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Small Cap CompaniesSmall Cap Stocks refer to stocks with a relatively small market capitalization. The definition of small cap can vary among brokerages, but generally it is a company with a market capitalization of between $300 million and $2 billion. One of the most attractive features of small cap stocks is the possibility of higher returns. Many of these companies have great upside potential and can deliver generous returns. I have listed several hundred Small Cap Companies that an investor could consider for their portfolio. ======================================================================================================== 1. Company: Dynamics Material Corporation Symbol: BOOM Dynamic Materials Corporation provides explosion-welded clad metal plates and welding services. It operates in two segments: Explosive Metalworking and AMK Welding. The Explosive Metalworking segment offers explosion-welded clad metal plates for use in applications in various industries, including upstream oil and gas, oil refinery, chemical and petrochemical, hydrometallurgy, aluminum production, shipbuilding, power generation, and industrial refrigeration. The AMK Welding segment provides welding services principally to power turbine manufacturers and commercial and military aircraft engine manufacturers. The company was founded as Explosive Fabricators, Inc. in 1965 and changed its name to Dynamic Materials Corporation in 1994. Dynamic Materials is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. Current Dividend Yield: .30% 52 Week Range: $28 - $66 ======================================================================================================== 2. Company: Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. Symbol: GIFI Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., through its subsidiaries, fabricates offshore drilling and production platforms, and various specialized structures used in the development and production of offshore oil and gas reserves. The company fabricates various structures, including jackets and deck sections of fixed production platforms; hull and/or deck sections of floating production platforms, such as tension leg platforms (TLP), SPARs, and floating production storage and offloading vessels; piles; wellhead protectors; subsea templates; production, compressor, and utility modules; offshore living quarters; and tanks and barges. It also provides services, including offshore interconnect pipe hook-up and inshore marine construction, as well as manufacture and repair of pressure vessels; heavy lifts, such as ship integration and TLP module integration; loading and offloading jack-up drilling rigs or production hulls; semi-submersible drilling rigs, TLP's, and SPARs; and various cargo and steel warehousing and sales. The company serves oil and gas exploration and production companies in the Gulf of Mexico, including north Africa, west Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean, offshore Canada, and the North Sea. Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Houma, Louisiana. Current Dividend Yield: 1.50% 52 Week Range: $25 - $39 ======================================================================================================== 3. Company: LHC Group Inc. Symbol: LHCG LHC Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides post-acute healthcare services primarily to Medicare beneficiaries in rural markets in the southern United States. The company offers various home-based services primarily through home nursing agencies and hospices, and facility-based services principally through long-term acute care hospitals and outpatient rehabilitation clinics. As of December 31, 2006, LHC Group owned and operated 106 home nursing locations, 6 hospices, and 4 long-term acute care hospitals. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Lafayette, Louisiana. Current Dividend Yield: N/A 52 Week Range: $18 - $33 ========================================================================================================
4. Company: Atwood Oceanics Inc. Symbol: ATW Atwood Oceanics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the offshore drilling and completion of exploratory and developmental oil and gas wells worldwide. It also provides related support, management, and consulting services. The company offers various rigs, such as semisubmersible rigs, semisubmersible tender assist rigs, jack-up drilling rigs, and submersible drilling rigs. As of November 27, 2007, Atwood Oceanics owned and operated eight offshore mobile drilling units located in six regions of the world, including offshore Southeast Asia, offshore Africa, offshore India, offshore Australia, the Black Sea, and the United States Gulf of Mexico. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Current Dividend Yield: N/A 52 Week Range: $46 - $105 ======================================================================================================== 5. Company: OYO Geospace Corp. Symbol: OYOG OYO Geospace Corporation engages in the design and manufacture of instruments and equipment used in the acquisition and processing of seismic data, as well as in the characterization and monitoring of producing oil and gas reservoirs. The company also designs, manufactures, and distributes thermal imaging equipment and dry thermal film products for the screen print, point of sale, signage, and textile markets. Its seismic product lines consist of high-definition reservoir characterization products and services; geophones and hydrophones, including multi component geophones and hydrophones; seismic leader wire; geophone string connectors; seismic telemetry cables; marine seismic cable retrieval and steering devices; and specialized data acquisition systems. In addition, the company develops permanently installed high-definition reservoir characterization products for ocean-bottom applications in producing oil and gas fields; produces a retrievable version of this ocean-bottom system for use on fields where permanently installed systems are not appropriate or economical; and offers seismic borehole acquisition systems, which employ a fiber optic augmented wireline capable of high data transmission rates. Further, OYO Geospace designs and manufactures power and communication transmission cable products, such as remotely operated vehicle tethers, umbilicals, and electrical control cables for the offshore oil and gas, and offshore construction industries; industrial sensors for the vibration monitoring and earthquake detection markets; and other specialty cable products. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Current Dividend Yield: N/A 52 Week Range: $48 - $110 ======================================================================================================== 6. Company: VSE Corporation Symbol: VSEC VSE Corporation provides various engineering, logistics, management, and technical services on a contract basis. Its Federal Group consists of four divisions: Communications and Engineering Division (CED), Engineering and Logistics Division (ELD), Management Sciences Division (MSD), and Systems Engineering Division (SED). CED supports the Army's Communications and Electronics Command in the management and execution of the Rapid Response program. ELD provides lifecycle engineering, logistics, maintenance, and refurbishment services to extend and enhance the life of existing equipment. MSD provides training, consulting, and implementation support in the areas of Enterprise Excellence, Lean Six Sigma, process and product optimization, project management, leadership quality engineering, Integrated Product and Process Development, and reliability engineering. SED provides systems and software engineering, logistics, and prototyping services; obsolescence management, service life extension, and technology insertion programs; and technical documentation and data packages. The company's International Group consists of three divisions: BAV Division (BAV), Fleet Maintenance Division (FMD), and Coast Guard Division (VCG). BAV provides assistance to the U.S. Navy in executing its Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program for surface ships sold, leased, or granted to foreign countries by providing program management, engineering, technical support, and logistics services for ship reactivations and transfers, as well as follow-on support. FMD provides global field engineering, logistics, maintenance, and information technology services to the U.S. Navy and Air Force. VCG provides the U.S. Coast Guard with FMS support and lifecycle support for vessels transferred to foreign governments. Energy and Environmental Group provides consulting services in the field of energy and environmental management. VSE Corporation was founded in 1959 and is based in Alexandria, Virginia. Current Dividend Yield: .60% 52 Week Range: $19 - $63 ========================================================================================================
7. Company: Natural Gas Services Group Inc. Symbol: NGS Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. provides horsepower compression equipment to the natural gas industry in the United States. It offers natural gas compressors on rental basis. The company also engages in engineering and fabricating natural gas compressors; and designing and manufacturing reciprocating compressor frames, cylinders, and parts. In addition, it engages in designing, fabricating, selling, installing, and servicing flare stacks and related ignition and control devices for the onshore and offshore incineration of gas compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gases. Further, the company offers custom fabricated natural gas compressors; part sales and compressor rebuild services; finished components to other fabricators; and maintenance services for compressors. As of December 31, 2006, it had 1,111 natural gas compressors in rental fleet totaling approximately 129,158 horsepower. Natural Gas Services was founded in 1998 and is based in Midland, Texas. Current Dividend Yield: N/A 52 Week Range: $11 - $21 ======================================================================================================== 8. Company: Quidel Corporation Symbol: QDEL Quidel Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets point-of-care (POC) diagnostic solutions for infectious diseases and reproductive health primarily in the United States. It provides POC and other diagnostic tests under QuickVue, QuickVue+, QuickVue Advance, RapidVue, and Metra brand names. The company offers POC diagnostics products for infectious diseases, such as Influenza, Group A Strep, and Mononucleosis, as well as for reproductive health, which include pregnancy, Chlamydia, and Bacterial Vaginosis. In the oncology/gastrointestinal area, Quidel offers Immunoassay fecal occult blood test, an immunochemical diagnostic tool to detect the presence of blood in stool specimens; and a serological rapid test that measures antibodies circulating in the blood caused by Helicobacter pylori. It also provides RSV Test, a rapid immunoassay for Respiratory Syncitial Virus. In addition, the company produces clinical and research products for the assessment of osteoporosis and the evaluation of bone resorbtion/formation. Further, Quidel offers veterinary products, as well as clinical laboratory and research tests used in the measurement of circulating immune complexes, complement deficiencies, and complement activation. The company sells its products to professionals for use in physician offices, hospitals, clinical laboratories, and wellness screening centers through a network of national and regional distributors supported by a direct sales force in the United States, as well as through distributor organizations and sales agents in Japan and Europe. Quidel was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. Current Dividend Yield: N/A 52 Week Range: $10 - $21 ======================================================================================================== 9. Company: Neogen Corporation Symbol: NEOG Neogen Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale a range of products for food safety testing and animal health applications. It operates in two segments, Food Safety and Animal Safety. The Food Safety segment primarily offers diagnostic test kits and complementary products that detect dangerous and/or unintended substances in human food and animal feed, such as foodborne pathogens, spoilage organisms, natural toxins, food allergens, genetic modifications, ruminant by-products, drug residues, pesticide residues, and general sanitation concerns. The segment markets its products primarily to food and feed producers and processors. The Animal Safety segment provides pharmaceuticals, rodenticides, disinfectants, vaccines, veterinary instruments, topicals, and diagnostic products. The company offers its products directly, as well as through a network of national and international distributors, and large farm supply retail chains. It has operations in the United States, South America, Central America, Canada, Asia, and Europe. Neogen Corporation was founded in 1981 and is based in Lansing, Michigan. Current Dividend Yield: N/A 52 Week Range: $14 - $28 ======================================================================================================== 10. Company: Psychemedics Corporation Symbol: PMD Psychemedics Corporation provides testing services for the detection of abused substances through the analysis of hair samples primarily in the United States. It provides commercial testing and confirmation by mass spectrometry to detect presence of drugs, such as cocaine, marijuana, and PCP; methamphetamine, including Ecstasy; and opiates, such as heroin and oxycodone. The company's tests provide information that can indicate the approximate amount of drug ingested, as well as historical data, which shows a pattern of individual drug use over a period of time. Psychemedics markets its home drug testing service, PDT-90, through Internet and retail distributors. It serves small to mid-size corporations, schools, and governmental entities. The company was founded in 1985 and is based in Acton, Massachusetts. Current Dividend Yield: 3.80% 52 Week Range: $14 - $21 ========================================================================================================
======================================================================================================== 11. Company: Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin, Inc. (ABCW) Anchor Bancorp Wisconsin, Inc. operates as the holding company for AnchorBank, fsb that provides various financial services in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois. Its deposit products include passbook savings accounts, demand deposits, checking accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company originates single-family residential, multifamily residential, commercial real estate, construction, and land mortgage loans; consumer loans, including second mortgage and home equity, and education loans; and commercial business loans. It also offers investments, and credit life and disability insurance to its customers and other members of the general public; and invests in real estate partnerships. In addition, the company provides credit cards, annuities, and related consumer financial services. As of June 7, 2007, it operated 59 branch offices and 2 loan origination offices in Wisconsin. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. ======================================================================================================== 12. Company: Arkansas Best Corp. (ABFS) Arkansas Best Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides motor carrier transportation services in the United States. The company offers national, inter-regional, and regional transportation of general commodities, including food, textiles, apparel, furniture, appliances, chemicals, nonbulk petroleum products, rubber, plastics, metal and metal products, wood, glass, automotive parts, machinery, and other manufactured products. It also provides vehicle maintenance service that coordinates scheduled and non-scheduled service to truck fleets, owner-operators, original equipment truck manufacturers, and after-market equipment providers. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas. ======================================================================================================== 13. Company: ABM Industries Inc. (ABM) ABM Industries Incorporated and its subsidiaries provide janitorial, parking, security, engineering, and lighting services for commercial, industrial, institutional, and retail facilities in the United States and in British Columbia, Canada. The company operates in five segments: Janitorial, Parking, Security, Engineering, and Lighting. The Janitorial segment offers floor cleaning and finishing, window washing, furniture polishing, and carpet cleaning and dusting services, as well as other building cleaning services to commercial office buildings, industrial plants, financial institutions, retail stores, shopping centers, warehouses, airport terminals, health and educational facilities, stadiums and arenas, and government buildings. The Parking segment operates approximately 1,775 parking lots and garages at various airports, including Austin and Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Honolulu, Hawaii; Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota; Omaha, Nebraska; Orlando and Tampa, Florida; and San Jose, California. It also has off-airport parking facilities in Houston, Texas, and San Diego, California, as well as offers parking shuttle bus services at an additional 40 airports. The Security segment provides security officers and investigative services; involves in electronic monitoring of fire, life safety systems, and access control devices; and offers security consulting services. The Engineering segment provides facilities with on-site engineers to operate and maintain mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems utilizing computerized maintenance management systems. The Lighting segment offers relamping, fixture cleaning, energy retrofits, and lighting maintenance service to various commercial, industrial, and retail facilities. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. ======================================================================================================== 14. Company: Arctic Cat Inc. (ACAT) Arctic Cat, Inc. engages in the design, engineering, manufacture, and marketing of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) under the Arctic Cat brand name. It produces 47 models of snowmobiles and 23 models of ATVs. The company also provides Arctic Cat snowmobile and ATV parts, garments, and accessories. Its replacement parts and accessory items include electric start and reverse kits, luggage racks and bags, backrests, machine covers, windshields, and colored accessories; other items comprise maintenance supplies, such as oil and fuel additives, track studs, and carbide runners; and ATV parts and accessories comprise winch kits, snow plow kits, Speedrack and Speedpoint system accessories, portable lights, and utility bags, as well as maintenance supplies. The company offers snowmobile and ATV garments for adults and children under the ?Arcticwear' and ?Arcticwear ATV Gear' labels, which consist of pull-overs, riding gloves, hats, helmets, boots, gear bags, sweatshirts, T-shirts, caps, suits, and jackets. Arctic Cat, Inc. markets its products through a network of independent dealers located in the United States, Canada, and Europe; and through distributors representing dealers primarily in the Middle East and Asia. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. ======================================================================================================== 15. Company: Axcelis Technologies Inc. (ACLS) Axcelis Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and services ion implantation, dry strip, thermal processing, and curing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips in the United States, Europe, and Asia. It also offers aftermarket service and support, including spare parts, equipment upgrades, maintenance services, and customer training. Axcelis provides its equipment and services through direct sales force, distributors, and manufacturing representatives. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts. ======================================================================================================== 16. Company: Amcol International Corp. (ACO) AMCOL International Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty minerals company in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Its Minerals Segment offers custom-blended bentonite and allied non-bentonite products; formulated additives; and sodium bentonite-based scoopable, traditional, and alternative cat litters, as well as specialty pet products to grocery and drug stores, mass merchandisers, wholesale clubs, and pet specialty stores. It also provides agglomerated bentonite to the detergent industry; adsorbent polymers and purified grades of bentonite ingredients for personal skin care products; nanoclays; sodium bentonite and leonardite used in oil and gas well drilling; and bentonite and bentonite blends for the construction industry. The company's Environmental segment offers geosynthetic clay liner products for lining and capping landfills, and for containment in tank farms, storm water containment systems, waste stabilization lagoons, sewage lagoons, and mine site and wetlands reclamation applications; waterproofing systems and roofing underlayment systems; and drilling products. Its Oilfield Services segment provides onshore and offshore water treatment filtration, pipeline separation, and well testing services for the oil and gas industry. This segment also rents high-pressure pumps to oil and gas production platform operators; and offers liquid nitrogen with its personnel and mobile equipment to the production platforms, pipeline operators, and refineries. AMCOL's Transportation segment offers long-haul trucking and freight brokerage services primarily for delivery of finished products in the continental United States. The company was founded in 1924 as the Bentonite Mining & Manufacturing Company and changed its name to American Colloid Company in 1927. Further, the company changed its name to AMCOL International Corporation in 1995. AMCOL is headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois. ======================================================================================================== 17. Company: Actel Corp. (ACTL) Actel Corporation engages in the design, development, and marketing of flash- and antifuse-based field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). It offers a range of single-chip, flash-based solutions for the aerospace, automotive, avionics, communications, consumer, industrial, and medical markets. The company also provides a portfolio of nonvolatile antifuse-based FPGAs designed to meet the performance, power, security, and reliability requirements of various markets. Its products include Actel Fusion PSC, a mixed-signal PSC, incorporating analog functions, embedded flash, and FPGA fabric in a single chip, which includes power and thermal management, data logging, and system diagnostics; Actel IGLOO FPGAs, a low-power, high-density reprogrammable ASIC alternative for portable applications; ProASIC 3/E FPGAs, a single-chip, nonvolatile, reprogrammable, and flash-based FPGAs; and RTAX-S FPGAs, a space-grade radiation-tolerant devices with densities to compete with hard-wired ASICs for space-flight sockets. In addition, Actel Corporation offers supporting products and services, including design and development software and tools, IP cores, programming hardware, starter kits, and services and support. It sells its products directly, as well as through sales and distribution networks, which include independent sales representatives, electronics distributors, and value-added resellers worldwide. