New Additions to Membership

Align Technology
Santa Clara, CA
www.aligntech.com

Align Technology designs, manufactures and markets Invisalign, a proprietary method for treating malocclusion, or the misalignment of teeth. Invisalign corrects malocclusion using a series of clear, nearly invisible, removable appliances that gently move teeth to a desired final position. Because it does not rely on the use of metal or ceramic brackets and wires, Invisalign significantly reduces the aesthetic and other limitations associated with braces. Invisalign is appropriate for treating adults and teens. Align Technology was founded in March 1997 and received FDA clearance to market Invisalign in 1998. Today, the Invisalign product family includes Invisalign, Invisalign Teen, Invisalign Assist, Invisalign Express, and Vivera Retainers.

Ciena
Linthicum, MD
www.ciena.com

Ciena specializes in practical network transition. It offers leading network infrastructure solutions, intelligent software and a comprehensive services practice to help its customers use their networks to fundamentally change the way they compete. With a global presence, Ciena leverages its heritage of practical innovation to deliver maximum performance and economic value in communications networks worldwide. Ciena posts recent news, financial results and other important announcements and information about the company on its website.

Crowe Horwath LLP
South Bend, IN
www.crowehorwath.com

Crowe Horwath LLP is one of the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the United States. Under its core purpose of "Building Value with Values®," Crowe assists public and private companies in reaching their goals through audit, tax, risk and consulting services. With 25 offices and 2,500 personnel, Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country’s best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Horwath International, one of the largest networks in the world, consisting of more than 140 independent accounting and management consulting firms with offices in more than 400 cities around the world.

Kinder Morgan
Houston, TX
www.kindermorgan.com

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) is a leading pipeline transportation and energy storage company in North America. KMP owns an interest in or operates more than 28,000 miles of pipelines and 170 terminals. Its pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, CO2 and other products, and its terminals store petroleum products and chemicals and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke. KMP is also the leading provider of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery projects in North America. One of the largest publicly traded pipeline limited partnerships in America, KMP has an enterprise value of approximately $25 billion. The general partner of KMP is owned by Kinder Morgan, Inc., a private company.

Munich Re America
Princeton, NJ
www.munichreamerica.com

Munich Re America, a member of the Munich Re Group, offers superior capacity to meet clients’ risk-transfer needs, and a full range of property and casualty coverages through multiple distribution channels. Its three business platforms include: the property-casualty reinsurance division, Munich America Reinsurance, which provides treaty and facultative reinsurance products and services on both a broker and direct basis; affiliate Hartford Steam Boiler, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer offering a range of specialty coverages, engineering-based risk management, and loss reduction services; and the Munich America Specialty Insurance division, which includes specialty personal lines insurance group American Modern Insurance Group and the Specialty Markets division, a provider of risk solutions to nontraditional insurance entities.

Tenneco
Lake Forest, IL
www.tenneco.com

Tenneco is a $5.9 billion global manufacturing company with approximately 21,000 employees worldwide. Tenneco is one of the world’s largest designers, manufacturers and marketers of emission control and ride control products and systems for the automotive original equipment market and the aftermarket. Tenneco markets its products principally under the Monroe®, Walker®, Gillet™ and Clevite® Elastomer brand names

 
 

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