Alliances

ABMA represents the companies – the very best of the boiler industry only – that design and build the systems that combust the fuels and generate the steam and hot water that powers and comforts America and the World.

CEO Tools is the number-one website for the most effective profit-producing management tools, manager tools, and CEO Tools. It also offers outstanding CFO and Controller tools, Human Resource tools, and other management tools for working through recessions and improving every aspect of your business. Free PDFs of the tools and low-cost downloadable Excel versions are available.

Fernley & Fernley, Inc, established in 1886, is the only accredited association management company headquartered in Philadelphia and currently provides full-service management to over 30 national and international trade associations and professional societies in the investment and health care fields.

The Hydraulic Institute is a non-profit industry (trade) association established in 1917. HI and its members are dedicated to excellence in the engineering, manufacture, and application of pumping equipment.

L. R. Levin Consulting, L.L.C. creates value by helping our clients outperform. We assist management to create the strategic and operational blueprints to outperform your competition, and, through effective implementation, propel long-term growth and profitability. Helping our clients to plan and prepare for the next business cycle with strategic plans that identify, harness, and leverage an organization’s core strengths against its significant opportunities is what we do best. Put our experience to work for you. www.LRLevin.com

Dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and enhancing the lives of chief executives and key executives, Leadership Centers USA is an affiliate of the world’s largest organization for CEOs.

The Measurement, Control & Automation Association is the national trade association representing manufacturers and distributors of instrumentation, systems, and software used in industrial process control and factory automation around the world.

The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) was created in 1946 to deal with issues of interest to the entire merchant wholesale distribution industry, thereby freeing affiliated associations to concentrate on the concerns specific to their lines of trade. NAW is a federation of more than 100 wholesale distribution associations and thousands of individual firms that collectively total more than 40,000 companies.

The role of the NAW Institute for Distribution Excellence (formerly the Distribution Research and Education Foundation) is to sponsor and disseminate research into strategic management issues affecting the wholesale distribution industry. The NAW Institute for Distribution Excellence aims to help merchant wholesaler-distributors remain the most effective and efficient channel in distribution.

Nexstar is a world-class business development and best practices organization delivering comprehensive business training, systems and support to independent home service providers. Specifically electricians, plumbers and heating and air conditioning professionals.

Owner Resource Group is an Austin, Texas based private investment firm. We founded the firm to bring superior outcomes to business owners, management teams, and our investors. We are a team of seasoned investors who have collectively led or participated in nearly 35 investments across multiple industries. We appreciate an owner's need for certainty, fairness, flexibility, and confidentiality when considering a transaction. After a transaction, our philosophy is to align our interests with management to support the existing culture and the continued growth of the business.

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The Transformer Association is a 501(c)(3) organization whose corporate members include transformer and power supply manufacturers, their suppliers, safety agencies and consultants. Its focus is to strengthen the transformer industry in North America.

Vistage International was founded as The Executive Committee (TEC) in 1957 by Wisconsin businessman Robert Nourse, who understood the immense value in bringing executives together to help one another solve their toughest business problems.

Founded in 1899, the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America® (WMMA®) is a professional trade association composed of more than 210 U.S. manufacturers of woodworking equipment, cutting tools, and supplies and whose purpose is to promote the interests of its members serving the woodworking industry.