Arthur R. Spector

Neoware, Inc. provides software products and computer devices. It offers services to the software development and information technology industries, including those of healthcare, hospitality, transportation, manufacturing, and education. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

Metallurg, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its majority owned subsidiaries is a leading international producer and seller of high-quality specialty metals, alloys and metallic chemicals which are essential to the production of high-performance aluminum and titanium alloys, specialty steel, superalloys and certain non-metallic materials for various applications in the aerospace, power supply, automotive, petrochemical processing and telecommunications industries. Metallurg sells approximately 50 different product groups to over 1,500 customers worldwide (primarily in North America and Europe)

Docucorp International, Inc. marketed a solution portfolio of information software, application service provider (ASP) hosting and professional services that enabled companies to create, publish, manage and archive complex, high-volume, individualized information for optimizing business relationships. The company was founded in 1998 and was headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Metallurg Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company. It operates through its subsidiary that engages in the production and sale of specialty metals, alloys, and metallic chemicals. The company's products include aluminum-based alloys and compacted additives for the aluminum industry; specialty ferroalloys, such as ferrovanadium and ferrotitanium for the iron and steel industry. It also manufactures and distributes tantalum to electronics, telecommunications, and tool manufacturers. Metallurg Holdings was founded in 1998 and is located in Wayne, PA.

TL Ventures Inc (TL Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. founded in 1988 by Robert Keith. The firm is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

PQ Corp. produces silicate, zeolite, and other performance materials. It serves the detergent, pulp and paper, chemical, petroleum, catalyst, water treatment, construction and beverage markets. The firm's products include lithium silicates, magnesium sulfate, sodium silicate liquids and solids. It also manufactures silica gel products for catalyst and anti-blocking applications and the zeolite products for adsorbent applications. The company was founded by Joseph Elkinton in 1831 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Safeguard International Fund LP invests in technology-oriented industrial businesses in Western Europe and North America in the metallurgical, chemical, energy and environmental industries. The fund invests its capital in the form LBOs, MBOs, recapitalizations, acquisitions and growth capital where it obtains a control position. It acts as the lead investor and invests between $10 and $65 million per investment.