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The Council for the United States & Italy provides forum for expanding and deepening interchange between the American and Italian business communities on issues of mutual interest. The company was founded by Gianni Agnelli and David Rockefeller in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Piper Jaffray Cos. is an investment bank and asset management firm, which engages in the provision of equity and debt capital markets products; public finance services; financial advisory services; equity research and institutional brokerage; fixed income institutional brokerage; and asset management services. It operates through Capital Markets and Asset Management segment. The Capital Markets segment focuses on investment banking and institutional sales, trading and research services for various equity and fixed income products. The Asset Management segment gives traditional asset management business and seed investments in registered and private funds. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Praesidiad Ltd. develops perimeter security systems and solutions. It operates under the following brands: Betafence, HESCO, and Guardiar. The company was founded on July 3, 2017 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Praesidiad NV manufactures fences. It provides fencing solutions, access control, and detection products, and wire mesh products for industrial applications. The firm's products include gates, fences, detection and deterrence, gabions, weld mesh, and rock netting. It caters to industrial buildings, public infrastructure and highly sensitive sites as well as private gardens, agricultural properties and livestock. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Zwevegem, Belgium.

Hesco, Inc. operates as one stop shop for janitorial and floor care products. The firm offers cleaning supplies, bottles and closures, brooms, floor sweeps, handles, lobby, brushes and more. The company is headquartered in Niles, IL.

The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts houses art collections and conducts art exhibitions in the United States. Their collections encompass artworks, painting and sculpture, print and drawing collections, decorative arts, modernist design, photographs and textiles. It also collects, preserves, and makes work of art. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.