The Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) is among the largest 100 pension systems in the United States. INPRS serves the needs of 517,149 working members and retirees representing more than 1,303 employers including public universities, school corporations, public safety, municipalities, and state agencies. Our Vision: Engaged members able to realize their retirement dreams. Our Mission: As fiduciaries, educate stakeholders, collect necessary contributions, and prudently manage member assets to deliver promised DB and DC benefits and services.

Founded in 1908, Plymouth, Michigan-based Absopure is a family-owned home and office refreshment delivery services provider, offering direct delivery of water and coffee-related goods throughout the Midwest. The company provides a variety of bottled waters—including natural spring, steam-distilled, purified drinking, vapor distilled with electrolytes and alkaline—in an assortment of sizes ranging from individual bottles and cases to five gallon jugs. Absopure water is also available in thousands of retailers across the country.

With over 70 years of experience in automated material handling, Daifuku can tailor a solution to meet your unique challenge. We streamline processes, recapture floor space, decrease cycle time, and improve productivity with our systems: Automated Storage and Retrieval (AS/RS), High-speed Sortation, Conveyor and Transport, and Warehouse Management/Control Software. Daifuku America is the U.S. affiliate for Daifuku Co., Ltd. We have three divisions – Manufacturing & Distribution, Automotive, and Cleanroom.

Taubman creates extraordinary retail environments for shoppers, retailers, and communities. Our shopping center portfolio, located in major markets from coast-to-coast, has the highest sales per square foot in the regional mall industry and is considered the most productive in the U.S. Our success starts with our intense focus on planning and our history of innovation. Many of the design features pioneered by our founder and those that came after him have set industry standards around the world. Retail real estate development is in our DNA, and we know how to create, from the ground up, environments that attract the best tenants and delight our shoppers.

Harness IP’s team of patent and trademark attorneys serve clients in all areas of intellectual property law. We are one of the top IP law firms in the U.S. measured by both the number of attorneys and by objective rankings of results. Our attorneys and patent agents represent world leaders in business and technology, and our collective experience spans practically every practice area and niche specialty within intellectual property law. This includes patents, trademarks, IP litigation, PTAB Proceedings, trade secrets, due diligence investigations, and global IP management. If it’s IP, we do it. Harness IP was founded in 1921. More than 100 years of continuous practice has given us an unquantifiable level of intellectual property insight and experience. But that’s merely a starting point. What 100 years really means is simple: we partner with our clients for the long haul. We take our time to develop new relationships. We emphasize long-term, mutually beneficial strategies rather than short-term gains. And, after 100 years, we know that we cannot get to 200 unless our clients come first. Clients rely on Harness IP because our attorneys know how to turn the complexities of intellectual property law into straightforward solutions. Our patent attorneys obtain more than 3,700 U.S. patents each year, on average, while our trademark attorneys propel Harness IP to rank among the top IP law firms for registering U.S. trademarks year after year. As we move into our second century as an IP law firm, we remain united around a single cause: to be known as the IP Law Firm for Harnessing Innovation® by enabling our clients to achieve the most from their IP investment. Harness IP has offices in metro Dallas, TX; Detroit, MI; St. Louis, MO; and Washington, D.C.

Bodman PLC is one of Michigan’s leading business law firms in the Midwest with more than 160 lawyers. We have a diverse client base that includes individuals and businesses in a variety of industries, with an emphasis on financial services, automotive, real estate and construction, technology, manufacturing, health care, and other sectors.