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. ======================================================================================================== 18. Company: Adaptec Inc. (ADPT) Adaptec, Inc. provides storage solutions to move, manage, and protect data and digital content. The company operates in three segments: Data Protection Solutions (DPS), Storage Solutions Group (SSG), and Desktop Solutions Group (DSG). The DPS segment provides data protection storage products, as well as storage technologies, including application specific integrated circuits; board-level products; redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controllers; internal enclosures, and stand-alone software. This segment sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers that supply OEMs, system integrators, value added resellers (VARs), and end users. The SSG segment provides storage systems for the protection of both file and block data. Its products include network attached storage hardware and related backup, replication, and management software. This segment sells its products to VARs and end users through its network of distribution partners, solution providers, and VARs. The DSG segment provides input/output connectivity and digital media products for personal computing platforms, including notebook and desktop personal computers. It sells these products to retailers, OEMs, and distributors. The company has strategic alliances with Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation and ServerEngines LLP. Adaptec operates in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California. ======================================================================================================== 19. Company: Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (AEIS) Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and support of power conversion and control systems, and gas flow control devices used in plasma-based thin-film processing equipment. The company provides power conversion systems, including direct current, high power, low and mid frequency, and radio frequency (RF) power supplies; matching networks; and RF instrumentation. Its power conversion systems are used by semiconductor and similar thin-film manufacturers, including flat panel display, data storage, and architectural glass manufacturers in physical vapor deposition; chemical vapor deposition; reactive sputtering; electroplating; plasma vacuum processes; oxide, poly, and conductor etch; and carbon dioxide laser excitation. The company also offers flow control technology products comprising thermal mass flow controllers (MFCs), pressure-based MFCs, liquid MFCs, liquid vapor delivery systems, pressure control systems, and ultrasonic control systems. Its flow control technology products are primarily used in semiconductor, flat panel display manufacturing, and similar thin-film applications; fiber optics; safe delivery systems; and silica industries. In addition, Advanced Energy Industries provides thermal instrumentation products, which consist of thermal management and control solutions that are used in physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, rapid thermal processing, and other semiconductor applications requiring non-contact temperature measurement. Further, it offers source technology products, including plasma and ion beam sources, which are used in the direct deposition of thin films of diamond-like carbon, ion-assisted deposition, ion beam etching, optical coating, industrial coating, pre-cleaning, and chamber cleaning. Advanced Energy Industries sells its products in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado. ======================================================================================================== 20. Company: Angelica Corp. (AGL) Angelica Corporation provides textile rental and linen management services primarily to the healthcare industry in the United States. The company rents and cleans bed linens, towels, patient gowns, surgical scrubs, surgical linens, and surgical packs, as well as mops, mats, and other dust control products. It also offers AngelLink, a computerized linen management system, which is designed to streamline linen tracking and ordering processes; onsite management of various aspects of linen distribution; and surgical packs for use in operating suites. In addition, Angelica offers other services, including scrub security programs and just-in-time linen cart exchange programs. The company offers its services to hospitals, long-term care facilities, surgery centers, medical clinics, and other medical providers. It also furnishes certain general linen services to restaurants, hotels, and motels. The company was founded in 1878 and is based in Chesterfield, Missouri. ======================================================================================================== 21. Company: AMERIGROUP Corp. (AGP) AMERIGROUP Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as a multistate managed healthcare company focused on serving people, who receive healthcare benefits through publicly sponsored programs, such as Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), FamilyCare, and Special Needs Plans (SNP). The company's products portfolio comprises AMERICAID, a family-focused Medicaid managed healthcare product designed for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Family' population that primarily consists of low-income children and their mothers; AMERIKIDS, a managed healthcare product for uninsured children not eligible for Medicaid; AMERIPLUS, a managed healthcare product for supplemental security income recipients, including low-income aged, blind, and disabled individuals; AMERIFAM, which is a FamilyCare managed healthcare product designed for uninsured segments of the population other than SCHIP eligibles; and AMERIVANTAGE, an SNP managed care product for dual eligibles. Its health plans covers various services, which would include primary and specialty physician care, inpatient and outpatient hospital care, emergency and urgent care, prenatal care, laboratory and x-ray services, home health and durable medical equipment, behavioral health services and substance abuse, long-term and nursing home care, vision care and exam allowances, dental care, chiropractic care, podiatry, and prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs. The company provides its healthcare services through contracts with primary care physicians, specialists, hospitals, and ancillary providers. AMERIGROUP Corporation serves approximately 1.3 million people in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. AMERIGROUP Corporation was formerly known as AMERICAID Community Care. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia. ======================================================================================================== 22. Company: Agilysys Inc. (AGYS) Agilysys, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide information technology (IT) solutions to corporate and public-sector customers. The company's products include enterprise servers, data storage hardware, systems infrastructure software, and networking equipment. It serves various industries, including manufacturing, finance, healthcare, education, government, transportation, retail, and hospitality. The company engages in designing and implementing hardware, software, and service solutions for the supermarket, chain drug, and general retail marketplace in the retail industry; and provides proprietary software solutions to automate functions for customers, including hotels, casinos, resorts, conference centers, condominiums, golf courses, and spas in the hospitality industry. It operates primarily in North America. The company, formerly known as Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc., was founded in 1963. Agilysys is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida with additional sales offices in the United Kingdom and China. ======================================================================================================== 23. Company: AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (AHS) AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. operates as a temporary healthcare staffing company in the United States. It operates in three segments: Nurse and Allied Healthcare Staffing, Locum Tenens Staffing, and Physician Permanent Placement Services. The Nurse and Allied Healthcare Staffing segment provides medical nurses, surgical nurses, specialty nurses, licensed practical or vocational nurses, and advanced practice nurses; and allied health professionals of various disciplines, such as physical therapists, surgical technologists, respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, medical and radiology technologists, dialysis technicians, speech pathologists, and rehabilitation assistants. The Locum Tenens Staffing segment places physicians of various specialties and certified registered nurse anesthetists on a temporary basis as independent contractors with various healthcare organizations, including hospitals, medical groups, occupational medical clinics, individual practitioners, networks, psychiatric facilities, government institutions, and managed care entities. The Physician Permanent Placement Services segment provides permanent physician placement services to hospitals, healthcare facilities, and physician practice groups. This segment also provides specialty offerings, including internal medicine, family practice, and radiology. AMN Healthcare provides its services to acute-care and sub-acute healthcare facilities, physician groups, dialysis centers, clinics, and schools. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. ======================================================================================================== 24. Company: Albany International Corp. (AIN) Albany International Corp., through its subsidiaries, produces paper machine clothing and doors worldwide. It operates in three segments: Paper Machine Clothing, Applied Technologies, and Albany Door Systems. Paper Machine Clothing segment includes fabrics and belts used in the manufacture of paper and paperboard. This segment offers forming, pressing, and dryer fabrics, and process belts. Applied Technologies segment provides specialty materials and composite structures for aircraft and other applications; fabrics, wires, and belting products for the nonwovens and pulp industries; specialty filtration products for wet and dry applications; industrial belts for tannery, textile, and corrugator applications; and a synthetic insulation for home furnishings and technical outerwear. Albany Door Systems segment manufactures, sells, and services doors for industrial and commercial customers. The company has operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, the People's Republic of China, Finland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Mexico, South Korea, Sweden, and the United States. Albany International was founded in 1895 and is based in Albany, New York. ======================================================================================================== 25. Company: AAR Corp. (AIR) AAR Corp., through its subsidiaries, provides products and services to the aviation, aerospace, and defense industries worldwide. It operates in four segments: Aviation Supply Chain; Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul; Structures and Systems; and Aircraft Sales and Leasing. Aviation Supply Chain segment sells various new, overhauled, and repaired engine and airframe parts and components to aviation and defense customers. It also repairs and overhauls avionics, instruments, electrical, electronic, fuel, hydraulic, pneumatic components, and internal airframe components. In addition, this segment provides inventory supply and management programs, and logistics programs for engine and airframe parts and components, as well as sells and leases commercial jet engines. Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul segment offers airframe maintenance services; and the repair and overhaul of landing gear for commercial and defense customers. This segment also provides airframe maintenance, modification, special equipment installation, painting services, and aircraft terminal services for various models of commercial, defense, regional, business, and general aviation aircraft. Structures and Systems segment manufactures and repairs various containers, pallets, and shelters in support of military and humanitarian tactical deployment activities. It also designs, manufactures, and installs in-plane cargo loading and handling systems for commercial and military aircraft and helicopters. In addition, this segment designs and manufactures advanced composite materials for commercial, business, and military aircraft, as well as advanced composite structures for the transportation industry. Aircraft Sales and Leasing segment sells or leases used commercial jet aircraft, as well as provides advisory services, which include assistance in remarketing aircraft, records management, and storage maintenance. AAR Corp. was founded in 1951 and is based in Wood Dale, Illinois. ======================================================================================================== 26. Company: Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. (AIT) Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. engages in the distribution of various industrial products in North America. The company's industrial products include bearings, power transmission components, fluid power components and systems, industrial rubber products, linear components, tools, safety products, general maintenance, and various mill supply products. Its fluid power products comprise hydraulic, pneumatic, lubrication, and filtration components and systems. Applied Industrial Technologies also operates regional fabricated rubber shops, which modify and repair conveyor belts, and make hose assemblies in accordance with customer requirements; and rubber service field crews, which install and repair belts and rubber linings at customer locations. In addition, it offers technical advice, as well as assembles fluid power systems and performs equipment repairs. The company markets its products and services to a range of industries, including agriculture and food processing, automotive, chemical processing, forest products, industrial machinery and equipment, mining, primary metals, transportation, and utilities, as well as to government agencies. Applied Industrial Technologies was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. ======================================================================================================== 27. Company: Acadia Realty Trust (AKR) Acadia Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages primarily in the ownership, acquisition, redevelopment, and management of retail properties, including neighborhood and community shopping centers, and mixed-use properties with retail components. As of December 31, 2006, it owned, or had interests in, and operated 74 properties primarily in the northeast, the mid-Atlantic, and Midwest regions of the United States. The company qualifies as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Acadia Realty Trust was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York. ======================================================================================================== 28. Company: ALLETE Inc. (ALE) ALLETE, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and marketing of electrical power for retail and wholesale customers in the United States. Its Regulated Utility segment involves in the retail and wholesale of rate-regulated electric, natural gas, and water services in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. This segment also includes regulated generation from Taconite Harbor facility in northern Minnesota. As of December 31, 2007, this segment offered regulated utility electric service to approximately 141,000 retail customers; wholesale electric service to 16 municipalities; and served approximately 15,000 electric customers, 12,000 natural gas customers, and 10,000 water customers. It also owned and operated 170 substations with a total capacity of 9,586 megavolt amperes. The company's Non-Regulated Energy segment includes coal mining activities in North Dakota; approximately 50 megawatts of generation; and Minnesota land sales. The company's Real Estate segment acquires, develops, and sells real estate properties in Florida. Its development projects include Town Center at Palm Coast, Palm Coast Park, and Ormond Crossings. The company also invests in emerging technologies related to the electric utility industry. ALLETE serves various customers, including paper and pulp, and wood products industry; taconite industry; and pipeline industry. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota. ======================================================================================================== 29. Company: Alpharma, Inc. (ALO) Alpharma, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets pharmaceutical products for humans and animals. The company has three business lines: Pharmaceuticals, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), and Animal Health (AH). Its Pharmaceuticals business markets one branded pharmaceutical prescription product, which is a pain medication sold under the trademark KADIAN in the United States. It also develops an investigational abuse deterrent extended-release morphine product, which is in Phase III clinical trials. The company's API business develops, manufactures, and markets a line of fermentation-based active pharmaceutical ingredients and one chemically synthesized active pharmaceutical ingredient that are used, primarily by third parties, in the manufacture of finished dose pharmaceutical products. It markets and sells 14 APIs, primarily antibiotics, such as bacitracin, polymyxin, vancomycin, tobramycin, colistin and colistin methsulfate, and amphotericin B that are used in certain pharmaceuticals for the treatment of some skin, throat, intestinal, and systemic infections. Alpharma's AH business engages in the development, registration, manufacture, and marketing of medicated feed additives and water soluble therapeutics for poultry, cattle, and swine. This business offers antibiotic products, including Albac, BMD, ChlorMax and ChlorMax-combination products, and Aureomycin and Aureomycin-combination products; anticoccidials, including Bio-Cox and Cygro, Bovatec and Avatec, Deccox, Robenz and Cycostat, Rofenaid, and Zoamix; and antibacterials, such as 3-Nitro and Histostat. It also sells water soluble vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes. Alpharma entered into an agreement with Hikal Limited to manufacture and supply an active pharmaceutical ingredient for the veterinary sector. The company, formerly known as A.L. Laboratories, Inc., was founded in 1975. It changed its name to Alpharma, Inc. in 1994. Alpharma is headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey. ======================================================================================================== 30. Company: Analogic Corporation (ALOG) Analogic Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of high-precision data acquisition, and signal and image-processing-based medical and security systems and subsystems in the United States. Its medical imaging products include electronic systems and subsystems for medical imaging equipment and patient monitoring equipment. The company provides medical imaging detectors and data acquisition systems for computed tomography (CT) scanners; radio frequency amplifiers and gradient coil amplifiers for use in medical magnetic resonance imaging scanners; ultrasound tomographic systems for breast imaging; florescent molecular imagers using optical tomography for the pharmaceutical industry; multifunctional and custom patient monitoring instruments for OEM customers; non-invasive fetal monitors for acquisition, conversion, and display of biomedical signals; ultrasound systems and probes for end-user markets in urology, surgery, and radiology; and X-ray detectors and direct digital radiography systems for diagnostic and interventional applications in mammography, cardiac, orthopedic, and general radiology applications. Analogic's security technology products include explosives detection and weapon-and-threat detection systems and subsystems. These products include EXplosive Assessment Computed Tomography scanner, a security detection system capable of generating data for three-dimensional images of objects contained within a piece of luggage; and COBRA, a CT-based checkpoint security imaging system to detect explosives, guns, and other threats. The company sells its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers in Europe, Canada, and the United States. Analogic Corporation was founded in 1967 and is based in Peabody, Massachusetts. ======================================================================================================== 31. Company: Amedisys Inc. (AMED) Amedisys, Inc. provides home health and hospice services in the United States. Its home health services include nursing services, such as infusion therapy, skilled monitoring, assessments, and patient education; practical nursing services, including performance of technical procedures, administration of medications, and changing of surgical and medical dressings; and physical and occupational therapy. The company's home health services also comprise speech pathology and therapy to restore communication and oral skills; social work to help families address the problems associated with acute and chronic illnesses; home health aide services; and private duty services, such as continuous hourly nursing care and sitter services. It provides hospice services to patients using an interdisciplinary care team comprising a physician, a patient care manager, registered nurses, certified home health aides, social workers, a chaplain, a homemaker, and specially trained volunteers to assess the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patients and their families and manage that care accordingly. As of April 4, 2007, the company operated 261 Medicare-certified home health agencies and 14 Medicare-certified hospice agencies in 19 states. Amedisys was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ======================================================================================================== 32. Company: AMIS Holdings Inc. (AMIS) AMIS Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design and manufacture of customer-specific mixed signal semiconductor products. The company focuses on the automotive, medical, industrial, communications, and military and aerospace markets, which use electronic products to interact with the real world through analog signals, such as light, heat, pressure, power, and radio waves. It operates in two segments, Integrated Mixed Signal Products and Structured Digital Products. The Integrated Mixed Signal Products segment offers system-level integrated mixed signal products, using its wafer fabrication process technologies. This segment also supplies mixed signal foundry services for sensors, controls, high voltage outputs, applications utilizing digital signal processing, wireless or radio frequency communication, and low power. The Structured Digital Products segment offers structured digital products, which involve the conversion of field programmable gate arrays into digital semiconductors; and medium complexity prime digital semiconductors. Its products are used in various applications, including communications infrastructure, medical