Kenneth C. Brown

EMCON Technologies LLC is a leader in the global exhaust emission control technology industry. The company serves worldwide passenger car, commercial vehicle and engine manufacturers. It has several long-term joint venture relationships and operates in 18 countries. As one of the founders of the exhaust after-treatment business, the company has long been known for its ability to bring products with greater efficiency, quality and performance for original equipment manufacturers of engines and vehicles, to end-users. EMCON Technologies has spent more than three decades developing effective emissions control products. The company has extensive experience as a systems integrator offering numerous applications to customers worldwide and is a major supplier of three-way catalytic converters, diesel oxidation catalysts and Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) for passenger cars.

OEP Holding Corp. operates as an investment company. It specializes in direct fund investments. The company was incorporated in 2005 in the state of Delaware and is headquartered in New York, NY.

VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co. KG designs, manufactures and markets magnetic materials, systems, parts and related products. The company was founded in 1914 is headquartered in Hanau, Germany.

Luca Technologies, Inc. operates as a clean energy company. Its proprietary technology stimulates native microorganisms that reside in subsurface hydrocarbon deposits, such as coal, oil and organic-rich shales to accelerate the bioconversion of such resources into methane, the principal component of natural gas, which the company produces and sells using existing infrastructure. The company was founded by Eric Szaloczi, R. Verlin Dannar, Jeffrey L. Weber, Robert S. Pfeiffer, Michael P. Batzer, Christie L. Haas, Roland P. DeBruyn, and Allan F. Wise in April 2003 and is headquartered in Golden, CO.

Clipper Windpower Holdings Ltd. engaged in turbine manufacturing and project development and also develops wind energy technology. Its projects include Criterion, Endeavor I, Flying Cloud Intrepid Medicine Bow, Silver Star I and Victory I. The company had two divisions, namely, Wind Project Development and Turbine Technology & Manufacturing. The Wind Project Development division engaged in the activities associated with developing wind energy facilities, including identifying and acquiring rights to potential wind sites, engineering, construction, project financing, project management and ownership. The Turbine Technology & Manufacturing division provides designing, engineering, manufacturing and the sale and servicing of wind turbines. The company was founded by James G. P. Dehlsen and James Brenton Dehlsen in 2001 and was headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP provides architectural, engineering, and interior design services. It offers architecture, interior design, engineering and urban planning services. The firm's serves clients in the following industries, sectors and applications: civic and government, commercial and development, convention and exhibition, cultural, education, health and science, hospitality, infrastructure, sports and transportation. The firm was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Chemlogics Group LLC produced specialty chemicals and polymers for the energy sector. The company was founded in 1982 and was headquartered in Paso Robles, CA.