SEMCO ENERGY Gas Company, headquartered in Port Huron, Michigan, is a regulated public utility that delivers natural gas to approximately 310,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in service territories in the southern half of the state's Lower Peninsula (including in and around the cities of Albion, Battle Creek, Holland, Niles, Port Huron, and Three Rivers) and in the central, eastern, and western parts of the state's Upper Peninsula. SEMCO ENERGY is regulated by the Michigan Public Service Commission. Among other things, this agency sets the prices charged by the Company and the other terms and conditions of service to our customers. The Company's overall strategy is to provide excellent customer service and to grow our existing businesses. SEMCO Energy Gas Company is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of AltaGas Ltd. www.altagas.ca

The passage of the Taft-Hartley Act led to the first international, independent guard union, The United Plant Guard Workers of America (UPGWA) which was certified by the NLRB in 1948 and initially included some 1,250 members in twelve local unions across five states. Over the next 52 years, the UPGWA, under the leadership of Presidents McGahey, Szczesny, Applen, and McConville, grew significantly. The beginning of the 21st Century brought significant and enduring changes to the structure and mission of the International Union. Delegates to the 2000 International Convention operated under the mantra of New Directions for the Union as developed and proclaimed by International President Hickey. The name of the Union was changed to the International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA®) in recognition of the scope and professionalism of SPFPA® members occupations. Divisions were established to better represent the needs of members whose occupations include Nuclear officers, Campus Police, Court officers, Airport Screeners, and others. President Hickey and New Directions has continued and is responsible for programs and policies which keep the Union viable to meet new challenges. A full time organizing staff has been employed to increase union membership; and their efforts have been overwhelmingly successful. Programs instituted by President Hickey and the International Executive Board have resulted in the affiliation of nine other security unions with SPFPA® with several others currently being negotiated. These affiliations have increased membership, enhanced SPFPA®’s reputation, and added additionally qualified representatives to improve member representation. In response to a critical membership need, the SPFPA® developed and maintains a nationwide 401(k) pension plan and ERISSA Health Plan for negotiation and inclusion in collective bargaining agreements. SPFPA® and the New Directions team have remained true to its heritage.

Founded in 1854, Butzel Long is a leading law firm with offices in Michigan, New York, and Washington, D.C.. We have played a prominent role in the development and growth of many industries and have over 8,000 geographically diverse clients that are active in national and international markets. Our business clients come from many sectors, including advertising, automotive, banking and financial services, construction, energy, health care, insurance, manufacturing, media, pharmaceuticals, professional services, publishing, real estate, retail and wholesale distribution, technology, transportation, and utilities. We are a founding member of Lex Mundi, one of the first and largest networks of leading independent law firms located in 160 separate jurisdictions around the world. Lex Mundi allows us to provide clients global and seamless first-rate counsel whenever the need arises. Our firm has a long and successful record of developing new capabilities and deepening our expertise for our clients’ benefit. We strive to be on the cutting edge of technology, manufacturing, e-commerce, biotechnology, intellectual property, and cross-border operations and transactions. We also keep pace with the latest legal practice innovations by investing in the advanced training of our people and in our technology.

At HED, great design is about thinking creatively to overcome challenges and improve real world outcomes. Our firm has a long history and reputation for excellence because we believe that all the facets of our design, from architecture, consulting, engineering, and planning, must create a positive impact for our clients, the community, and the world through responsive, innovative, and sustainable design solutions. This belief has allowed our firm to succeed and grow in a broad range of markets in nine U.S. offices (Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Denver, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Sacramento) in a variety of markets from education (Higher Ed and Pre K-12), Healthcare, Mission Critical, Workplace, Housing & Mixed-Use, Science, Manufacturing & Product Development, Community, and Federal & Transportation. See how HED advances your world at www.hed.design.

From our founding above a blacksmith shop in 1869 to the full-service law practice we’ve become in the 153 years since, we have consistently sought to earn each client’s trust by always keeping one eye on the finish line and the other on the bottom line. Howard & Howard is a full-service law firm with a national and international practice that provides legal services to businesses and business owners. The firm has offices in Royal Oak, Michigan; Illinois (Chicago and Peoria); Las Vegas, Nevada; and Beverly Hills, California. Regardless of where you are in the business life cycle and whether your needs involve transactions, disputes, regulatory compliance, or intellectual property, Howard & Howard is the law firm of choice. We're not law for everything. We're law for business®.