imaging, automotive, and consumer applications. The company also provides manufacturing services for customer specific mixed signal integrated circuits and application specific signal processors. It sells its products through direct sales personnel and independent sales representatives to original equipment manufacturers or their electronic manufacturing service providers. AMIS Holdings was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Pocatello, Idaho. ======================================================================================================== 33. Company: American Medical Systems Holdings Inc. (AMMD) American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. provides medical solutions that restore the pelvic health of men and women worldwide. It manufactures and markets surgical products to urologists, gynecologists, and urogynecologists for erectile restoration, benign prostatic hyperplasia, male urethral stricture, urinary and fecal incontinence, menorrhagia, and pelvic organ prolapse. The company's products for men include AMS 700 MS, an inflatable prostheses; the InhibiZone antibiotic treatment that addresses the risk of surgical infections; Tactile Pump and Momentary Squeeze Pump; InVance and AdVance sling system for the treatment of mild to moderate stress urinary incontinence; Greenlight range of products for benign prostatic hyperplasia; StoneLight laser and SureFlex fiber optics for the treatment of urinary stones; and UroLume endoprosthesis stent as a less invasive procedure. Its women's healthcare products comprise AMS 800 urinary control system; In-Fast, SPARC, Monarc, and BioArc systems that allow the surgeon to select the procedure appropriate to the patient's symptoms and anatomy; InteXen LP, a lyophilized porcine dermis graft; Acticon neosphincter, an extension of the company's urinary control technology; Apogee system designed to repair vaginal vault prolapse; Perigee system that targets repair of cystocele; and InteXen and IntePro pelvic reconstructive materials for use in traditional pelvic organ prolapse procedures. The company also offers Her Option cryoablation therapy, which uses a microprocessor-controlled probe to eliminate excessive menstrual bleeding. American Medical Systems distributes its products through direct field representatives and independent distributors. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. ======================================================================================================== 34. Company: AmSurg Corp. (AMSG) AmSurg Corp., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, acquisition, and operation of practice-based ambulatory surgery centers in partnership with physician practice groups in the United States. Its surgery centers perform colonoscopy and other endoscopy procedures in the area of gastroenterology; cataracts and retinal laser surgery in the area of ophthalmology; and knee arthroscopy and carpal tunnel repair in the area of orthopedics. As of December 31, 2006, the company owned interest in 156 surgery centers, including 104 centers performed gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures; 39 centers performed ophthalmology surgery procedures; 5 centers performed orthopedic procedures; and 8 centers performed procedures in more than one specialty. It markets its surgery centers directly to patients; referring physicians; and third-party payors, including health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, other managed care organizations, and employers. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. ======================================================================================================== 35. Company: Ansys, Inc. (ANSS) ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in the development and marketing of engineering simulation software and services used by engineers and designers in aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, electronics, biomedical, and defense industries in the United States and internationally. Its products primarily include ANSYS Multiphysics Solutions, which provide coupled physics technology, combining structural, thermal, computational fluid dynamics, acoustic, and electromagnetic simulation capabilities in a single software product; ANSYS Mechanical Solutions that offer simulation tools for product design and optimization; and ANSYS Fluid Dynamics Solutions, which are used in various industries, including aerospace, automotive, chemical processing, power generation, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, biomedical, oil and gas, and marine. The company's products also consist of ANSYS Electronics and Electromagnetics Solutions; ANSYS Design for Six Sigma Solutions, an analysis technique used to determine the extent to which uncertainties in the model affect the results of an analysis; ANSYS Fluid Structure Interaction Solutions that provide a coupled structural�fluid physics analysis tool; and ANSYS Meshing Solutions, which offers pre-and post-processing tools for mesh generation from various geometry source. In addition, it provides ANSYS Explicit Dynamics Solutions, which are used for defense, homeland security, space, and other fast transient fluid-structure interactions; ANSYS HPC Solutions; and ANSYS Professional Services comprising consulting, implementation, and training. The company distributes its products through a network of channel partners, as well as through its direct sales offices. ANSYS was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. ======================================================================================================== 36. Company: Ansoft Corp. (ANST) Ansoft Corporation develops electronic design automation (EDA) software used primarily in technology industry. Its products are used to define the architecture of device, create specifications for functional blocks, design the circuits and components, evaluate component level interactions, and optimize circuit or system performance under operating conditions. The company's products are used by electrical engineers worldwide to design technology products, such as cellular phones, Internet networking, satellite communications systems, integrated circuits and circuit boards, and electronic sensors and motors. Ansoft Corporation sells its products to various industries, such as communications, semiconductor, automotive/industrial, computer, consumer electronics, and defense/aerospace industries worldwide through direst slaes force and distributors. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ======================================================================================================== 37. Company: Alliance One International, Inc. (AOI) Alliance One International, Inc. engages in the selection, purchase, processing, storage, packing, shipping, and sale of leaf tobacco in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. It primarily offers flue-cured, burley, and oriental tobaccos that are used in international branded cigarettes. Alliance One International sells its products to the manufacturers of cigarettes and other consumer tobacco products. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina. ======================================================================================================== 38. Company: AO Smith Corp. (AOS) A. O. Smith Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of water heating equipment and electric motors for residential, commercial, and industrial end markets. The company operates in two segments, Water Products and Electrical Products. The Water Products segment offers a line of residential gas and electric water heaters, standard and specialty commercial water heating equipment, copper-tube boilers, and water systems tanks. These products are used in range of applications, including hotels, laundries, car washes, factories, and large institutions, as well as in large-volume hot water and hydronic heating applications. The Electrical Products segment manufactures and markets a line of hermetic electric, fractional horsepower alternating current, and direct current motors. These products are used in air conditioning and refrigeration systems, fans and blowers in furnaces, and air conditioners and ventilating systems, as well as in other consumer products, such as home appliances and pumps for swimming pools, hot tubs, and spas. The company sells its water heater products to plumbing wholesalers and retail outlets, and electric motor products to original equipment manufacturers and distributors. A. O. Smith Corporation operates principally in the United States, Mexico, the People's Republic of China, and Canada. The company was founded in 1874 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ======================================================================================================== 39. Company: Apogee Enterprises Inc. (APOG) Apogee Enterprises, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design and development of glass products, services, and systems. The company operates in two segments, Architectural Products and Services, and Large-Scale Optical Technologies. The Architectural Products and Services segment designs, engineers, fabricates, installs, maintains, and renovates the walls of glass and windows comprising the outside skin of commercial and institutional buildings. It provides installation, maintenance, and renovation services for window and curtain wall systems, as well as paint and anodizing coating services for metal and plastic components used in window and curtain wall systems, and other products. This segment also offers finishing services for the architectural, industrial, and commercial metal fabricator markets, as well as for building product manufacturers, and residential and commercial interior window shutter businesses. It markets its products through a network of independent distributors and direct sales staff to general contractors, building owners, architects, and glazing subcontractors in the nonresidential commercial construction market primarily in North America. The Large-Scale Optical Technologies segment manufactures glass and acrylic products for the custom framing market. It also produces optical thin coatings for consumer electronic displays, such as projection televisions and computer screens; and produces and sells pre-framed reproduction art to retail chains, primarily through trade shows. This segment distributes its products through mass merchandisers and independent distributors in North America, as well as in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Apogee Enterprises was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ======================================================================================================== 40. Company: Applied Signal Technology Inc. (APSG) Applied Signal Technology, Inc. provides digital signal processing products, systems, and services in support of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) for the detection and location of terrorist activities worldwide. The company offers processing of man-made signals, including communications intelligence (COMINT) and electronic intelligence (ELINT), as well as the processing of naturally occurring signals comprising the use of sonar, radar, magnetic, and chemical sensors to detect changes in the environmental phenomenology. It also develops and manufactures equipment for both the collection and processing of signals. The company's product line includes COMINT products, consisting of voice grade channel (VGC) processors designed to process voice grade channels that carry audio and other signals; wideband processors that clean telecommunication signals for further processing by VGC processors by adjusting for signal distortions that occur during transmission; collection products designed to complement processing products; and software products that are based upon the use of commercial off-the-shelf hardware processors. Applied Signal Technology's sensor processing products include marine processors designed to detect abnormalities in the marine environment, including the presence of a submarine, mines tethered to the ocean floor, and terrorist activities, such as attempts to destruct a telecommunication cable on the ocean floor; and terrestrial processors designed to detect terrestrial abnormalities, such as buried land mines, IEDs, and underground structures. The company also offers systems development and integration, as well as performs various engineering services for operational systems. It serves the United States Government, primarily its military and intelligence agencies, or its prime contractors. