Peter Ludlum

Energy & Power Solutions, Inc. was engaged in providing energy solutions serving commercial, industrial, and manufacturing customers across North America encompassing the food and beverage, meat, dairy, paper, aerospace, oil and gas, and real estate investment trust industries. The company was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA.

Bechtel Corp. operates as an engineering, construction, and project management company. Its portfolio encompasses energy, transportation, communications, mining, oil and gas, and government services. The firm also raises finance from a host of international lenders including commercial banks, multilateral and bilateral lending institutions, export credit agencies, and the capital markets. The company was founded by Warren A. Bechtel in 1898 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Applied Medical Resources Corp. provides medical surgical devices. It offers products for cardiac and vascular surgery, general surgery, urology, colorectal surgery and OBGYN surgery devices. The firm's devices include abdominal access, endopyelotomy, endoureterotomy, hand access laparoscopy, graspers, wound retractor and ureteroscopy systems. The company was founded by Said S. Hilal in 1987 and is headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA.

IsoTis SA develops biomedical products. Its product include proprietary natural and synthetic bone graft substitutes and other related medical devices. These devices are used to enhance the repair and regeneration of bone in spinal and trauma surgery, joint replacements and dental applications. IsoTis' products are primarily used spinal fusion, trauma, joint revision, bone void filling and iliac crest backfills procedures. The company is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

SMC Ventures, Inc. engaged in the provision of management consulting services. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Norwes Tech, Inc. operates as a public shell company. The company previously provides biomarker laboratory services in the Drug Development Industry. It also provides specialty laboratory services to support pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostic laboratory manufacturers in the conduct of human clinical research. The company offers clinical biomarker services for novel biomarkers, as well as custom assay services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. It provides expert services in the areas of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases, diabetes, obesity and nutrition. The company was founded by Elizabeth Leary and Russ Warnick in 1989 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

EMI Holding, Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes treatments and therapies for rare diseases. The firm also engages in the marketing and sale of NutreStore L-glutamine powder for oral solution, a treatment for short bowel syndrome and the sale of L-glutamine as a nutritional supplement under the brand name AminoPure. The company was founded by Yutaka Niihara in 1987 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.