Meet the 2023 East Central honorees

American Trailer Rental Group, also known as ATRG, is a family of companies specializing in solving business needs in a multitude of industries by providing storage, cartage and over-the-road trailers. ATRG provides solutions to customers from the first mile to the second-to-last mile of their supply chain, and its purpose is to make customers’ lives easier. ATRG’s core values include doing the right thing and having a can-do attitude.

CytoAgents is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of life-threatening symptoms associated with cytokine release syndrome (CRS), an overreaction of the immune system causing systemic inflammation. There are many causes of CRS, and the company’s mission is to save lives by developing a broadly accessible treatment for multiple indications of high unmet need. CTO1681 is positioned to become a new leading practice in medicine.

Wireless connectivity is rapidly changing the world. Utilizing a data-driven approach, Everest has developed one of the largest and most efficient aggregation platforms focused exclusively on wireless infrastructure assets. The company is a creative and entrepreneurial team operating in multiple countries around the world. Everest’s vision is to be the global partner of choice for wireless infrastructure assets and to embrace technology evolution to deliver exceptional value to network provider customers, wireless communications users, and all participants in the growth of mobile infrastructure networks. The company operates more than 1,250 communications tower sites in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, making it one of the wireless industry’s fastest growing and largest private tower companies.

Founded in 1935, Bardstown, Kentucky-based Heaven Hill Brands is the nation’s largest independent, family-owned and led spirits producer and marketer and the world’s second-largest holder of Kentucky bourbon. Heaven Hill’s diversified portfolio of brands includes Evan Williams, Elijah Craig, Larceny, and Henry McKenna Bourbons; Rittenhouse Rye Whisky; Deep Eddy Vodka; Admiral Nelson’s Rum; Black Velvet Canadian Whisky; Lunazul Tequila; HPNOTIQ Liqueur; Carolans Irish Cream Liqueur, plus the newly acquired Samson & Surrey portfolio. Heaven Hill Brands has grown beyond its traditional roots as a bourbon distiller to become the country’s fifth largest overall distilled spirits producer and marketer with a portfolio of well-known, innovative and relevant products. In addition, Heaven Hill has seen its export business grow significantly with products now shipped to over 60 countries worldwide. Heaven Hill remains the world’s second largest holder of bourbon whiskey and produces some of the most successful distilled spirits brands in the US.

Kinettix provides global IT field services to companies in a variety of industries. Having a field services partner that serves as an arm of their organization allows companies to expand to regions or countries in which they previously could not install or maintain IT equipment.

Kinettix has provided services in over 120 different countries through its global alliance of technicians. The company’s experienced management team handles extremely complex multi-site installation projects and oversees technicians break/fix services to some of the world’s largest companies.

Makin Wellness is on a mission to help millions heal and become happy again. The company provides specialized online therapy covered by insurance.

Prince & Izant Company provides precious metal and brazing alloy solutions to its global customers, helping them create diverse products used throughout the world. The company is committed to investing in the equipment, talent and other resources necessary to provide customers with a leading-class experience.

Surgical Product Solutions (SPS) provides high-quality, cost-saving surgical solutions to health care facilities across the US. SPS is a leader in providing cost-saving solutions for health care facilities across the US that choose to save money without sacrificing quality of care. SPS accomplishes this by presenting hospitals and surgery centers with two ways to save on their high-volume surgical disposables. SPS provides a liquidation solution for surgical disposables when they become non-moving and are no longer being used by the facility. This can be due to product conversions, contract changes, or physician departures. SPS purchases these surgical disposables that would otherwise remain un-used and eventually expire on the shelves of the operating room, injecting cash directly into the hospital’s budget.

SPS is an independent distributor of unused, out-of-date surgical disposables. The company sells the same high-volume products that facilities are currently buying from vendors at an even greater discount than top-tier pricing. SPS also provides the option to purchase in flexible quantities rather than in cases, which helps in the unique case of a preferential product that is outside normal buying patterns.