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Sunnyvale, California. ======================================================================================================== 41. Company: Arbitron Inc. (ARB) Arbitron, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides media and marketing information services in the United States and internationally. It measures radio audiences in the United States; measures national radio audiences, and the audience size and composition of network radio programs and commercials; and provides application software used for accessing and analyzing media audience and marketing information data. The company also provides consumer, shopping, and media usage information services to radio, cable television, advertising agencies, advertisers, retailers, out-of-home media, and online media industries, as well as serves broadcast television and print media industry through its Scarborough joint venture with The Nielsen Company. As of December 31, 2006, Arbitron provided its radio audience measurement and related services to approximately 4,600 radio stations; and 2,100 advertising agencies and advertisers under contracts, as well as provided its measurement and related services to 79 cable systems and 91 out-of-home media customers. The company, formerly known as Ceridian Corporation, was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in New York, New York. ======================================================================================================== 42. Company: Arch Chemicals Inc. (ARJ) Arch Chemicals, Inc. provides chemistry-based and related solutions to control the growth of harmful microbes in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Treatment Products and Performance Products. The Treatment Products segment manufactures and sells chlorine-based and non-chlorine-based products for the sanitization and treatment of residential and commercial pool and spa water, drinking water, and water used in industrial applications. This segment also produces and supplies personal care and industrial biocides that control dandruff on the scalp and the growth of micro-organisms in other applications, and biocides for anti-bacterial applications. In addition, it manufactures and sells wood treatment chemicals that protect wood against rot, fungal decay, or termites, and other insects, as well as a range of industrial coatings for the surface decoration and protection of wood comprising stains, polyester-based and polyurethane-based coatings, and water-based coatings. The Performance Products segment provides urethane intermediate products, such as specialty polyols, which are used as ingredients for elastomers, adhesives, coatings, sealants, and rigid foam; and glycols and glycol ethers for use as ingredients in cleaners, personal care products, and antifreeze. This segment also supplies hydrazine hydrates and hydrazine derivatives for use in chemical blowing agents, water treatment chemicals, agricultural products, pharmaceutical intermediates, and other chemical products, as well as for use as fuel in satellites, expendable launch vehicles, and auxiliary and emergency power units. The company's customers include pool and spa retailers, consumer product companies, big box retailers, furniture manufacturers, chemical and equipment distributors, wood treaters, sawmills, other chemical manufacturers, and the U.S. government. Arch Chemicals was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut. ======================================================================================================== 43. Company: ArQule Inc. (ARQL) ArQule, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the research and development of cancer therapeutics in the United States. The company's clinical-stage development programs include ARQ 197, a selective inhibitor of the c-Met receptor, which is in phase I clinical trial to treat patients with metastatic solid tumors; ARQ 501, which is in phase II clinical trials designed to kill cancer cells selectively while sparing normal cells through direct activation of DNA damage response/checkpoint pathways; and ARQ 171, a second-generation E2F-1 compound that is in phase I clinical trial. It also has a preclinical and research pipeline, which includes B-RAF Kinase, HSP90, HDAC, and Eg5 programs. ArQule has an alliance with Hoffmann-La Roche to discover and develop drug candidates targeting the E2F biological pathway; and a research agreement with Boston Biomedical, Inc. the company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts. ======================================================================================================== 44. Company: Arris Group Inc. (ARRS) ARRIS Group, Inc. operates as a communications technology company. It engages in the design, development, manufacture, and supply of equipment for broadband networks. The company provides cable telephony, video, and high-speed data equipment, as well as outside plant construction and maintenance equipment. It offers broadband products, such as VoIP telephony and high-speed data products, including cable modem termination systems; video/IP headend products; and constant bit rate telephony products. The company also offers customer premises equipment (CPE) and supplies, including VoIP telephony CPE and embedded multimedia terminal adapter; high-speed data CPE and cable modems; and infrastructure products for fiber optic or coaxial networks comprising cable and strand, vaults, conduit, drop materials, tools, connectors, and test equipment. It serves cable television market and multiple systems operators. ARRIS Group operates in the United States, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and Canada. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia. ======================================================================================================== 45. Company: Arthrocare Corp. (ARTC) ArthroCare Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices for use in soft-tissue surgery primarily in the United States and internationally. Its products are based on the patented soft-tissue surgical controlled ablation technology. The company develops and markets Coblation-based devices for sports medicine; spine/neurologic; and ear, nose and throat (ENT) procedures. It is also exploring the use of Coblation technology in other markets, such as neurosurgery, cosmetic surgery, urology, gynecology, cardiac surgery, and general surgical procedures. The company's sports medicine includes Arthroscopic System, which is used to treat various orthopedic conditions, including those involving knees, ankles, elbows, wrists, tendons, and hips. Its spinal surgery products include Perc-DLE Convenience Pack, which includes the Perc-D surgical wand, for percutaneous disc decompression; DISC Nucleoplasty, a minimally invasive percutaneous discectomy procedure using the Coblation technology to treat symptomatic patients with contained herniated discs; and the process of ablation of soft tissue for partial removal of the nucleus of a disc. The ENT product range includes suction wands that simultaneously ablate and remove tissue in applications, such as tonsillectomy; channeling wands for controlled ablation and coagulative lesion formation in applications, such as turbinate reduction to relieve nasal obstruction and stiffening of the soft palate for the treatment of snoring; and excision wands that provide precise dissection of soft tissue with minimal damage to surrounding tissue. The company markets and sells its products using a combination of distributors, a direct sales force, and corporate partners. ArthroCare Corporation was founded in 1993 and is based in Austin, Texas. ======================================================================================================== 46. Company: Administaff Inc. (ASF) Administaff, Inc., a professional employer organization, provides various services in the area of personnel management in the United States. Its personnel management system includes various services, such as benefits and payroll administration, health and workers' compensation insurance programs, personnel records management, employer liability management, employee recruiting and selection, employee performance management, and employee training and development to the small and medium-sized businesses. The company also involves in drafting and reviewing personnel policies and employee handbooks; designing job descriptions; performing prospective employee screening and background investigations; designing performance appraisal processes and forms; employee counseling; substance abuse awareness training; drug testing; outplacement services; and compensation guidance, as well as providing professional development and issues-oriented training services. In addition, Administaff, Inc. provides employer liability management services comprising first time and ongoing safety-related risk management reviews, and implementations safety programs designed to reduce workers' compensation claims, as well as provides guidance to clients for avoiding liability claims for discrimination, sexual harassment and civil rights violations, and participate in termination decisions to attempt to minimize liability on those grounds. Further, it operates an employee service center, a Web-based interactive professional employer organization (PEO) service delivery platform that provides automated, personalized PEO services, as well as contains an e-commerce portal that brings service offerings from providers to clients, worksite employees, and their families; and HRTools.com, an online portal for human resources products, services, and information. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Kingwood, Texas. ======================================================================================================== 47. Company: On Assignment Inc. (ASGN) On Assignment, Inc., a professional staffing firm, provides flexible and permanent staffing solutions in laboratory/scientific, healthcare, and medical financial and health information services in the United States and Europe. It offers its clients with short-term or long-term assignments of contract professionals, contract-to-permanent placement, and direct placement of professionals. The company operates through two segments: Lab Support and Healthcare Staffing. The Lab Support segment provides locally-based contract life science professionals to clients in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, medical device, personal care, chemical, automotive, educational, and environmental industries. Its contract professionals include chemists, clinical research associates, clinical lab assistants, engineers, biologists, biochemists, microbiologists, molecular biologists, food scientists, regulatory affairs specialists, lab assistants, and other skilled scientific professionals. The Healthcare Staffing segment provides both locally-based and traveling contract professionals, including nurses, specialty nurses, health information management professionals, dialysis technicians, surgical technicians, imaging technicians, x-ray technicians, medical technologists, phlebotomists, coders, billers, claims processors, and collections staff. This segment's healthcare clients include hospitals, integrated delivery systems, imaging centers, clinics, physician offices, reference laboratories, universities, managed care organizations, and third-party administrators. On Assignment also provides physician staffing, as well as staffing in the areas of information technology and engineering. