Miscellaneous

Buffalo Rock Company: Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., The Buffalo Rock Company is the nation’s largest single-family, privately-owned Pepsi-Cola bottler. Today it operates 13 distribution centers in Alabama, Florida and Georgia, servicing a population of more than 5 million.

Buffalo Rock Company
Post Office Box 10048
Birmingham, AL 35202
205-942-3435 Phone 205-942-2601 Fax
www.buffalorock.com

Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.: Founded in 1902, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United is the fourth-largest Coca-Cola bottler in the U.S. The company serves franchises in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee, rolling out Coca-Cola's bottled water, iced teas, fruit drinks, and sports drinks, as well as soft drinks. Its 100-year-old subsidiary, Chattanooga Coca-Cola Bottling Co., is the world's oldest Coca-Cola bottler.

Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.
Post Office Box 2006
Birmingham, AL 35201
205-841-2653 Phone 205-841-9168 Fax

Cooper/T. Smith Company: Mobile-based Cooper/T. Smith is one of America’s oldest and largest stevedoring and maritime related firms. Cooper/T. Smith now has operations on all three U.S. coasts encompassing 38 ports, and has foreign operations in Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Canada and Mexico. The company also maintains ownership in numerous satellite companies, complementing the multi-faceted maritime objectives. Its subsidiaries include warehousing, insurance, terminal operations, tugboats, push boats, barging, barge fleeting, floating terminals, and the most recent acquisition of Kimberly Clark’s Marine & Timberlands Division, now renamed Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation.

Cooper/T. Smith Company
Post Office Box 1566
Mobile, AL 36602
251-431-6100 Phone 251-441-2001 Fax

Southern Research: Birmingham-based Southern Research is an independent, not-for-profit center for scientific research affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Founded in 1941, the Institute's past and future is one of breakthrough findings in drug discovery and development, engineering, aerospace, materials, chemical and biological defense, environment and energy research and homeland security. The Institute's 1999 affiliation with UAB enhanced its resources and opportunities by joining with a world-renowned academic, medical and research center.

Southern Research
Post Office Box 55305
Birmingham, AL 35255
205-581-2000 Phone 205-581-2726 Fax
www.sri.org

The Birmingham News: With over 100 years of newspaper experience, The Birmingham News is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Alabama. The Birmingham News publishes a morning edition, seven days a week.

The Birmingham News
Post Office Box 2553
Birmingham, AL 35202
205-325-2222 Phone 205-325-3239 Fax
www.bhamnews.com

The Huntsville Times: Established in 1910, The Huntsville Times is a daily newspaper covering North Alabama.

The Huntsville Times
Post Office Box 1487, West Station
Huntsville, AL 35807
256-532-4000 Phone 256-532-4213 Fax
www.htimes.com