117 Guaranteed Rate Inc. 313 H2O Plus L.P. 196 HallStar Co. 210 Hammacher Schlemmer & Co. 163 Harbour Contractors Inc. 279 Harlem Furniture LLC 158 Harpo Inc. 93 Heico Cos. LLC 13 Henricksen & Co. 195 Highland Park Ford Lincoln Mercury 315 Hill Mechanical Group 123 Hinda Inc. 292 Edward Hines Lumber Co. 159 Hoffer Plastics Corp. 332 John Hofmeister & Son Inc. 335 Hostmark Hospitality Group 120 Hub International Ltd. 55 Holly Hunt Enterprises Inc. 219 IHC Construction Cos. LLC 142 Illinois Auto Electric Co. 216 Indalex Holding Corp. 34 Information Resources Inc. 51 InGear Corp. 268 Inland Real Estate Group of Cos. 15 Intec Group Inc. 265 Interior Investments LLC 211 Intermatic Inc. 91 International Contractors Inc. 259 International Profit Associates Inc. 144 Jam Productions Ltd. 193 Jel Sert Co. 139 G. A. Johnson & Son 263 Johnson Publishing Co. 76 Jordan Industries Inc. 201 Kelso-Burnett Co. 267 Kennedy Homes L.P. 188 Kensington Homes Inc. 296 Kimball Hill Homes Illinois LLC 39 Kirk Corp. 236 Klein Tools Inc. 163 Koch Foods Inc. 22 Kreher Steel Co. LLC 178 Krusinski Construction Co. 305 L&D Group Inc. 240 Lakewood Engineering & Manufacturing Co. 281 Lakewood Homes Inc. 151 Laurus Technologies Inc. 323 Leapfrog Online LLC 261 Leopardo Construction Inc. 121 Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc. 89 Chas Levy Co. LLC 60 Libertyville Classic Group 191 Little Lady Foods Inc. 135 H. W. Lochner Inc. 302 Loeber Motors Inc. 227 Loren Auto Group Inc. 330 Lynch Auto Group 220 Machinery Systems Inc. 223 MacLean-Fogg Co. 48 Magellan Development Group LLC 70 Magneco/Metrel Inc. 309 Marketing Innovators International Inc. 148 MAT Holdings Inc. 75 George S. May International Co. 247 Mazzetta Co. LLC 87 McGrath Lexus/Acura/Honda/Hyundai 71 MCL Cos. 321 McMaster-Carr Supply Co. 27 MCZ Development Corp. 31 Medline Industries Inc. 12 Meridian Group International Inc. 97 Merisant Worldwide Inc. 114 Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc. 78 Midland Paper Co. 52 Marilyn Miglin L.P. 308 Miner Enterprises Inc. 206 Ed Miniat Group Inc. 137 Montalbano Builders Inc. 228