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Calabasas, California. ======================================================================================================== 48. Company: Astec Industries Inc. (ASTE) Astec Industries, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets equipment and components that are used primarily in road building, utility, and related construction activities in the United States and internationally. It operates in four segments: Asphalt Group, Aggregate and Mining Group, Mobile Asphalt Paving Group, and Underground Group. The Asphalt division designs, manufactures, and markets hot-mix asphalt plants and related components; thermal fluid heaters, process heaters, waste heat recovery equipment, liquid storage systems and polymer, and rubber blending systems; and heating equipment and storage tanks for the asphalt paving industry, and rubber and polymer blending systems. The Aggregate and Mining division designs, manufactures, and markets equipment for the aggregate, metallic mining, and recycling industries. The Mobile Asphalt Paving division designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets asphalt pavers, material transfer vehicles, milling machines, and asphalt reclaiming and soil stabilizing machinery. The Underground division designs, engineers, and manufactures underground construction equipment and related accessories, such as utility trenchers, vibratory plows, directional drills, boring machines, and downhole tooling products. Astec Industries offers its products to highway and heavy equipment contractors, open mine operators, quarry operators, governmental agencies, and utility contractors through independent sales agents, independent distributors, and dealers. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. ======================================================================================================== 49. Company: ATMI Inc. (ATMI) ATMI, Inc. supplies various materials, and materials packaging and materials delivery systems used in the manufacture of microelectronic devices worldwide. It provides a range of high-performance materials, materials packaging, and materials delivery systems with applications in the semiconductor, flat-panel display, and in the life sciences industries. The company offers gas delivery systems, liquid materials and delivery systems, and high-purity materials packaging and dispensing systems. Its gas delivery systems include the SDS product line, which are sub-atmospheric pressure gas delivery systems for the handling and delivery of toxic and hazardous gases to semiconductor process equipment. ATMI's liquid materials comprise wafer photoresist strip cleaning materials, materials used in copper electrochemical deposition applications, and copper and barrier polishing materials for the application of polishing copper-based dual damascene structures. The company's materials packaging and dispensing systems consist of the NOWPak container assemblies; high purity liquid materials packaging and dispensing system products that comprise Bag-in-a-Bottle container system, Bag-in-a-Can container system, and Bag-in-a-Drum container system; and NOWtrak RFID-based chemical management systems. ATMI also offers applications and analytical support services relating to its products. ATMI has a strategic alliance with Enthone, Inc. to sell and distribute rights to Enthone's copper ECD products worldwide; and Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. to manufacture and distribute certain SDS products. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut. ======================================================================================================== 50. Company: Atmos Energy Corp. (ATO) Atmos Energy Corporation engages in the distribution, transmission, and storage of natural gas. It distributes natural gas to approximately 3.2 million residential, commercial, public authority, and industrial customers located in Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Virginia. The company provides natural gas management and marketing services to municipalities, other local gas distribution companies, and industrial customers in the southeastern and midwestern states; and natural gas transportation and storage services to various third parties. As of September 30, 2007, Atmos Energy owned approximately 76,362 miles of underground distribution and transmission mains, and 6,363 miles of gas transmission and gathering lines. The company was founded in 1906. It was formerly known as Energas Company and changed its name to Atmos Energy Corporation in 1988. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. ======================================================================================================== 51. Company: Atwood Oceanics Inc. (ATW) Atwood Oceanics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the offshore drilling and completion of exploratory and developmental oil and gas wells worldwide. It also provides related support, management, and consulting services. The company offers various rigs, such as semisubmersible rigs, semisubmersible tender assist rigs, jack-up drilling rigs, and submersible drilling rigs. As of November 27, 2007, Atwood Oceanics owned and operated eight offshore mobile drilling units located in six regions of the world, including offshore Southeast Asia, offshore Africa, offshore India, offshore Australia, the Black Sea, and the United States Gulf of Mexico. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. ======================================================================================================== 52. Company: Avista Corp. (AVA) Avista Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of energy in the United States and Canada. The company operates in four segments: Avista Utilities, Energy Marketing and Resource Management, Advantage IQ, and Other. Avista Utilities segment generates, transmits, and distributes electricity, as well as distributes natural gas. This segment also engages in the wholesale purchase and sale of electricity and natural gas. As of December 31, 2006, it provided retail electric service to approximately 345,000 customers; and retail natural gas service to approximately 304,000 customers. Energy Marketing and Resource Management segment engages in electricity and natural gas marketing, trading, and resource management businesses, as well as trades in derivative commodity instruments, including futures, options, swaps, and other contractual arrangements. This segment also offers natural gas services to end-user industrial and commercial customers. Advantage IQ segment provides facility information and cost management services for multisite customers. Its services include consolidated billing, resource accounting, energy analysis, and load profiling services. Other segment involves in custom sheet metal fabrication of electronic enclosures, parts, and systems for the computer, telecom, and medical industries. This segment also invests in real estate properties primarily commercial office buildings; and venture capital funds and low income housing. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington. ======================================================================================================== 53. Company: Avid Technology Inc. (AVID) Avid Technology, Inc. develops, markets, and supports software and hardware products for the production, management, and distribution of digital media content. It operates through three segments: Professional Video, Audio, and Consumer Video. The Professional Video segment offers video and film editing systems that offer integrated workflow, asset management, and storage solutions, as well as provides 3D and special effects software, which allows users to manipulate moving pictures and sound. This segment markets its products to professional users, broadcast and cable companies, corporate users, and government and educational users. The Audio segment provides solutions for audio creation, mixing, post production, collaboration, distribution, and scoring to professional music studios, project studios, film and television production and post production facilities, television and radio broadcasters, production studios, performance venues, corporate facilities, and government and educational facilities, as well as home hobbyists and enthusiasts. The Consumer Video segment markets video editing and digital lifestyle products that enables creating, editing, viewing, and distributing videos, photographs, and audio using a personal computer to the home consumers, home video editors, corporate institutions, and government and educational institutions. Avid Technology, Inc. markets its products through direct and indirect sales channels, including a network of independent distributors, value-added resellers, and dealers, as well as serves its customers and markets directly. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. ======================================================================================================== 54. Company: American States Water Co. (AWR) American States Water Company, through its subsidiaries, provides water and electric utility services. It engages in the purchase, production, and distribution of water primarily for residential and commercial customers. The company also distributes electricity in one customer service area. It serves 1 electric customer service area and 3 water service regions in 75 communities in 10 counties in California, as well as provides water service in 21 customer service areas. As of December 31, 2006, it served 253,970 water customers and 23,248 electric customers, as well as operated 2,720 miles of water pipeline, and owned 256 wells. The company, through its other subsidiaries, served 13,343 customers located in the town of Fountain Hills, Arizona, as well as a portion of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona; and operated 184 miles of pipeline. In addition, the company provides water and wastewater services on a contract basis, including billing and meter reading, water marketing, and the operation and maintenance of water and wastewater systems to various municipalities, the U.S. government, and private entities. