Tim J. Zappala

VSI Liquidating, Inc. manufactures and supplies specialty chemicals. The firm offers piperidylpropanes, vinylpyridines, alkanes, alkenyl succinic anhydrides, castor oil products, citrate and sebacate esters. It caters to the agriculture, industrial, nutrition, personal and consumer care, pharmaceuticals, plastics and polymers, and medical sectors. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. used to produce binding, bonding resins and adhesives. It used to produce building-block chemical formaldehyde for various wood and industrial markets through its network of 50 manufacturing facilities in nine countries. The company was headquartered in Columbus, OH.

The Dow Chemical Co. engages in the manufacture and distribution of chemicals, plastics, industrial and agricultural products. It serves agriculture, automotive, building and construction, consumer, electronic materials, infrastructure, packaging, product finder and product safety industries. The company was founded by Herbert Henry Dow in 1897 and is headquartered in Midland, MI.

W.R. Grace & Co. engages in the production and sale of chemicals and materials. It operates through the Grace Catalysts Technologies and Grace Materials Technologies segments. The Grace Catalysts Technologies segment includes catalysts and related products and technologies used in refining, petrochemical and other chemical manufacturing applications. The Grace Materials Technologies segment consists of specialty materials, including silica-based and silica-alumina-based materials, used in coatings, consumer, industrial, and pharmaceutical applications. The firm specializes in chemical processing, coatings and inks, food and beverage, general industrial, nutraceutical, personal care, pharma, and plastics industries. The company was founded by William Russell Grace in 1854 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

FrontStream Holdings LLC provides integrated back-end merchant solutions and front-end payment and donation management products. It offers a philanthropy platform, which is an integrated ecosystem of software and services that unifies fundraising, data analysis, event management, employee giving, volunteering, and corporate social responsibility initiatives. The firm also offers a set of tools and data that enables nonprofits and corporations to understand and enhance the impact of their collective philanthropic efforts. The company was founded by Emmet Seibels and Marc Sheipei in 2007 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Eastman Specialties Corporation, a producer of specialty plasticizers, benzoic acid, and sodium benzoate. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Novolyte Technologies is a world leading manufacturer and supplier of specialty electrolyte materials, high performance solvents, aryl phosphorus derivatives and technically demanding custom manufactured products. Novolyte, previously Ferro Fine Chemicals Division, is headquartered in Independence, Ohio USA. Novolyte serves the needs of its diverse, international customers through two state-of-the-art, ISO-certified manufacturing facilities located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Suzhou, China. The Company's Baton Rouge facility is renowned for its production flexibility and its ability to produce numerous products based on complex chemistries and materials while the China plant produces specialty solvents and electrolytes for the Asia energy storage markets. Novolyte is the exclusive North American producer and a global leader of primary and secondary lithium battery electrolytes, ultra capacitor solutions, specialty solvents and aryl phosphorus derivatives. With over many years of technological and product innovation, Novolyte has developed a comprehensive offering of performance based and built-to-specification products, which are among the highest purity available in the industry. Its products are used in a wide array of demanding applications including organic energy storage devices, complex pharmaceutical synthesis, gold extraction, gas scrubbing, adhesives, coatings, inks, cleaning detergents and engineered fabrics. Novolyte's unique ability to produce high performance and ultra high purity products has resulted in its sustained position as a worldwide market leader. Since the Company's products play a key role in the performance and functionality of the ultimate end-product, they are positioned as a development partner and critical supplier to its loyal customer base. Novolyte focuses on markets where high-purity products, technical expertise and unique manufacturing capabilities offer a compelling competitive advantage to its customers. In the expanding lithium-ion battery market, the Company's low moisture, high purity, proprietary and custom formulations provide enhanced functional performance for energy storage devices which are critical for demanding applications such as power tools, Ultra capacitors and hybrid-electric vehicles ('HEV'). Other applications where the company excels include applications such as pharmaceutical synthesis, where customers require exacting performance standards for their end-products.

Rutherford & Associates, Inc. engages in the provision of vending management software technology. Its products include eoStar RAS, eoTouch, eoStarOne, eoWarehouse, and eoWarehouse. The company was founded by Paul Rutherford in 1986 and is headquartered in Holland, MI.