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in San Dimas, California. ======================================================================================================== 55. Company: Anixter International Inc. (AXE) Anixter International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes communications products, specialty wire and cable products, fasteners, and small parts. Its communications products comprise voice, data, video, and security products used to connect personal computers, peripheral equipment, mainframe equipment, security equipment, and various networks to each other. The company's product portfolio also consists of transmission media products, including copper and fiber optic cable; connectivity products; support and supply products; and security surveillance and access control products. These products are incorporated into enterprise networks, physical security networks, central switching offices, Web hosting sites, and remote transmission sites. In addition, Anixter International provides electrical wire and cable products, including electrical and electronic wire and cable, control and instrumentation cable, and coaxial cable that are used in various maintenance, repair, and construction-related applications. Further, the company offers a range of electrical and electronic wire and cable products, fasteners, and other small components that are used by original equipment manufacturers in manufacturing various products. It serves various industries, which comprise manufacturing, telecommunications, Internet service providers, finance, education, healthcare, transportation, utilities, and government, as well as contractors, installers, system integrators, value-added resellers, architects, engineers, and wholesale distributors. Anixter International distributes its products in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company, formerly known as Itel Corporation, was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Glenview, Illinois. ======================================================================================================== 56. Company: Acuity Brands, Inc. (AYI) Acuity Brands, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, production, and distribution of lighting equipment and specialty products worldwide. Its lighting equipment includes indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures for commercial and institutional, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications. The company offers its lighting equipments to electrical distributors, retail home improvement centers, national accounts, electric utilities, utility distributors, municipalities, contractors, catalogs, and lighting showrooms. Acuity Brands sells its lighting products under Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Gotham, Hydrel, Peerless, Antique Street Lamps, Carandini, American Electric Lighting, SpecLight, Metal Optics, and Mark Architectural Lighting brand names through independent sales agents, factory sales representatives, distribution centers, regional warehouses, and commercial warehouses. The company's specialty products comprise anti-bacterial and industrial hand care products, cleaners, degreasers, deodorizers, disinfectants, floor finishes, sanitizers, and pest and weed control products. It markets its specialty products under Zep, Zep Commercial, Enforcer, and Selig brand names through large and small home improvement retailers primarily to contractors, small business owners, and homeowners. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. ======================================================================================================== 57. Company: Barnes Group Inc. (B) Barnes Group, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of aerospace and industrial products worldwide. It operates in three segments: Barnes Distribution, Associated Spring, and Barnes Aerospace. Barnes Distribution segment distributes maintenance, repair, operating, and production supplies, as well as provides inventory management and logistic services. It also offers a range of replacement parts and other products, including fasteners, electrical supplies, hydraulic components, chemicals, and security products; die springs and nitrogen gas springs; and mechanical struts and standard parts, such as coil and flat springs to small repair shops, railroads, utilities, food processors, chemical producers, and vehicle fleet operators. Associated Spring segment manufactures precision mechanical springs; compressor reed valves; nitrogen gas products; nitrogen gas manifold systems used to control stamping presses; retaining rings; reed valves used in compressors; high-precision punched and fine-blanked components used in transportation and industrial applications; and injection-molded plastic-on-metal and metal-in-plastic components and assemblies used in electronics, medical devices, and consumer products. Barnes Aerospace segment produces precision-machined and fabricated components and assemblies for original equipment manufacturer turbine engine, airframe, and industrial gas turbine builders worldwide, and the military. It also provides jet engine component overhaul and repair services for various turbine engine manufacturers, commercial airlines, and the military. This segment also supplies designated aftermarket parts for the life of the related aircraft engine program. The company was founded in 1857 and is headquartered in Bristol, Connecticut. ======================================================================================================== 58. Company: Basic Energy Services, Inc. (BAS) Basic Energy Services, Inc. provides well site services to oil and gas drilling and producing companies in the United States. It operates in four segments: Well Servicing, Fluid Services, Drilling and Completion Services, and Well Site Construction Services. The Well Servicing segment provides maintenance services involving removal, repair, and replacement of down-hole equipment and returning the well to production; workover; new well completion; and plugging and abandonment services. As of December 31, 2006, this segment operated a fleet of 365 well service rigs and 90 facilities in Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, North Dakota, New Mexico, Louisiana, Colorado, and Montana. The Fluid Services segment provides oilfield fluid supply, transportation, and storage services. Its services include fluid services, salt water disposal well services, fresh and brine water stations, and rental of portable frac tanks and test tanks used to store fluids on well sites. The Drilling and Completion Services segment provides pressure pumping services, such as cementing, acidizing, fracturing, coiled tubing, and pressure testing; cased-hole wireline services; underbalanced drilling in low pressure and fluid sensitive reservoirs; and rental and fishing tools. This segment offers these services through a fleet of 69 pressure pumping units, 43 air compressor packages, and 11 cased-hole wireline units as of the above date. The Well Site Construction Services segment provides services for the construction and maintenance of oil and gas production infrastructure, such as preparing and maintaining access roads and well locations; installing small diameter gathering lines and pipelines; building of drilling locations; and maintenance of production facilities. The company serves independent oil and gas companies located in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and the Rocky Mountain States. Basic Energy Services, Inc. is based in Midland, Texas. ======================================================================================================== 59. Company: Black Box Corp. (BBOX) Black Box Corporation provides various network infrastructure services worldwide. It offers one-source network infrastructure services for communication systems. The company's services include design, installation, integration, monitoring, and maintenance of voice, data, and integrated communication systems. Black Box Corporation primarily offers voice solutions, premise cabling, and other data related services and products, as well as technical support services. The company sells its products and services through catalog, Internet Web site, and voice and data services. Its customers include small organizations, corporations, and institutions, covering various industries, such as manufacturing, business services, retail, finance, education, and government. As of March 31, 2007, Black Box Corporation served approximately 175,000 clients in 141 countries worldwide. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Lawrence, Pennsylvania. ======================================================================================================== 60. Company: BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. (BBX) BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for BankAtlantic, which offers consumer and commercial banking services in Florida. The bank's deposit products include commercial demand deposit accounts, retail demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, various negotiable order of withdrawal accounts and individual retirement accounts, and Keogh retirement accounts. Its lending portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans, commercial business loans, standby letters of credit and commitments, consumer loans, small business loans, and residential loans. As of March 8, 2007, the bank offered its services through 93 branches and 200 automated teller machines in southeast Florida and the Tampa Bay area, primarily in the Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. ======================================================================================================== 61. Company: Blue Coat Systems Inc. (BCSI) Blue Coat Systems, Inc. provides hardware appliances and software for controlling and securing Web-based communications in the secure Internet gateway and WAN application delivery markets worldwide. It offers ProxySG family of appliances to enable policy enforcement on content, users, applications, and protocols; ProxySG Client that serves telecommuters, mobile employees, remote third party contractors, and others who need access to internal or hosted resources; and ProxyAV family of Web anti-virus appliances, which enable organizations to scan for viruses, worms, spyware, and Trojans at the Internet gateway or entering through Web-based backdoors, such as personal Web email accounts and browser-based file downloads. The company also provides ProxyRA appliances that enable organizations to extend application connectivity with integrated endpoint security to remote employees, partners, and customers for both corporate-owned laptops and unmanaged devices. In addition, Blue Coat Systems offers WebFilter, a Web filtering solution that helps enterprises and service providers to protect their users and networks from Internet threats and abuse, such as spyware, phishing attacks, and P2P traffic; Blue Coat Reporter that uses transaction log data captured by the appliances to produce pre-defined and customized report relating to performance and security of user activities on the enterprise's wide area network; and Blue Coat Director that enables policy, configuration, and device management for its appliances. The company offers its products through distributors and resellers primarily in North America; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; central America and Latin America; and Asia. Blue Coat Systems was founded in 1996. The company was formerly known as Web Appliance, Inc. and subsequently changed its name to CacheFlow, Inc. Further, it changed its name to Blue Coat Systems, Inc. in 2002. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. ======================================================================================================== 62. Company: Belden, Inc. (BDC) Belden, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of signal transmission products for data networking, as well as for consumer electronics, industrial, security, and aerospace applications worldwide. It produces and sells cable and wire products, connectivity products, and other products. The company's cable and wire products include multiconductor, coaxial, and fiber optic cables; lead, hook-up, and other wire products; interface cables, digital cables, and digital interconnecting cables; and composite cable configurations, such as combination of multiconductor, coaxial, and fiber optic cables. Its connectivity products consist of connectors, patch panels, and interconnect hardware and other components. The company's other products include cabinets, enclosures, racks, raceways, and ties for organizing and managing cable; tubing and sleeving products to protect and organize wire and cable; wireless networking access points and switches; and passive components, such as power over ethernet modules. Belden sells its products to distributors; and directly to original equipment manufacturers and installers of equipment and systems. The company was founded in 1902. It was formerly known as Belden CDT, Inc. and changed its name to Belden, Inc. in May 2007. Belden is based in St. Louis, Missouri. ========================================================================================================
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